Quality 
Dorsett stands at the top in quality, better than 
any other commercial kind except Fairfax. For 
this reason Dorsett is one of the best varieties for 
the home garden and for local markets. It also 
emphasizes the need for labeling the variety for 
shipments to wholesale markets. When sold by 
name buyers will come back for more and event- 
ually help the sale for those who grow the variety. 
Size and Productiveness 
As stated previously, Dorsett is one of the most 
productive early berries we have ever seen when 
grown under conditions favoring it. Yields of eight 
to ten thousand quarts per acre are not uncommon. 
Of course not all the berries are as large as the very 
first ones, but the plant is vigorous enough to size 
the entire crop up to a very satisfactory, marketable 
size, larger on the average than Premier. 
Color and Firmness 
Dorsett berries have a bright red color, somewhat 
darker than Blakemore, but not as dark as Fairfax. 
The berries show up most attractively in the package 
and the light color is maintained to a marked de- 
gree, even after the berries get quite ripe. The 
berries are firm enough to stand shipment to distant 
markets and arrive in good condition. From this 
section berries are shipped mostly by truck. They 
Dorsett Complete Berry for Home Gardens 
Worcester Co., Md. Jan. 7th, 1937. A word for 
Dorsett as a berry for the home garden. This one 
variety is all that need be planted as it bears freely 
throughout the season to the very end of Chesapeake. 
In a dry or in an average season it positively will not 
rot, thus enabling one to have berries as ripe as de- 
sired. Quality all that could be desired. — Mr. W. H. 
Ocker. 
Finest Berries He Ever Saw 
Essex Co., Mass. Oct. 7th, 1937. Two or three 
years ago I bought from you Fairfax and Dorsett 
strawberry plants. From those plants I have raised 
some of the finest berries that I ever saw. — Mr. N. N. 
Chubb. 
Wonderful Success with Dorsett and Fairfax 
Essex Co., N. J. June 17th, 1937. In the spring of 
1936 I planted some of your Dorsett and Fairfax 
plants. I had wonderful success with them. Some of 
my friends are very much interested. Would you be 
so kind as to send me two of your books to give them? — 
Mr. Geo. T. Hatt. 
So Well Pleased She Wants More 
Delaware Co., Pa. June 14th, 1937. We have been 
so well pleased with the Dorsett plants we got from you 
last spring, we would like to put in some more, also a 
few Chesapeake for a little later berry. — Mrs. M. 
McMinn. 
Good Crop 
Canyon Co., Idaho. January 26th, 1937. Two 
years ago I got about 3,000 strawberry plants from 
you (Dorsett, Fairfax and Chesapeake) and set them 
about March 11th. Had some hard frosts after that 
and my plants looked awfully sick, but came out of it 
after a while. Had a good crop of Dorsett and Fairfax 
last June but Chesapeake did not do so well. They 
had very few runners. — Mr. W. J. Grant. 
are picked one day and go in the market the next 
morning. On holidays and Sundays berries can be 
kept in storage at temperatures slightly above 32 
degrees and will carry over a day or two in very 
good condition. Dorsett is a satisfactory shipping 
berry as well as a home garden and local market 
variety. 
Adaptation 
Dorsett does best in Maryland, Delaware, New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania and states of similar latitude. 
We have seen some very excellent results in the 
Cape Cod section of Massachusetts, in Southern 
Connecticut and in the lower Hudson Valley. Ex- 
cellent results with Dorsett are reported from 
Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa and even as far north as 
Wisconsin and Minnesota. South of Virginia Dor- 
sett should be grown in higher altitudes for best 
results. On the Southern edge of Dorsett territory 
Blakemore will be found to be the main competitor 
as a shipping berry. In sections north of Penn- 
sylvania it must be admitted that Dorsett is not 
entirely satisfactory. It seems more susceptible to 
late frosts than either Premier or Fairfax and when 
grown far north should be given plenty of winter 
protection and it should be applied early in the fall 
before the first hard freezing if possible. In New 
England and New York, Premier is at its best and 
will probably give way very little to Dorsett. In 
the middle Western states there has been some 
trouble in getting a satisfactory bed of Premier. 
Dorsett has proved to be more vigorous and also 
more resistant to frequent drought than Premier 
and will probably replace it to some extent in that 
area. We want to repeat that when grown under 
conditions to its liking, no variety we have ever 
grown will equal Dorsett in all around value. 
Price list, page 35. 
Dorsett Berries Look Well in the Package 
Dorsett and Fairfax His Favorites 
Calvert Co., Md. March 19th, 1937. I have bought 
plants from you for four years and never had one to 
die. They are such strong plants. The Fairfax and 
Dorsett are my favorites. Want to try some Catskill 
this year. Thanks for catalog. — Mrs. David L. Cox. 
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