BLARE MORE 
EARLY- SOLID 
PRODUCTIVE 
A GREAT 
SH/PP//VG 
BERRY 
IN THE South and as far North as Maryland and Virginia, Blakemore has proved to 
be one of the finest of all shipping berries. Probably no new variety has ever become 
so widely grown in such a short time. Blakemore has nearly everything to make it a 
great shipping berry. The one big objection is the tendency to sport into yellow strains. 
We are glad to announce that growers can now get YELLOWS FREE BLAKEMORE 
and these plants are available at prices no higher than the old strains. 
The plants are so vigorous that they will make 
a good fruiting bed on almost any kind of soil and 
with a minimum of care, even though the individual 
plants are quite small. 
They are very productive, often producing as 
much as 10,000 quarts per acre, and the record of 
several years indicates that the blossoms are quite 
frost resistant. 
Attractive color. The berries are light red in 
color, ripening evenly all over. This light color is 
retained by the berries for a long period and gives 
the appearance of being in good condition even 
after they start to break down. 
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Fine beds of yellows-free Blakemore plants 
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The berries are really solid. This quality 
makes them popular with buyers where berries are 
shipped long distances. They will hold up better 
than other varieties where picking has been delayed 
by rain or other causes. In dry seasons we have 
picked the entire crop of Blakemore in two- pickings 
with very little loss of berries. This is important 
in case of bad weather or shortage of pickers. 
Size and quality. Blakemore berries are rather 
tart, and are much liked by the canning and pre- 
serving trade for this reason. In size, the berries are 
medium to large when grown on good land and the 
beds are not too thick. 
A tendency to make too many plants 
and to develop areas of Yellows are the 
two main weaknesses of this variety 
as a shipping berry. Experiments with 
spacing indicate a way to restrict the 
number of plants so that yields will be 
heavy and the berries fairly large. De- 
velopment of yellows-free strains has 
eliminated the other chief weakness of 
Blakemore. Get your order for these 
plants in early to be sure of getting 
them. The demand is bound to be 
large because growers have been hoping 
to get just such plants as we are 
offering this year — Good Blakemore 
plants— FREE FROM YELLOWS. 
Price list, page 35. 
