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Size, beauty and quality make Fairfax an outstanding berry for roadside markets and 
other places where quality as well as appearance is appreciated. Wherever consumer 
can buy strawberries by variety name Fairfax is a favorite. Few can forget the taste 
treat which Fairfax provides. The berries average large in size, many of the first berries 
being fan shaped, with the later ones round and sometimes somewhat pointed. The 
berries are quite firm, being just as solid as Blakemore. When they first ripen Fairfax 
berries have a bright red color which darkens on holding, becoming almost purple 
before decay starts. Fairfax berries should be picked closely, especially in commercial 
fields. If picking is neglected the bright early berries, mixed with the dark berries 
which have been ripe for several days present a somewhat mottled appearace, which 
is not favored on wholesale markets. In retail markets the dark red color of Fairfax has 
become associated with unequalled flavor. Consumers buy Fairfax and come back for 
more of these wonderful dark red berries. 
Availability of Fairfax plants from virus free sources has caused’ a revival of interest 
in this fine variety, long noted as the best of all in quality. Fairfax has always had a 
beautitul, healthy foliage but before virus free stock became available it had been 
having some trouble in producing a good fruiting row. The foliage is beautiful and 
probably as popular as any variety in ornamental plantings where beauty of foliage as 
well as fruit is a factor. As stated above, the berries are just SORE CLIC in quality. It 
is in fact the garden berry deluxe. 
Fairfax is a moderately heavy producer, just under Premier, Catskill and Sparkle, but 
yields of 8,000 quarts per acre are not uncommon under good conditions. 
Fairfax is well adapted from the latitude of Virginia north. Every garden or small 
planting in that area should include this delectable treat—FAIRFAX. Price list page 32. 
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