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2500 quarts per acre 

 berries at 



of nice Midland 

 one picking! 



Pop wants you to 

 know that out 

 Midland plants 

 this year are 

 really tine 



Thai's what our Midland did for us in 19461 

 its right to be called 



In several fruiting seasons (2 as a named variety) Midland has proved 



Midland is a cross of Premier X Redheart. Years of heavy and successful cropping have given Premier, Catskill, 

 and Fairfax a record which Midland cannot match yet — but favorable reports have come from such widely scattered 

 states as Missouri, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Connecticut, Maryland, New York, VirgTnia, Ohio, Iowa, and North 

 Carolina. In experiment station tests at Raleigh, N. C in 1945, yields from 15 leading varieties were taken. 

 Midland yield was 278 crates per acre, 23% higher than the second best and 65% above the average. A Con- 

 necticut berry specialist, with years of experience in breeding and testing strawberries writes, "Midland and Fair- 

 peake are the two best varieties for this section that I have grown here. Midland was nearly ideal in every respect." 

 With us here in Maryland, Midland surely looks like a winner. 



Plant Growth — very vigorous. Fewer plants than 

 Premier but larger, even stronger ones than Fedrfax. 

 Under good conditions plenty for a good fruiting row 

 without bothering much about thinning. Many indi- 

 vidual leaves taken from the Midland rows pictured 

 above measured SVa to 4 inches across — splendid 

 equipment for the wonderful job of producing that 

 Midland does. 



Productiveness — more productive than Fairfax. Most 

 productive berry we fruited in 1946. We had some of 

 nearly all except Premier and Catskill. Midland will 

 produce with these master-croppers. 



Sixe of Berries — larger than Premier. Equals or sur- 

 passes Fairfax and Catskill in average size. 



Appearance — Berries medium red — darker than 

 Premier — lighter than Fairfax — glossy skin — very 

 attractive. 



Firmness — Excellent shippers. Berries firmer than 

 Premier or Dorsett. Close to Fairfax and Blakeraore. 

 Tough skin helps. 



Freezing— In tests at the Maryland station. Midland 

 was best of all for freezing. 



Quality— much more highly flavored than Premier. 

 Different, but considered by many close to Dorsett and 

 Fairfax in quality. 



We believe Midland has come to stay. Ideal for the 

 grower who wrote, "I want something more productive 

 than Fairfax, better quality than b Premier." MIDLAND 

 IS IT! 



Midland can be grown successfully a little farther south than the Premier region (see page 8), but not quite so 

 far north as it probably is not quite as hardy. 



We have 5 acres of beautiful Midland for fruit in 1947, besides plants enough for you. We are practicing what 

 we preach when we say, "Plant Midland with confidence in Big Crops, Big Berries, Big Profits." Price list, page 31. 



