REDCROP 
CULVER 
15 
A new variety, re- 
leased by the New 
Jersey Station in 1950. 
Plant growth quite vigor- 
ours, making new runner plants freely. Plants here 
were moderately productive, although in 
New Jersey yields of from eight to ten 
thousand quarts per acre have been re- 
ported. Berries medium in size, rather 
dark, about like Temple but much more 
uniform in shape. (See picture.) Quality 
good but not high, about like Premier. Like 
several other varieties, Redcrop rotted 
quite badly in the wet fruiting season of 
1950. Foliage also had lots of leaf spot 
under those conditions. Well worth trying 
a little farther north than Maryland as the 
New Jersey Station would not release a 
variety unless it had shown outstanding 
qualities in parts of that state. Price list, 
page 31. 
SET PLANTS EARLY- 
IT ALWAYS PAYS! 
PATHFINDER 
A red stele resistant variety, introduced by the New 
Jersey Station a few years ago. Pathfinder plants are 
very productive. Pathfinder should be grown from 
central New Jersey north as a second early midseason 
variety. On heavy northern soils where it is adapted 
Pathfinder berries run medium to large in size, 
unusually uniform in shape, firm enough for local or 
nearby market; of good quality and attractive in 
appearance. Pathfinder is not good in the south or 
lower middle states. Even in the north where Path- 
finder is a volume producer of satisfactory berries, 
we believe that Temple, Sparkle and Fairland would 
be more profitable. Price list, page 31. 
Introduced several years ago by the New York 
Experiment Station at Geneva. It has always been a 
puzzle to us why Culver did not make more of a "hit" 
with berry growers generally. Very few varieties that 
we know make larger, stronger, more beautiful foli- 
age, and very few make larger, brighter, more hand- 
some berries. Quality is not high but sufficiently good 
for a commercial berry; firm enough for over-night 
shipment and for local markets; moderately product- 
ive. Possibly lack of great productiveness compared 
with Premier and Catskill may explain its somewhat 
limited planting. Culver is a real good berry and 
deserves to be tried more generally. Price list, page 
31. 
BIG JOE 
A fine old variety 
that ranks next to the 
best in all-around 
value. In some sec- 
tions, where well 
adapted, Big Joe could 
very well be the very best 
midseason berry. Big Joe 
makes plenty of plants for a 
good fruiting row, but usually 
needs little thinning because in- 
dividual plants are so big and strong. Big Joe shows 
no tendency to "run out" and to become weakened 
by diseases in spite of the fact that it is one of the 
oldest varieties on our list. Plants are moderately 
productive of big brilliant red juicy berries. Promi- 
nent red to yellow seeds and a big green cap combine 
to make Big Joe a very showy and attractive berry. 
Berries are fairly firm, as good shippers as Catskill, and 
on local auction 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 in growers fields, Big Joe often being called 
Improved Lupton. Lupton has been sold as Townking. 
Since Lupton and Big Joe stocks have become badly 
mixed we find that Big Joe is now also being sold as 
Townking. Under either name 
it is a very fine old straw- 
berry. Big Joe berries are 
far better in quality than 
Lupton and deserve to be 
kept straight. We have 
them straight and the 
plants are beautiful 
again this year. Price 
list, page 31. 
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