Very Productive 
Under favorable conditions Fairfax is 
fully as productive as Premier, with berries 
larger, firmer and better in quality. Yields 
at the rate of 8,000 to 10,000 quarts per 
acre are frequently made. Pollen is pro- 
duced so abundantly that the berries are 
almost sure to set unless the pistils have 
actually been frozen. Dr. Darrow has 
pointed out that unlike some varieties 
which make too much foliage, applications 
of fertilizer or manure to Fairfax generally 
result in a greater yield and larger berries. 
Medium Early 
Fairfax berries ripen medium early. In 
the latitude of Maryland and Virginia they 
are two or three days later than Premier 
and Dorsett. Farther north there is a 
greater difference in the ripening date, as 
they start a week later than Premier in 
some seasons. 
Berries Very Large 
Fairfax berries average very large in 
;size. Under good conditions no variety, 
not even Chesapeake and Catskill, will be 
larger. One customer reported a berry of 
Fairfax 234 x 3/4", with many quarts 
2 x 2Y2' . Another grower in Kentucky 
said his Fairfax were so large that the local 
Association did not want to ship them 
because they made the others look so small. 
See letter below. 
Firmest of All 
Berries of this variety are firmer than 
any of the standard kinds and they stand 
shipment very well. Fairfax berries are 
never mushy — you have to bite them. 
They offer a pleasing resistance when eaten. 
vVhen foliage and fruit are wet, no berries 
vill keep long, but Fairfax will do better 
han most varieties. When these are dry 
Fairfax will keep for several days, in fact 
onger than any variety we know, even 
ifter they become quite dark in color. 
Fairfax plants for your orders 
Beautiful Appearance 
When picked at the proper stage, Fairfax 
are among the handsomest berries we have 
ever grown . A bright green cap, a dark shiny 
skin with prominent yellow seeds combine 
to give a very pleasing effect. Fairfax is 
one of the glossiest of berries. They will 
keep for several days but as they get older 
they turn to a dark red and finally almost 
purple color before they break down and 
decay. During this period before decay 
starts, the quality is very good, but the 
dark color is not liked by some. Where 
shipments are made through local Asso- 
ciations the dark color is likely to be more 
of a disadvantage when sold on local 
markets or in direct shipments to dealers. 
Price list, page 35. 
Growers Become Enthusi- 
astic About Fairfax 
Fairfax Far Superior to Any 
Hendricks Co., Ind. January 24, 1938. Two years 
ago I bought 3,000 strawberry plants, 1,000 of which 
were Fairfax. As you remember that summer was very 
hot and dry and while I lost very near half of the other 
2,000 plants I did not lose any of the Fairfax. Last 
year the yield and quality of the Fairfax was far 
superior to any berry that I have ever seen. — Mr. 
Harvey Stewart. 
Largest Berries and Best Tasting 
Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Feb. 28, 1938. I bought fifty 
Fairfax plants in 1936 and last year they bore very 
good and were the largest and best tasting berries I 
had ever tasted. Everyone who saw and tasted the 
Fairfax last year wants to grow them so I gave them 
your name and address. — Mr. J. B. Goodrich. 
Customers Call for Those Big Dark Berries 
Cumberland Co., Maine. January 19, 1938. In 
1936 I ordered 1,000 Premier plants and 100 each of 
Dorsett and Fairfax. Last year we had a wonderful 
crop. The Premier were at their best and I cannot 
speak too highly of the Fairfax and Dorsett. The size 
and flavor of those berries were wonderful. Some of 
our customers would say "Have you any more of those 
dark berries?" Had I known how good they were I 
would have ordered more last spring. — Mr. Sydney B. 
Thomas. 
Never a Berry Like the Fairfax 
Crawford Co., Pa. February 7, 1938. We have 
raised strawberries on this farm in both a large and 
small way for as long as I can remember, but never a 
berry like the Fairfax. — Mr. A. C. Smith. 
Fairfax Finest in Whole Section 
Northampton Co., Va. January 12, 1938. I cer- 
tainly do thank you for the book of information about 
the best strawberries that I have ever seen. My 
Fairfax berries last year were the finest that I have 
ever seen and the finest of our whole section, and I 
bought the plants from you. — Mr. J. A. Marrian. 
Here's a New One, Fairfax Berries TOO LARGE 
Barren Co., Ky. January 27, 1938. The crop of 
berries from my uncle's Fairfax patch in the spring 
of 1937 were the largest berries ever seen in this 
country. Eight berries were found that filled a quart 
box. These berries averaged so large that the straw- 
berry shipping association refused to take them. They 
sold well on the local market. Do you recommend the 
Fairfax as a good shipping berry if planted thick 
enough so the berries will be smaller? — Mr. Lewis 
Edmunds. 
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