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BIG 

 JOE 



Big Joe, also known as Joe and Joe Johnson, makes a strong vigorous plant growth. The 

 individual plants are quite large and usually do not need spacing. They are moderately productive 

 and under favorable conditions may be very productive. The blossoms are rather susceptible to 

 frost injury, so that plants should be set on sites where frost damage is unlikely. 



The berries are large and of very fine quality. A brilliant red flesh color, prominent red to 

 yellow seeds and a big green cap combine to make a very showy and attractive berry. Big Joe is 

 popular when grown for home use or local market. The fruit is fairly firm and in this shipping 

 section of Eastern Maryland they have for years sold well on local auction markets, outselling 

 Catskill much of the time. 



If you are a Big Joe grower be careful of mixed plants. There are dozens of farmers in this 

 section who have Big Joe thoroughly mixed with Lupton. As both are good varieties and of nearly 

 the same season they don't try very hard to get them straight. We have seen so much of this particu- 

 lar mixture that we have been extra careful and can supply you from a stock that we know is 

 straight. Price list, page 31. 



ABERDEEN 



Aberdeen "just won't do" as far South as Mary- 

 land, but from Southern Pennsylvania North it is 

 often grown with very fine results. Plant growth is 

 one of the most vigorous and healthy of all, mcJcing 

 plenty of large strong plants for a good fruiting bed. 

 Very productive. Likes heavy soil. Berries average 

 quite large in size with a bright attractive color. 

 Quality is rather poor and the berries are not very 

 firm. 



Where a good heavy soil is available close 

 enough to market so berries can be picked and 

 marketed promptly, Aberdeen sometimes proves to 

 be a real money maker. In spite of being rather soft, 

 the bright attractive color makes the berries sell 

 well and the heavy yields help pull the profits. 



Aberdeen is very resistant to the red stele root 

 disease and is being used widely in breeding red 

 stele resistant kinds. Until better varieties are ob- 

 tained, Aberdeen may prove especially valuable in 

 Northern States for growers whose soils may have 

 become infested with this disease as well as for 

 those who just do well with Aberdeen anyway. 

 Price list, page 31. 



Eleanor Roosevelt ^J'^^Z: 



variety that has 

 proved to be a money maker in North Carolina 

 under some conditions. When grown on low, moist, 

 rich soil it has paid well. In dry seasons on high 

 land it has failed. In verv hot weather it stops. They 

 still like it in North Carolina where is has been 

 renamed by some growers who now call the berry 

 "Omega". On rich, moist soil the berries grow 

 quite large and long and with a very large bright 

 green cap. They are quite firm and of excellent 

 quality. Price list, page 31. 



Culver "^ ^®^ ^oik State introduc- 

 tion. Does better here than 

 any of the other New York State varieties 

 except Catskill. The plants are very vigor- 

 ous and healthy and the berries are 

 large, beautiful red color with bright 

 green caps. The berries are fairly firm, 

 considerably darker in color than the 

 Clermont, arid red to the center. Worth 

 trying. Price list, page 31. 



