REDSTAR 



Redstar extends the season for fancy 

 fruit. Almost equally important is the 

 fact that you are sure to get a crop. 

 Redstar blooms so late it is never killed 

 by late frost. These two attributes 

 should be the basis of your deci- 

 sion to grow Redstar. 



The first berries are large 

 and wedge shaped. Later berries 

 are mostly round-conic. Redstar 

 berries are very fine in quality. 

 They have an attractive bright 

 red color which darkens very 

 little on holding. Where a good 

 '^- bed is made Redstar is ex- 

 '""■tremely productive and the ber- 

 ' ries average large in size, firm 

 \ \ enough for shipping and attrac- 

 r tive enough to sell well. 



^ Because it is so late Red- 



star should be grown 

 where ample moisture is 

 available at fruiting time, 

 either from moist soil or 

 irrigation. With virus free 

 plants it is easy to get a won- 

 derful fruiting row with healthy, 

 beautiful foliage. 



One complaint about Redstar 



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berries is fasciation. In this several fruiting stems apparently merge forming a broad 

 flat stem and the berries broaden and twist, making them very undesirable. Our 

 new virus free stocks show far less of this than the old strains, although there is still 

 more than we like to see. 



If you are a commercial grower you can stretch your season and handle a far 

 greater volume of berries with a given amount of help. If you are a home gardener 

 you can stretch the season and feed your family wonderful desserts after other 

 berries are gone. Price list page 32. 



Jackson Co., Illinois. Feb. 14, 1963. "Our Redstar plants we received last year were the nicest 

 berry plants we had ever had. They grew well on creek bottom ground." Milton Reeves. 



AMBROSIA 



Ambrosia is a good very late variety that makes a strong, vigorous growth. It is somewhat 

 susceptible to leaf spot. It produces heavy crops of large, attractive, light-colored berries, 

 resembling Big Joe very much in size and appearance. The quality is only fair unless eaten with 

 sugar. Because of the late ripening season Ambrosia berries usually sell well. Because of its 

 late blooming season you always have berries to sell. Price list page 32. 



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