CATSKILL 
Best MIDSEASON BERRY 
Catskill will produce a larger crop of bigger berries than any midseason 
variety we know. As a sure cropper it ranks next to Premier. Catskill has 
not been on the market as long as Premier, but during the four years we 
have known it as a named variety, and two or three years as a seedling, we 
have never known it to miss a crop. The highest record of marketable 
berries that we know of in this section was made with this variety. We 
believe Catskill will produce more quarts per acre and berries of larger 
average size even than Premier. No variety since Premier has proved 
universally satisfactory and profitable over so wide a territory as Catskill. 
Growers in all sections except far South can plant this variety with confi- 
dence of good results. 
Origin and Habit. Catskill is a cross 
of Marshall and Premier, introduced in 
1934 by the New York Experiment Station 
at Geneva, New York. Catskill makes a 
large, strong plant and sends out plenty of 
runners to make a good fruiting bed under 
nearly all conditions. Under very good 
conditions some spacing or thinning would 
pay. The foliage usually shows a small 
amount of leaf spot but this has never been 
serious enough to interfere with bringing to 
maturity the enormous crop of fruit which 
Catskill bears. The berries are borne on 
very strong, rather long fruiting stems 
which makes the berries easier to get at in 
picking. 
Size and Productiveness. As stated 
above, we know of no variety, early or late, 
which will produce as many quarts of ber- 
ries of as large an average size as Catskill. 
Catskill has been practically frost proof. 
Its record of consecutive crops is not as 
long as that of Premier, but so far it has 
not missed, regardless of how severe the 
conditions were. 
Color and Attractiveness. The ber- 
ries are bright red in color and make a very 
nice looking package. They do not get 
much darker as they become riper. The 
largest berries have a rather rough surface, 
sometimes creased, but this does not seem 
to detract from their nice appearance. 
Tests show that consumers rate Catskill 
equally as attractive as Fairfax or Dorsett 
even though the surface of the berries is 
not as smooth. Catskill berries bring top 
prices. 
Firmness. As a shipping variety, Cat- 
skill is entirely satisfactory. The berries 
are firm enough to stand shipment to dist- 
ant markets and arrive in good condition. 
They rank about with Chesapeake and 
Lupton in this respect. 
Quality. Catskill berries are very good 
in quality, ranking with old favorites like 
Chesapeake, Wm. Belt, Big Joe and others. 
They are not quite as good as Dorsett and 
Fairfax, but they are good enough to be- 
come favorites on many markets, even 
local markets and roadsides when custom- 
ers can be very critical. 
Season of Ripening. Catskill starts 
ripening about midseason, but the crop is 
so large and is borne over such a long 
period that some growers use it to cover 
both the midseason and late period. Cat- 
skill will still be bearing nice berries when 
some of the later varieties are about gone. 
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