Typical first berries of Fairfax. They really get this large 
FAIRFAX 
Supreme in Quality 
In our experience, nine people out of ten who have eaten Fairfax say it has the best 
flavor and quality that they have ever known in a strawberry. They are so good that 
when once tasted, buyers almost always come back for more. Fairfax berries should 
be sold by name. In regions" where many berries are sold on roadside markets, Fairfax 
has become so well known and is so well liked that growers are getting from five to ten 
cents per quart more than for other varieties. People who can afford what they want 
drive out from nearby towns and pay high prices for this berry. 
FAIRFAX FINDS FAVOR 
Fairfax has definitely arrived. We have had a larger number of enthusiastic reports from 
this variety than any kind we have ever sent out. It is so large, so pretty, and so delicious in 
flavor that it is making new friends everywhere. The following are taken from letters written 
to us about this fine berry. 
" — Two years ago I ordered a few Fairfax and Dorsett plants. This year I had quart after quart 
filled to gospel measure with thirty berries. I am still excited about both Dorsett and Fairfax although 
I have been growing berries for forty years." Mr. G. O. Hazlett, Fulton Co., Ind. 
" — Fairfax is a jewel indeed." Mr. C. R. Smith, Harrison Co., Iowa. 
" — Never have I eaten anything so delicious as the Fairfax, and my friends who tried them all agreed 
with me." Celestia Lapham, Middlesex Co., Mass. 
" — We bought Fairfax from you the year you sold only 100 to a customer. I never saw such berries. 
They were the largest and most perfect I ever saw. Too much cannot be said for the Fairfax. Mr. Richard 
B. Hippie, Perry Co., Pa. 
" — My Fairfax plants were nice and strong and the berries were something grand. Lula Rowlett, 
Jefferson Co., Ind. 
Origin and Habit 
Fairfax is one of several good varieties originated 
by Dr. George M. Darrow and his Associates of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is a cross 
between Premier and Royal Sovereign. From the 
Royal Sovereign Fairfax gets its outstanding quality. 
From Premier it gets healthy foliage and freedom 
from disease. In vigor of- plant growth Fairfax far 
surpasses either of its parents. Fairfax makes a 
moderate number of large, strong plants rather 
than a great number of smaller ones. For this 
reason Fairfax will do well with a minimum of 
thinning and spacing although it responds wonder- 
fully to them. We have seen individual plants 
almost as large as a bushel basket with a very heavy 
crop of large, beautiful berries. 
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