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A Dependable, Hea^^" Producer 



A very productive early mid-season variety which is from a cross of Premier (Howard 

 17) and Aberdeen made at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in 1928. and after 

 extensive testing was introduced in 1938. With us. it has shown to be very similar to Pre- 

 mier in productiveness, firmness, and abundance of bloom : ripening from 3 to 5 days later, 

 and fruiting over a very long season. Like Premier, under dry conditions, the size runs down 

 in the last pickings, even though Pathfinder has a very extensive root system, and is appar- 

 ently better able to produce a good total yield under dry conditions than most varieties. Last 



season under very dry conditions, 

 Pathfinder produced a fine crop, 

 while varieties in adjoining rows 

 could hardly survive. Is very re- 

 sistant to root rots caused by excess 

 moisture or poor drainage. 



PRODUCTIVENESS— From past per- 

 formances, we consider Pathfinder a 

 very dependable heavy producer. As 

 it is less affected by soil, moisture or 

 weather conditions than most varieties, 

 there should be a place for it in spite 

 of its shortcomings in flavor and firm- 

 ness. As a general description, just a 

 later Premier with equal possibilities 

 as a money maker. 



FIRMNESS— In the areas to which 

 Pathfinder is adapted, it is sufficiently 

 firm to meet general requirements, if 

 handled carefully and moved quickly. 

 This far south, it is too soft for gen- 

 eral planting, as is Premier. 



QUALITY AND FLAVOR- We rate 

 Pathfinder with Premier in both qual- 

 ity and flavor, good but not outstand- 

 ing. 



SIZE — The fruit is medium large, 

 very uniform, smooth and attractive, 

 slightly darker than either Premier or 

 Aberdeen, but darkens very slowly 

 when becoming overripe. It has shown 

 a marked resistance to frost injury 

 during the past five years. 



GEOSSY, UNIFORM AND ATTRACTIVE 



SOUTHLAND originated by the U.S.D.A. 



and introduced in 1932. 

 Southland has filled a definite need for a home 

 garden or local market berry for the South of 

 exceptionally high dessert quality, beauty and 

 large size. While not sufficiently firm for gen- 

 eral planting as a commercial variety, many 

 growers have found Southland more profitable 

 than the regular commercial sorts when pro- 

 perly grown and carefully handled. South- 

 land is a vigorous variety, making a well 

 spaced bed of medium large plants : the foliage 

 is dark green and glossy, free from leaf spot 

 and scorch. The fruit is large, uniform and 

 glossy, with depressed seed. Colored a med- 

 ium light red to the center, and this color is 

 retained until very overripe. Finest dessert quality and flavor, 



SOUTHLAND 



NEVER HAD NICER PLANTS 



April 6, 19.38 

 The 300 strawberry plants I ordered from you 

 recently arrived yesterday, all in good condition, 

 well packed, and. I will add that I never had nicer 

 plants, nor better rooted, nor such well selected 

 plants as you sent me. I am well pleased with 

 the plants. You sure have made a customer ©f me. 

 —Mr. L. W. Barton, McKean Co., Pa. 



RECOM3IENDS RAYNER'S PLANTS 



April 14, 1938 ^ 



I am so proud of my strawberry patch, which i| 



was started from your plants last year, that I just IS 



had to write and tell you about them. I picked Ij 



about 3 qts. of berries this morning, and my plants ' ij 



are loaded down with large berries and small i 



ones, and I sincerely recommend your plants to * 



others. — Mrs. G. A. Xortham, Marlboro Co., S. C. J 



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