26 ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1925 



CHESAPEAKE 



This is the best late berry ever introduced and is the only worthy running 

 mate for Premier that we know of. Chesapeake will outship and outsell any 

 strawberry ever put on the market. There are so many good points to Cheaspeake 

 that we are going to list them in order so as not to miss any. 



1. The berries are large in size and hold up their size well to the end of the 

 season. With about 40 of the leading varieties growing this year our Chesapeake 

 averaged larger in size than any other variety we had, even larger than Big Joe 

 and lots large than Cooper much heralded as a fancy large berry. The Cooper 

 were right beside the Chesapeake. 



2. The quality is of the very finest. No other varieties except possibly Wm. 

 Belt and Big Late equal Chesapeake in this respect. It is delicious. 



3. The berries are firm enough to stand shipment to distant markets. In fact 

 it will ship better than any other large berry we have ever grown. On our local 

 auction markets solid carloads of Chesapeake will often bring $2.00 or $3.00 per 

 crate of 32 quarts more than any other variety. 



4. Due to the beautiful appearance, size, quality and firmness of the berries, 

 they will outsell all other varieties. 



5. Unlike Premier which will do well on all types of soil, rich or poor, Chesa- 

 peake needs land that has been well manured and it needs good care. Given these 

 it will produce just enough strong, heavy rooted plants for a good fruiting bed. 

 Chesapeake produces a medium number of large, strong plants rather than great 

 quantities of small ones. It is hard to get great numbers of plants. That is the 

 reason why many plant men do not push this variety, and the plants for the same 

 reason can never be cheap as compared to Dunlap or Paul Jones, but the results 

 are well worth paying a little more in order to get true-to-name Chesapeake. 



6. Next to Premier Chesapeake has the healthiest foliage of any variety on 

 our list. During the very wet picking season of 1924, Chesapeake and Premier 

 were the only varieties we had that were almost entirely free from rust. They both 

 produced a fine crop and were the only ones that did. Big Joe and Big Late ranked 

 up well among all the other varieties in condition of the foliage and crop produced. 



7. Almost frost proof. Premier withstands frosts on account of its very hardi- 

 ness. Chesapeake, a late variety, almost always avoids frosts because it blooms very 

 late, later than other varieties of the same season. Our attention was first called to 

 this habit of late blossoming by the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 at Geneva. 



8. When canning or preserving, Chespeake will retain the shape and flavor as 

 well or better than any berry we have ever tried. 



9. The plants are very productive. They do not set enormous numbers of 

 small berries but they do set plenty for a fine crop, and for this reason they can 

 size them up better and hold the size throughout the season better than if large 

 numbers of small berries were set which are never matured. 



10. Chesapeake is a money maker. As Mr. Albert Reynolds, of Chester 

 County, Pa., said you don't have to pick so many to get a dollar. Chesapeake will 

 sell for big prices when the denmnd is strong and it will sell for good prices when 

 many other varieties will not sell at all. Take good care of Chesapeake and they 

 will take care of you. Price list page 35. 



Fendall. An imperfect flowering variety that produces big crops of good size, 

 good quality berries. They are not firm enough for shipping, irregular in shape and 

 not especially attractive in appearance. Our recommendation would be plant 

 Big Late, Aroma, Wm. Belt or Chesapeake rather than Fendall. Price list page 35. 



