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iND • SPARKLE 
itrawberries for growth and production in addition to their cibility to grow 
jven if your soil should become infected with red stele. One of the many 
3 ff runners. All of them are very resistant to red stele root rot. They have 
I is not as good in other respects as Temple, Sparkle and Fairland. For 
[fi be the nucleus around which a profitable strawberry industry could 
I and Midland. It would be difficult to rate them in productiveness, 
t le mid-western states. Sparkle in New York and New England has 
. Fairland in two four-year tests in Massachusetts out yielded both 
) lio. All three varieties are very heavy producers, 
ripening at about the same time, with Sparkle just a few days 
= ripening period. 
> it the following areas: Fairland, all of the northern states as 
i nd Indiana; Sparkle, all of New England, New York, New 
( ntly not as universally good as in the east. Temple, more 
I states as far south as Virginia and Kentucky and as far 
1 ) size and mature the tremendous crops of fruit, but 
I ory fruiting row. 
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5 31. 
Sparkle Berries — 
How They Shine! 
SPARKLE berries are round, 
deep red in color clear through 
the berry, with a shiny sparkling 
skin which makes them very at- 
tractive. Sparkle berries are only 
medium in size eve" vhere it is 
best adapted. When own as far 
south as Maryland, Sparkle ber- 
ried are rather soft. However, in 
New York State they are firm 
enough for nearby markets and 
are rated very high as a freezing 
berry. We believe no one berry 
will ever replace Premier entire- 
ly, but if further trial establish 
the hardiness of Sparkle this 
variety will be grown instead of 
Premier in many areas where it 
is best adapted. Every northern 
berry grower should try Sparkle. 
Price List page 31. 
Sparkle— Plants Like These Will 
Grow for You! 
REDCROP 
A new variety, released by the New Jersey Sta- 
tion in 1950. Plant growth quite vigorous, making 
new runner plants freely. Plants here were moder- 
ately productive, although in New Jersey yields 
of from eight to ten thousand quarts per acre have 
been reported. Berries medium in size, rather 
dark, about like Temple but more uniform in 
shape. Quality good, but not high, about like 
Premier. In 1950, a wet year, foliage showed some 
leaf spot and quite severe rotting of fruit. We did 
not fruit it in 1951. Well worth trying a little 
farther north than Maryland. Price List page 31. 
