EMPIRE 



/I Large, 



Productive, High 



duality Berry 



for t/ie Nort/i 



Size, Beauty, Productiveness — Empire has them all 



Empire is a fine variety released by the 

 New York State Experiment Station. It has 

 done well in most of the northern states, ex- 

 cellent reports having come from the Atlantic 

 coast states to the Mississippi River. Here in 

 Maryland Empire is too soft. 



Empire berries are large, bright, attractive and 



of much better quality than Premier. They are about 



the same in firmness. Under good conditions Empire 



is about as productive as Premier and Catskill. The 



large size and light attractive color make them easy to 



market profitably. Empire berries are only moderately 



firm so they should be handled quickly and kept picked 



> closely. They are not generally considered to be good for 



freezing. 



Empire needs the right climate and soil to produce its 

 characteristic strong, vigorous growth. Under good growing 

 conditions some plant thinning is necessary. 



Mrs. Charles Wertman of Wayne Co., Ohio wrote us on May 15, 1963 as 

 follows: "In 1960 I ordered 25 Empire, 25 Sparkle and 25 Armore plants. In 1961 I 

 sold 80 quarts besides the many quarts we used and gave to our relatives. I will 

 be picking off the same patch again this year — third season — and expect a fair 

 crop as the plants are white with bloom. I intended to have them plowed under but 

 my husband had other ideas." 



Empire withstood the drought with us very well, and our plant beds are very 

 beautiful. We anticipate having an adequate supply of plants of this fine variety. 

 Price list page 32. 



TEMPLE 



Temple berries are large, regular with a blunt conic shape and moderately firm. Their color 

 is medium red and they are of good dessert quality with an excellent flavor. Temple plants are 

 highly tolerant of virus diseases, resistant to leaf spot, and it was developed as a commercial 

 variety for use on red stele infected soils. It is resistant to the most common strain of red stele 

 and was the first of the good red stele resistant varieties. Price list page 32. 



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