BIG JOE 



A fine old variety that crowds our Big Six Group in all 

 mround value. Another thing, it may be the better land we are 

 jBing to grow them but for some reason our Big Joe have shown 

 I iil8 a resurgence of vitality. They are big and strong 

 iind vital — ^more vigorous and productive than we re- 

 Mxember the variety in years past, the big rugged plants 

 aeed little thinning. Plants are moderately productive 

 3f big brilliant red juicy berries. Prominent 

 Kred to yellow seeds and a big green cap 

 combine to make Big Joe a very showy and 

 ilttractive berry. Berries are fairly firm, as 

 }|Ood shippers as Catskill, and on the local 

 tuction market often sell with Chesapeake. 

 Big Joe is not as hardy as Premier and 

 Catskill. Frosty sites should be avoided 

 especially if planted in northern states. 

 [lOcally Big Joe is badly mixed with Lupton 

 ,n growers fields, Big Joe often being called 

 improved Lupton. Big Joe berries are far better in quality than 

 iupton and deserve to be kept straight. We have them straight 

 md the plants are beautiful. Price list, page 31. 



BeAUtiiul 

 Big Joe Berries 

 Bring Profitable 

 Prices 



TEK/IPLE ^°'® *^*" ^^^ variety we have ever known. Temple is made to order. When a good 

 many of the low ground strawberry soils of Eastern Maryland and other states become 

 infested with red stele, it became necessary to develop a good red stele resistant variety to replace the 

 susceptible varieties then being grown. To meet this need, Drs. C. E. Temple and W. F. Jeffers of the 

 Maryland Station, co-operating with Dr. George M. Darrow of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, have 

 bred and tested several hundred seedlings of which Temple is the first named selection. For much of 

 this breeding work Aberdeen, the most resistant variety known, was crossed with Fairfeyt. Temple, as 

 would be expected, has many of the good qualities of both parents. Note the following: 



High red-stele resistance from Aberdeen. 



Great vigor of plant growth from both kinds, exceeding either, as hybrids often do. 



Good size from both. Fine quality from Fairfax. 



Excellent color --lighter than Fairfax, darker than Aberdeen. 



Firmness satisfactory— much firmer than Aberdeen— softer than Fairfax. 



1946 fruiting tests proved again that Temple plants are very vigorous, healthy and productive. Temple 

 berries are of good quality, nice looking, good size, and firm enough to ship. Temple, a real blessing 

 to those whose soils are infested with red stele. Price list, page 31. 



