WORLD'S FINEST STRAWBERRY SELECTIONS 



LATE VARIETIES 



NEW— DELITE 



Highly Disease Resistant 



DELITE, a new highly resistant to dis- 

 ease late variety developed by USDA 

 and Southern Illinois University is 

 available to the grower for the first 

 time. This variety was developed at 

 Carbondale, Illinois and has been espe- 

 cially productive in an area from Mis- 

 souri east to Maryland. DELITE prom- 

 ises to offer the same disease resistance 

 and vigor for the late harvest season as 

 Surecrop has provided for the early 

 harvest season. DELITE is highly re- 

 sistant to red stele and verticillium wilt. 

 It is also resistant to leaf spot and leaf 

 blight and is moderately resistant to 

 leaf scorch. 



DELITE ripens about 12 days after 

 Earlidawn. The fruit is large with a 

 glossy bright red skin color. The flesh 

 is moderately firm and pink in color. It 

 has a slightly acid flavor with good 

 aroma and desert quality. 



Plants are very vigorous and produce 

 runners freely. Under good growing 

 conditions it may be necessary to re- 

 move some of the late formed daughter 

 plants in a manner similar to that re- 

 quired for Surecrop. 



The high degree of disease resistance 

 and late maturity makes this a variety 

 that should be tested by all those gard- 

 eners and Pick-Your-Own operations 

 who want an extended harvest season. 



Glenn Stadelbacher — We received the 

 strawberry plants in good order. Set them 

 out next day. They were the best plants, 

 I ever saw. Am well pleased with them. 

 Respectfully 

 Linn Miller 

 Springfield, Mo. 



JERSEYBELLE 



Big and Beautiful 



JERSEYBELLE was released in New 

 Jersey in 1955, The late bearing JER- 

 SEYBELLE berries are fancy and so 

 outstanding in beauty and size that 

 they always bring top price on the 

 market. JERSEYBELLE is best 

 adapted to the middle and northern 

 states. 



JERSEYBELLE plants are mod- 

 erately vigorous and will make an ade- 

 quate number of runners under good 

 conditions — and plenty of runners un- 

 der superior conditions. Plants are sus- 

 ceptible to leaf diseases and do not 

 have good resistance to red stele or 

 verticillium wilt but our virus free 

 stocks of this great variety seem to re- 

 main fairly free of disease. 



JERSEYBELLE berries are truly 

 big and beautiful. The fruit has a shiny 

 skin, tough surface and rather promi- 

 nent yellow seeds. Cap is large and 

 showy, attracting the eye of the buyer. 

 Flavor of the fruit is mild but this does 

 not deter the city buyer and JERSEY- 

 BELLE continues to sell big at the 

 market, due to large size and attractive 

 appearance. 



JERSEYBELLE berries must be 

 picked closely, at just the right time 

 and handled promptly before fruit turns 

 dark red. They are firm enough then 

 for retail trade and overnight shipment. 

 Berries are not well adapted to freez- 

 ing as they are soft and mild. 



For large, showy, attractive fruit that 

 will always find a market, set some 

 Jerseybelle plants this season. Order 

 your plants now. See color page 50. 



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