Blakemore. More acres grown than any other variety 



"It covers Dixie like the dew," says the Atlanta Journal, a famous Southern 

 unewspaper. The Blakemore strawberry does just that! Unknown a few years 

 ago, Blakemore today covers more acres of land than any other strawberry 

 in existence, most of it in Dixie. Blakemore is the best early shipping berry 

 the Southern States have ever had. It does well as far north as Maryland, 

 Southern New Jersey and the Ohio Valley. Even though it has been success- 

 ful in a few places, it is not recommended for planting farther north. 



It is the most robust grower and persistent 

 plant maker ever known in the sections where 

 vigorous growing varieties like Missionary and 

 Klondyke have been supreme. 



Blakemore will stand more abuse and neglect 

 in growing, picking and shipping than any other 

 variety ever known, and still show a nice profit 

 to the grower. 



Buyers and shippers like Blakemore because 

 it is the best of all varieties in avoiding "bad 

 condition" reports from their commission men. 

 The berries are really solid and retain their 

 light, attractive color even after they get quite 

 ripe, thus often getting credit for being in 

 even better condition than they are. 



"Cold pack" men who put up large quantities 

 of berries in barrels for use in making com- 

 mercial jams, jellies, preserves, etc. prefer 

 Blakemore and in some places will not take 

 any other variety. In fact, it was named for 

 Marcus Blakemore, a former president of The 

 American ^ Preservers' Association. 



In quality the berries are quite tart, which 

 is probably why they are so popular with the 

 cold-pack men. As fresh fruit they must have 

 sugar added to be good. 



Blakemore berries are medium to large in 

 size where the plants have been kept thinned — 

 but they make so many plants they must be 

 held in check or the plants will be too thick 

 and the berries smaller. 



Yellows resistant strains — The tendency to 

 sport to yellow strains which are barren or 

 very low in productiveness, has been the chief 

 criticism of Blakemore. Also the spotted ap- 

 pearance of the fields badly affected with yel- 

 lows has been a source of annoyance to the 

 better growers who take pride in their berry 

 fields. 



Strains of Blakemore found to be resistant 

 to this trouble are now available at very low 

 prices. We are offering only these new strains 

 and we have very excellent stocks of them. 



Previous to 1940 these new strains, recom- 

 mended by the Dept of Agriculture, had shown 

 no yellows at all. During the growing season 

 of 1940, however, traces of yellows appeared 

 in these same stocks. Not enough to be a 

 problem, but still not 100% free. Our plant 

 inspectors tell us that all growers are finding 

 traces of yellows in these so-called yellows-free 

 strains. They should therefore be sold as 

 yellows-resistant rather than entirely yellows- 

 free. 



With our disease resistant plants, yellows 

 need no longer be a limiting factor in Blake- 

 more production. The size, vigor and root and 

 crown development of our Blakemore plants 

 assure you a fine start in growing large crops 

 of these beautiful, firm shipping berries. Price 

 list of plants, page 35. 



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