Late Varieties 
LUPTON 
Lupton is a fancy late shipping berry very 
profitable with many growers. It usually makes 
plants freely. Some attention to spacing and 
late summer fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers 
would pay with Lupton. The plants are very 
productive when grown on good strawberry soil. 
The berries average very large and are very 
pretty, resembling Chesapeake in many respects 
and being just as good as a shipping berry. In 
quality they are somewhat tart and quite dry. 
This fact, however, probably helps explain why 
they ship so well. It is not considered a high 
quality berry, but its size, condition and appear- 
ance make Lupton a profitable berry for market 
purposes. It is grown largely in New Jersey, 
also in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania 
and other eastern states. Lupton is also sold 
as Town King, although if bought under that 
name the plants usually cost more. Price list, 
page 33. 
A One of the best late shipping ber- 
r O ITI d ries. Grown in large acreages in 
Missouri, Kentucky and Tennes- 
see. A vigorous grower, making lots of small 
plants rather than smaller numbers of strong- 
plants. Spacing and fall fertilization would 
probably increase yields of Aroma. Berries are 
light in color with a bright green cap and very 
attractive in the package. They will ship long 
distances and go to market in practically per- 
fect condition. We have a nice stock of Aroma 
plants. Price list, page 33. 
Big Late 
This variety makes a strong, 
vigorous, upright growth and 
an ample fruiting bed. Under 
unfavorable conditions it does not always stand 
up sufficiently well to mature its entire crop of 
berries. We feel that it is most valuable north 
of the Mason and Dixon Line. The berries are 
very beautiful, being light in color, with a bright, 
shiny, red surface, and prominent yellow seeds. 
The berries are very fine in quality, but the 
blossoms are somewhat tender. The flowers are 
imperfect. Under favorable conditions Big Late 
yields are very satisfactory. Price list, page 33. 
Gibson (Parsons Beauty) favori 
»ld 
•ite 
in many 
strawberry-growing sections. Plants very pro- 
ductive, berries very good in quality and excel- 
lent for canning. One proof of its worth is the 
fact that it has been used so much as a standard 
of comparison with so many varieties which 
have been newly introduced. Price list, page 33. 
H 
aver 
land 
A fine old standard va- 
riety, handicapped by im- 
perfect blossoms. How- 
ever, they are very hardy and Haverland ranks 
very high in productiveness. Berries are large, 
long conical in shape, light in color and firm 
enough for market if kept picked closely. Price 
list, page 33. 
New York 
This is the sweetest straw- 
berry grown. The plant is 
a vigorous grower, pro- 
ducing a moderate number of large, healthy 
plants. The berries are medium to large in size, 
dark red in color, but only moderately firm in 
texture. New York is a home garden berry. It 
is the only strawberry we know of that is sweet 
before it gets red. We have many calls for New 
York from those whose health does not permit 
them to eat berries which are in any way tart 
or acid in quality. Price list, page 33. 
SI An old standard variety still 
ample popular in many sections of the 
middle and northern states. 
Plants are vigorous growers and very productive. 
Berries are uniform in shape, medium to large in 
size, of good flavor and attractive in appearance. 
Blossoms are imperfect. Pollenize with Aroma, 
Big Joe, Gibson or Dunlap. Price list, page 33. 
W* BELT 
This variety has long been the standard of 
excellence in quality for all varieties and still 
remains such for all late varieties. There seems 
to be little question that the new early berries, 
Fairfax and Dorsett and Southland, have a 
richer, fuller flavor even than Wm. Belt. On 
most markets the size and appearance determine 
the selling price, but where quality is counted 
in addition to large size and handsome appear- 
ance, Wm. Belt should be grown as a late 
variety. The berries average large in size, some- 
what irregular in shape, but they have an at- 
tractive cap and the berries themselves are a 
bright, glossy red, which makes them very hand- 
some. This variety does its best in the middle 
and northern states, and is fine in the garden 
for local market or nearby shipping. For qual- 
ity in late berries set Wm. Belt. We have some 
fine plants. Price list, page 33. 
Had Fine Chesapeakes 
Hamilton Co., Ohio, April 6th, 1936. I received 
the strawberry plants on the 4th of April. All 
were very fine plants and were in good shape the 
same as all plants I have gotten from your com- 
pany in other years. Last year one of my neigh- 
bors saw some very fine Chesapeake's I had just 
picked and I can say he expressed a compliment 
on the Allen berries. — Mr. John Laffey. 
Finest Plants We Ever Had 
Buncombe Co., N. C, April 1st, 1936. Three 
years ago we got plants from you and not only 
were they the finest plants we have ever had, but 
they produced the best berries we have ever 
grown. Thank you also for making your catalog 
a handsome book of helpful, practical sugges- 
tions for berry culture. — Mr. Oliver C. Perry. 
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