WORLD'S FINEST STRAWBERRY SELECTIONS 



SPARKLE 



Beautiful and Bright 



SPARKLE was released in New Jersey 

 in 1931. It has been a great favorite 

 with growers who want loads of beauti- 

 ful, luscious berries late in the season. 

 It is well adapted to the northern states. 



SPARKLE plants are very produc- 

 tive and very free in runner making. 

 SPARKLE plants have good resistance 

 to one strain of the red stele disease 

 and have some resistance to leaf spot. 

 SPARKLE makes so many plants on 

 good soil it may be necessary to thin 

 them out to help average berry size. 

 SPARKLE plants bloom so heavily 

 and so late that the crop is rarely af- 

 fected by late frosts. 



SPARKLE berries are well named. 

 They are so glossy and lovely, they 

 truly do SPARKLE on the vines. Ber- 

 ries have a rich crimson red color ex- 

 tending clear through. This, along with 

 their fine quality, makes SPARKLE 

 berries one of the best for freezing or 

 processing. Size is medium to large 

 where well grown on beds not too 

 thick. Berries are short, blunt conic to 

 oblate. SPARKLE berries are fresh 

 market favorites and go to market with 

 a shine and finish which makes them 

 very attractive to buyers. SPARKLE 

 berries are superb in quality and you 

 should have some of our beautiful 

 registered SPARKLE plants to produce 

 berries for your table or the market. 

 Order today. See color page 26, 



Dear Sirs: . . .We purchased 5,000 of yours 

 and 10,000 from nearby. Your 5,000 

 Sparkles grew without a failure. . . . 



Mrs. Russell C. Reinhardt 



Nelson, Wise. 



Gentlemen: We have been ordering berry 

 plants from you for several years, and have 

 always been satisfied with the good service 

 and such nice healthy strong plants. We 

 could never grow good strawberries until 

 we started buying our plants from you. Our 

 favorites are Sparkle, Midway and Red- 

 chief. Mrs. Forrest Hackett 

 ^ Coopersville, Mi. 



ALBRITTON 



Classy Carolina Beauty 



ALBRITTON was introduced in North 

 Carolina in 1945. ALBRITTON is a 

 vigorous and productive variety, when 

 grown in North Carolina and some 

 areas of Virginia and Maryland but 

 lack of hardiness prevents it from 

 being grown extensively in other areas. 

 ALBRITTON plants are vigorous 

 and make runners freely. Where well 

 grown, ALBRITTON plants are pro- 

 ductive and set many blossoms. Berries 

 of the ALBRITTON variety are beau- 

 tiful. No other strawberry has more 

 class and these berries are always in 

 great demand. Berries are large and 

 lovely, vivid red turning to deeper red 

 when fully ripe. They are unusually 

 glossy, uniform in shape. Flavor is ex- 

 ceptional. Berries are firm enough to 

 ship to northern markets. Well adapted 

 to freezing. ALBRITTON is medium- 

 early in ripening and one of the most 

 beautiful berries in attractiveness and 

 eye appeal. Try some plants of Al- 

 britton this season. Order now. 

 j^. r. . :.s:i Cj. . . . I have 200 sq. ft. 

 planted in 100 of your strawberry plants 

 and they look very thrifty. I feel surejhat 

 we will have some nice and very tasty 

 strawberries next summer. 



C. F. Sharp 

 Lakeland, Ohio 



We've been purchasing plants from you 

 folks for 22 years and the results have 

 always been delightful — Thanks for the ex- 

 cellent tips on how to raise strawberries. 

 May interest you to know that the varieties 

 Redchief and Marlate thrive on our light 

 Long Island soil and for overall perform- 

 ance Midland continues to excel. 



Howard J. Weinmann 

 W. Babylon, N.Y. 



Sorry my order isn't larger. Enjoy the Berry 

 Book oh so much. Have one question? Why 

 was the small strawberry crying? Don't 

 know — Because his Mom and Dad are in 

 a jam. 



Raymond Fumanick 

 Furbar Farms 

 E. Taunton, Mass. 



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