MID-SEASON VARIETIES 



BIG JOE - A REAL BERRY 



Much as Premier has been the leading early berry so has Big Joe been the leading mid- 

 season and as with Premier, Big Joe's leadership has been fairly won. A real leader in size, 

 quality and flavor, in its ability to produce heavily under adverse conditions. Against Big 

 Joe is only one weakness, its lack of resistance to late frosts. If it were not for this one 

 point, Big Joe would be as near a perfect mid-season variety as any grower could wish for. 



GROWTH — Big Joe makes an abundant plant 

 growth, plants are strong and vigorous with ex- 



ceptionally healthy foliage. The fruit stalks are 

 strong and upstanding. 



SIZE — The berries are large to very large, of 

 slightly fiat conic shape, very regular. There is 

 a slight tendency to run down in size toward the 

 end of the season under dry weather conditions 

 but even then the berries are of a good marketable 

 size, thus the entire crop will bring top prices. 



QUALITY AND FI.AVOR— me quality of Big 

 Joe is very good, the flavor fine and full bodied. 

 It has a pleasant tang all its own that is really 



delicious. The color is a medium light red clear 

 through, that is sIoav to turn dark after picking. 



FIRMXESS— The fruit is fairly firm, more so 

 than Premier but not as firm as Chesapeake or 

 Dorsett, although it is firm enough for long dis- 

 tant shipment, and this, coupled with its flavor 

 and quality make it an ideal home, local market 

 or commercial variety. 



PRODUCTIVENESS — Under favorable conditions 

 Big Joe is a very (heavy producer and under ad- 

 verse conditions they will make a good paying 

 crop. The only thing that wall hold Big Joe down 

 is a late frost, therefore, we recommend them for 

 sections where late frosts are not the rule. 



(Much Reduced) 



Senator Dunlap ^^^- I^urrell). a good home garden and canning variety of long 

 ^ standing. For many years very popular in the north and central 

 states. We do not recommend them south of the Mason-Dixon line. The plants are very hardy 

 and vigorous and are the most freely bedding variety we have, with the possible exception of 

 Blakemore. The plants are small and should not be permitted to become too thick in the row. 

 A very heavy producer of medium sized, dark red fruit of fair quality. The greatest advan- 

 tage of Dunlap is its ability to make a good growth and produce heavily under almost any 

 condition. 



Catskill ^ ^^^ York Station seedling. We have been watching this variety closely for 

 the past two years,The plant growth is very clean and vigorous,, comparable in 

 this respect to Dorsett and Fairfax. The fruit is very large, of good quality and flavor al- 

 though not up to Chesapeake, Dorsett or Fairfax. In 1933 we were deeply impressed by the 

 productiveness, the great health and vigor of the foliage. We believed this variety would surely 

 replace Big Joe, Aberdeen and the other mid-season 

 varieties in a very short time, however, we noted one 

 weakness, the fruit seemed rather soft for a perfect 

 commercial variety. Reports this year were not en- 

 couraging, under dry conditions at Geneva, New York, 

 they were not very good, under similar conditions at 

 New Haven, Conn., they made a fairly good showing 

 but were not outstanding. At Beltsville, Md., they were 

 somewhat better although conditions there were also 

 very unfavorable. Here under normal to wet weather 

 the yield was very good, size large and of attractive 

 appearance. From these results we conclude Catskill 

 may yet turn out to be a good variety, however, we 

 are not as yet satisfied with it and are not 

 ready to recommend them until we can give 

 it further tests. We have a limited number 

 of plants which we are offering this year for 

 trial only. 



Beauty ^^® have been growing this va- 

 ^ riety for several years. Beauty 

 has always made a strong vigorous growth 

 and produced a good crop of large, light red 

 berries of very good flavor and quality. The 

 berries are very attractive and firm enough 

 for distant shipment, this combined with 

 their high quality and flavor make Beauty 

 a very good all around mid-season variety. 

 They seem more frost resistant than Big Joe 

 and we have never had any frost injury 

 since we have been growing them. 



The fruit stalks are strong and upstanding, 

 holding the fruit well off the ground, the foliage 

 too, is very strong and rank and keeps the ber- 

 ries well shaded during the picking season. We 

 have only found one weakness in Beauty^ t'he 

 foliage has a tendency to break down during a 

 very wet fruiting season, it does not break down 

 badly but it doesn't hold up like such varieties 

 as Dorsett, Chesapeake, Joyce or Premier. 



