TENNESSEE BEAUTY 
A new variety from Tennessee having the same parentage as Blakemore (Premier x Missionary). 
Tennessee Beauty makes a very vigorous plant growth, almost as vigorous as Blakemore. The plants 
are very productive. The berries are medium in size, a bright shiny red color, very attractive in 
appearance and solid enough for a shipping berry. The first and largest berries are generally 
wedged shape with the larger part of the crop round conic, resembling Blakemore in size, shape 
and general appearance. Quality is good, but somewhat tart. Like Blakemore, Tennessee Beauty 
berries retain their light color on holding. We are so much sold on Tennessee Beauty that we have 
planted several acres for fruiting in addition to our plant stock. We recommend it for all the Blake- 
more territory (see pige 13) as a fine productive late shipping berry to replace Aroma and to con- 
tinue the season of Biakemore-type berries or to use as a main crop berry to replace Catskill in the 
lower middle states wherever Catskill is unsatisfactory. Although it begins to ripen a few days 
earlier than Aroma, Ttmnessee Beauty bears through the entire late ripening season and in western 
Kentucky has a five yoar record of bearing three times the total yield of Aroma. 
Tennessee Beauty is a patented variety that we can sell you with the understanding that you 
can propogate all you want for yourself but not for sale to others. Price list, page 31. 
ROBINSON 
(Scar/of Beauty-Kardinal King?) 
In plant growth Robinson is almost perfect, having 
extremely healthy foliage and making plenty of new 
runner plants, under good conditions too many unless 
thinned. Robinson berries are very large in size, 
possibly as large as either Catskill or Midland. The 
berries are very attractive. They have a light red 
color which does not darken on holding. Most of the 
berries are quite definitely ridged but the bright 
color makes the berries show up well in the package 
and usually sell for top market prices. The dessert 
quality of Robinson is not very good. Here in Mary- 
land the berries seem to have a tartness without the 
flavor which makes a tart berry good. However, 
Robinson has been rated very high in some freezing 
tests. We must assume from reports that Robinson 
berries, like Premier, are very much better in quality 
when grown in the north than when grown in the 
lower middle states. There are exceptions even here 
however, as evidenced by the letter of Mr. S. S. 
Childress of Kanawha County, West Virginia, who 
wrote us on February 19, 1949, "I believe the 
Robinson is one of the nicest berries I have ever 
seen and believe it outbears my Blakemore here in 
southern West Virgina." From our reports Robinson 
has not done too well in the eastern states, even in 
the north, but in the mid-west, starting with West 
Virginia, through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, 
Wisconsin and Minnesota it has generally been a 
profitable berry, some growers being enthusiastic, 
others neutral and a few disappointed. 
We have a beautiful lot of Robinson plants and 
believe strawberry growers in the western part of the 
Premier territory (see page 8), particularly should 
give it a thorough trial. Apparently it has been a big 
money maker for some growers. Price list, page 31. 
