PREMIER 
For many years Premier has been the most popular and most widely planted variety of straw- 
berries over a wide area. The Premier territory includes Canada and all the northern states from 
Minnesota to Maine. It extends down through the middle states as far south as Virginia and the 
higher altitudes of North Carolina and Tennessee — westward across the Mississippi Valley. 
You can make no mistake in selecting Premier as one of your varieties if you live anywhere in 
that area, generally the northeastern one-fourth of the whole United States. Other varieties are grown 
and are popular but Premier is the leader by a wide margin. 
The U. S. D. A. and various State Experiment Stations have developed thousands of new straw- 
berry seedlings, produced by scientific cross-breeding, within the last few years. Many of these seed- 
lings have been selected for introduction. All of the best of these new introductions have Premier 
either as a parent or a grandparent. "Premier blood" still dominates the strawberry situation far 
beyond the limits of the regular Premier territory. For example, all of the following varieties are 
either one-half or one-fourth Premier: Catskill, Fairfax, Midland, Blakemore, Dorsett, Fairpeake, 
Redstar, Sparkle, Temple, Tennessee Beauty, Tennessee Shipper and probably Robinson. It is a fact 
that most of the records for big profits and heavy yields for the last thirty- three years have been made 
with Premier, which has not missed a crop during that time. 
Some other varieties are said to be frost resistant. On the record only Premier is entitled to be 
called frost proof. Other characteristics which have enabled Premier to gain and maintain this 
leadership for so long : , 
PLANT GROWTH. No variety has a healthier plant growth than Premier; others are more vigorous but 
none more free from disease. 
PRODUCTIVENESS. Premier plants are extremely productive, ranking at the very top with others like 
Catskill, Sparkle, Midland, etc. 
Plant 
to 
Pyramid 
pi*yu 
SIZE. Premier berries are medium to large in 
size, not as large as Midland or Catskill, but larger 
than Sparkle, Tennessee Shipper and Tennessee 
Beauty. Premier sets so many berries that it is very 
difficult to mature them all to 
a good size. This is especially 
true in very dry seasons. 
FIRMNESS. The berries 
are firm enough for local 
markets and for shipping 
moderate distances, say as 
much as two or three hundred 
miles over-night by truck. 
Shippers have learned that 
Premier does not 
hold up well 
when shipped in 
refrigerator 
