WORLD'S FINEST STRAWBERRY SELECTIONS 



ment stations and nurseries to find 

 and produce virus-free plants. In 1956 

 with the help of the USDA scientists, 

 Maryland set up a screenhouse for 

 "Foundation-grade" virus-free straw- 

 berry plants. A Maryland certification 

 program that would assure the grower 

 that he was receiving virus-free plants 

 from the nursery was established at the 

 same time. Dr. Scott has continued the 

 programs Dr. Darrow started and 

 guided for so many years. The hundreds 

 of thousands who enjoy picking their 

 own strawberries in their gardens or at 

 the "pick-your-own" farms, the com- 

 mercial strawberry producer, the nur- 

 serymen and the American consumer 

 in general are deeply indebted to Dr. 

 Darrow and his associates for the high 

 quality strawberries that are available 

 to us today. 



It is not possible in this limited space 



to acknowledge the many accomplish- 

 ments of Dr. Darrow. In addition to 

 the many bulletins and scientific re- 

 search reports, he wrote the remark- 

 ble book, "The Strawberry — History, 

 Breeding and Physiology." He served 

 as President of the American Society 

 for Horticultural Science and the Bo- 

 tanical Society of Washington, D.C. 

 He was vice-president of the American 

 Genetic Association. He received the 

 Wilder medal from the American Pom- 

 ological Society for his outstanding 

 work with small fruits. The United 

 States Department of Agriculture 

 awarded him its highest honor, the 

 Distinguished Service Award. The Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina conferred the 

 honorary degree of Doctor of Science. 

 We and the strawberry industry salute 

 you and wish you many more years of 

 good health and happiness. 



EARLY VARIETIES 



DARROW 



Carries a Great Name 

 DARROW, a new high quality early 

 variety developed by the cooperative 

 USDA-Maryland breeding program is 

 available to the grower for the first 

 time. This variety comes from the same 

 breeding program that produced Sure- 

 crop, Guardian, Midway, Sunrise and 

 Redchief. DARROW's fruit quality, 

 productivity and disease resistance is 

 of such high quality that the leaders of 

 the breeding program decided to name 

 it in honor of Dr. George M. Darrow. 

 DARROW ripens 2-3 days later than 

 Earlidawn. Its berries are medium- 

 large in size with firm, deep red flesh 



and a glossy, bright red tough skin 

 that does not break when picked. Its 

 good flavor plus the deep red color 

 makes it ideal for freezing or eating 

 fresh. The plants are resistant to five 

 races of red stele and intermediate in 

 resistance to verticillium wilt. It is 

 moderately resistant to leaf scorch, mil- 

 dew and leaf spot. It has been tested 

 and proven to be productive from 

 Maryland west to Missouri and north 

 along the Atlantic coast. This variety 

 should be tested by every commercial 

 grower and home gardener who wants 

 a high quality, productive, disease-re- 

 sistant early berry. See color picture 

 page 3. 



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