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Introduced 38 years ago, Chesapeake has been widely planted and is still the most popular 

 and profitable late berry in the North central and North eastern states. Is the most popular 

 berry grown in the northeast under irrigation, where its lateness, high dessert quality and 

 large size are so desirable. As Chesapeake is not a free plant maker, should be planted on 

 rich, moist soil, well supplied with humus and given careful cultivation to grow it at its best. 

 Properly grown, there is no late berry that compares with Chesapeake in (piality, beauty, uni- 

 formity and profit. 



QUALITY— The quality and flavor of Chesa- 

 peake are very fine, far superior to any other late 

 berry. Without its other good points, Chesapeake 

 would be a desirable sort, simply for this high 

 dessert quality; but, this, combined with firmness, 

 disease and frost resistance, and productiveness, 

 truly make it an ideal late variety. Chesapeake 

 is equally desirable for the home garden, local 

 market, or for commercial growing. 



SIZE — The berries are large to very large and 

 hold their size well to the end of the season. This 

 is possible through the large vigorous plants, al- 

 ways spaced well in the bed and they never set 

 more fruit than they can size up. This is another 

 reason why Chesapeake is a favorite of the con- 

 sumer. 



FIRMNESS — Chesapeake is an excellent shipping 

 berry. The fruit is firm as any late berry includ- 

 ing Lupton. For commercial growers this is very 

 important as the condition of the fruit when it 



AROMA ^^^^ most popular late ship- 

 ping berry for the South 

 and South Central States. The growth 

 is fairly vigorous, making a well spaced 

 bed of medium sized plants ; the foliage 

 is low, and the stems are borne to the 

 ground by the weight of the fruit. „The 

 fruit is large, bright, attractive, and 

 very firm, and the entire crop sizes up 

 very well. Aroma has a full measure of 

 the essential characteristics for a profit- 

 able long distance shipping berry. They 

 have been, and still are, a real money 

 maker for many growers. 



reaches the market always is an important factor 

 in the price received. With Chesapeake's firmness 

 and good keeping qualities, top prices are the rule 

 for this variety on the large wholesale markets. 



GROWTH— To get a good fruiting bed Chesa- 

 peake should be set in rich, well manured soil, 

 they respond to good cultivation and the soil 

 should be stirred around them often during the 

 growing season. The foliage is strong and healthy, 

 very resistant to leaf spot and other foliage troub- 

 les, holding up well "until the whole crop is har- 

 vested. Chesapeake blooms very late and by so 

 doing escapes late frosts, much as Premier does 

 through its resistance and abundance of bloom 



PRODUCTIVENESS— As a late variety Chesa- 

 peake is very productive. Although they do not 

 set an abundance of fruit, as some varieties do, 

 they set plenty to produce a mighty fine crop of 

 large marketable berries which practically all size 

 up, right to the last picking. 



QUALITY! 

 PROFITS! 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

 March 31, 1939 

 I wish to acknowledge receipt of your 

 letter and catalog, and also the splendid 

 1.050 strawberry plants which arrived in 

 No. 1 condition for planting, for which 

 please accept my best thanks. We have 

 had very cold rains since they arrived 

 last Monday, which hampered my plant- 

 ing. However, plants are beginning to 

 shoot new leaves. I and my wife and 

 daughter feel very proud of them. 



I shall follow your directions in your 

 Berry Book to the letter, and vou may 

 rest assured of all my future orders. 

 Yours respectfully, 



Paul J. Kamper 



Lycoming County, Pa. 

 April 20. 1939 

 Just set 3,000 of your Premier plants 

 and am well pleased with them. 



Yours very truly, S. C. Koons 



Chesapeake Berries Are L.arg:e, Firm and Delicious 

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