WORLD'S FINEST STRAWBERRY SELECTIONS 



MIDSEASON 

 VARIETIES 



ATLAS 



Vigorous, good yielder 



ATLAS originated from a cross of NC 

 1759 x Albritton in North Carolina 

 back in 1956. After lengthy testing, it 

 was released as a commercial variety 

 in 1970. It has been well adapted from 

 Maryland south to North Carolina and 

 good results have been obtained in the 

 mid-south from the Atlantic Coast 

 westward to Arkansas. 



Plants of ATLAS are very large, 

 very vigorous and very tall. The dark 

 green foliage of ATLAS plants has 

 good resistance to leaf spot and scorch. 

 ATLAS plants make many flowers on 

 long erect stalks. Runner production is 

 moderate. This variety is susceptible to 

 red stele root rot and care should be 

 taken to protect plant life. ATLAS 

 plants grow well on fertile, moist soils. 



ATLAS berries are of good quality. 

 The large and many berries produced 

 by ATLAS plants make this an im- 

 portant variety for the commercial 

 grower. ATLAS berries are firm, as 

 firm as Earlibelle. and average larger 

 in fruit size than Albritton. Berries of 

 ATLAS are glossy, bright orange-red 

 in color. Main crop berries are broad- 

 ly short conic with blunt tips. Caps are 

 medium to large and seeds vary from 

 slightly sunken to flush with fruit sur- 

 face. Berries are firm and ^flavorful, ex- 

 cellent for table-use. pick-your-own, 

 roadside stand, but flesh is a little light 

 for most attractive frozen pack. Order 

 your plants now. 



CATSKILL 



The Leader 



CATSKILL was introduced in New 

 York in J 923. It has reigned as King 

 of Varieties since then except for a 

 short time — just before 1954 when 

 virus free stocks were made available. 

 CATSKILL is still a leader in sales 

 and still has many things going for it. 

 CATSKILL is well adapted to all the 

 northern states and the higher altitudes 

 as far south as North Carolina and 

 westward to the Mississippi. 



CATSKILL plants are productive. 

 They are excellent in runner making. 

 CATSKILL plants are full and most 

 attractive in the field. Hardiness and 

 good resistance to verticillium wilt 

 have contributed to CATSKILL popu- 

 larity in a wide area. CATSKILL ber- 

 ries are very large. They are long conic 

 and rather irregular in shape. Mod- 

 erately firm. Skin color is bright crim- 

 son red with lighter red flesh, making 

 for a very attractive berry. CATSKILL 

 berries are excellent for desserts and 

 satisfactory for freezing. Other plus 

 factors with the great CATSKILL are 

 ease of capping and high Vitamin C 

 content. You must have some Catskill 

 plants to set this season. Order now! 

 See color page 26. 



Dear Sir: The plants we ordered last year 

 were excellent and we never lost a one. 

 The production was just as good — and 

 the size of the Catskill berries was so 

 large people didn't believe they were 

 strawberries! j oe p U cillo 



Orange, Conn. 



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