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FAIRFAX . . (loyal Quality! 
"Have you any more of those large, dark berries? They're wonderful!" 
"In these days of sugar shortage, I'm more fond of Fairfax than ever." 
"My customers don't want other varieties, since I started growing Fairfax." 
"There's nothing in our garden as popular as those Fairfax berries." 
What's a grower going to do when he hears comments like the above from his cus- 
tomers and his family, season after season? Sure, he's going to grow FAIRFAX! And 
that's just what he has been doing. 
In large commercial plantings Premier and Catskill are tops in the North and Blake- 
more in the South, but in family gardens or small plantings for local or roadside trade 
where quality counts most 
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There are, we believe, more separate plantings of Fairfax than of any other variety 
on earth. There should be. They are the best of all to eat and as easy as any to grow. 
Let no one think that the superb quality and flavor of the berries is the only good 
thing about Fairfax. It's really splendid in many other ways. 
Fairfax normally makes as good a fruiting row as Premier — not as many plants but 
larger, stronger ones. The foliage is beautiful. In ornamental plantings where low 
border plants are needed, strawberries are often used. Fairfax is the favorite variety for 
this purpose. The sturdy plants with the large, dark green, shiny leaves, the very 
large white blossoms with the bright yellow centers, and later on the ruby red berries, 
explains why Fairfax is a favorite where beauty is the aim. 
Fairfax plants are fairly heavy producers — 
not as productive as Premier and Catskill but 
well up with the average. Excellent yields at 
the rate of 5,000 to 8,000 quarts per acre are 
frequently obtained under good conditions. 
Fairfax berries, in addition to their unsur- 
passed quality are among the firmest. Only 
Blakemore, Midland and a very few less well 
known kinds are as firm. If picked on time 
Fairfax berries can be shipped anywhere 
strawberries are supposed to go. Some sec- 
tions of the South grow and ship Fairfax. 
Good Fairfax nearly always top the market 
when shipped in competition with other 
kinds. 
The one criticism of Fairfax berries is that 
they get dark on holding. After keeping 
long enough to rot many varieties, Fairfax 
does turn very dark, almost purple, but re- 
tains its firmness and high quality a few more 
days before finally rotting. As more and 
more people learn about Fairfax the dark 
purplish color becames a symbol of quality, 
not of decay. 
When they first ripen Fairfax berries are a 
shiny, bright red — beautiful in appearance — 
resembling Chesapeake. The very large first 
berries are often fan shaped but the main 
crop is of more normal shape as shown in 
the hand on next page. 
