PICKING THE WINNERS 



Early The safe early strawberry. Frost proof. Has produced a crop 



Q ■ every year for 24 straight years since its introduction. Very 



I r6l11l6r productive, profitable and popular in all Northern and Middle 

 States. 



I"^" j;^_- Best of all in quality. Quite productive. Berries large, firm, 

 r3irT9X beautiful, becoming dark when full ripe. Ideal berry for home 

 garden. Very profitable for roadside market, fancy trade. High 

 quality brings repeat sales. Widely adapted North to Middle South. 



^^^-^^^jj. Most profitable early berry for us. At its best equals Premier 

 V0rS6lL ii^ productiveness. Superior in size, firmness, beauty. Much 

 better in quality. Avoid very cold frosty sites, far North. 

 Blakemore light and quite tart is fine, early shipping berry adapted chiefiy from 

 Maryland South. Maytime earliest of all, a new variety with vigor, firmness, 

 beauty, quality, worth trying Virginia to Southern New England. 



MidseaSOn The safe midseason berry. 8 years without a crop failure. 

 Heaviest producer of any leading variety — more big berries 

 than any other. Good quality, firm, attractive. Adapted from 

 Canada south to Missouri, and North Carolina. Best mid- 

 season berry. 



DSrtf l#^^% Rivals Catskill where adapted. Vigorous grower, fairly pro- 

 DIS J 06 ductive. Berries very large, firm, fine quality, beautiful. Fine 

 for home garden, local market. Profitable where it escapes 

 frost and cold injury. Pathfinder and Dresden, both new, vigorous, extremely 

 productive, hardy. Berries medium to large, not real firm, only fair quality. 

 Northern States only. Very promising where quantity is more important than 

 high quality. 



Late The aristocrat of Strawberries. For years highest 



^1 I selling late berries. Large, firm, very beautiful, 



^|^0§3JJ03IC6 ^^® quality. Considered shy plant maker but our 



' present strain has always made plenty of plants. 



Most profitable late berry in many sections. Lupton 

 a late shipping berry. Productive, large, firm, attractive. Poor quality but often 

 profitable. Starbright, new, similar to Chesapeake in many ways, but hand- 

 somer, firmer and better quality. Worth trying. For extreme lateness the 

 new Redstar vigorous, firm, attractive, fine quality. Gandy, Green Mountain 

 also good, very late. 



Everbearing Most popular and widely grown Everbearer. A strong 



||a ■ ■ grower. Berries large, good quality, good shippers, 



lYI^StOClOII excellent for home use and most generally used when 



planting for profit. A fine spring cropper in addition 

 to summer and fall berries. 



f^jxm ^% Better than Mastodon with us. More productive, more profitable, 

 Udll berries prettier, better shipper, equal in quality. Not as good as 

 Mastodon for spring crop. Green Mountain, most vigorous of the 

 Everbearers. At peak of fall production later than Mastodon or Gem. Very 

 productive, fine appearance, best in cool climates and on heavier soils. 



Catskill 



DELIYEEED PEICES ON EEQUEST— We hope that berry growers who 

 may be uncertain about transportation costs will send us the list of varieties 

 and quantities they are interested in. We will be glad to quote delivered 

 prices. No obligation. 



