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Grow more fancy strawberries with the same amount of help. Many days after all other good 
varieties are through Redstar will still be turning out berries in abundance. The same pickers who 
picked your earlier berries can keep on picking fine late Redstar. Prices in normal times will be much 
better because of avoiding local competition with all other varieties. V 
Redstar plants make a very robust plant growth with plenty of large, strong, deeply rooted plants, 
and foliage so healthy and green it might well be used as a beautiful ornamental plant. These big 
plants really turn out big crops. Redstar is most productive for a very late variety ; Redstar is a sure 
cropper because they bloom so late, after frost danger is over. 
Redstar berries average large in size, with the largest ones usually broad, sometimes fanshaped. 
They are very fine in quality, some say close to Fairfax. Numerous reports state that Resdtar is excel- 
lent for freezing. The berries are firm enough to stand shipment; they have a very attractive bright 
red color which does not turn dark on holding. The berries show up very well in the package. They 
usually bring highest prices because they are not only attractive but because they can be had 30 far 
after the regular season of other good varieties. 
Whether planted in home garden, in small profit plot or large commercial planting, Redstar produces fancy 
berries to stretch out the season for your enjoyment and profit. 
Like many other good varieties Redstar has one important weakness. In some sections and under some 
conditions which are not entirely clear, Redstar has a tendency to fasciation. In mild cases this causes the 
broad fan-shaped berries, which are frequently seen on Redstar, with the later berries being of a normal shape. 
In severe cases the broad flat stem, which accompanies the fan-shape berries, separates into many tiny stems 
each of which bears a small nearly worthless berry. In most sections Redstar makes a fine contribution to the 
strawberry industry but where fasciation is serious the value of Redstar is greatly decreased. 
"I know Redstar is okay for a late berry," wrote Mr. V. M. Sullivan of Wayne Co., Indiana, on February 9, 
1949. But to indicate how important it is for growers to try the newer varieties for themselves we want to quote 
from two letters received from growers in the state of Virginia. On February 26, 1949, Mr. B. M. Arrington of 
Washington Co., Virginia, wrote us in part as follows: "I want 
to advise that Redstar is absolutely worthless for this section. 
All the other varieties I had were all right." Just six weeks 
before that, Mr. R. A. Palmer, formerly of Fairfax County, 
Virginia, but now living in Somerset County, N. J., wrote us 
the following: "We used your plants in Fairfax County, Virginia, 
and found Redstar, Midland and Premier all excellent for that 
section." 
Redstar is recommended for all the northern 
states, as far south as Virginia, and west to Missouri. 
To grow it at its best, Redstar needs rich, moist land 
to help size up all those nice late berries. We have 
a nice lot of Redstar plants. Price list, page 31. 
REDSTAR BERRIES 
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