• TEMPLE • SPARKLE • 
• FAIRLAND • 
These three new varieties could well be called Vim, Vigor and Vitality. The 
robust plant growth and free production of new runners is one of the many things 
they have in common. They really will grow 
In addition to their great vigor the outstanding thing about all three varieties is their 
resistance to redstele root rot. All of them have a common parent, Aberdeen, which carries 
this redstele resistance to a very high degree, but is not as good a variety in other respects 
as Temple, Sparkle and Fairland. For those sections that are bothered with redstele, 
one or more of these three varieties could well be the nucleus around which a profitable 
strawberry industry could be continued or revived. 
Ptedu/rfiven&U: Temple, Sparkle and Fairland rank 
with the best, like Premier, Catskill and Midland. It would be 
difficult to rate them in productiveness. Temple has made some 
outstanding yields in Maryland, New Jersey and New England. 
Sparkle in New York state and New England has been a 
heavy producer and in two four-year tests in Massachusetts 
Fairland out-yielded both Premier and Catskill. All are 
very heavy producers. 
All three come in the mid- 
season group. However, Temple ripens first, a few 
days ahead of Fairland, which in turn is a few days 
ahead of Sparkle. All three bear over a long 
period after ripening season begins, Sparkle 
especially lasting as long as some of the varieties 
listed as late ripening. 
AdafUailO^t: Temple and Fairland 
are adapted to nearly all of the Premier 
territory (see page 8), except that they 
have not yet proved themselves in far 
northern areas. Sparkle is well 
adapted to the northern part of the 
Premier territory but has definitely 
proved that it is not at its best as far 
south as Maryland and Virginia. 
Being very heavy producers all of 
these varieties need fairly springy, 
moist soil to size and mature the tre- 
mendous crops of fruit; but even on 
lighter soils there is hardly ever any 
difficulty in getting a satisfactory 
fruiting row. 
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