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Redglow—The American Beauty. 
~ REDGLOW 
A beautiful new strawberry, released in 1956 by the U.S.D.A. Redglow is a cross of 
Fairland x Tennessee Shipper. Ripening season is a little later than Premier and Blake- 
more. Ii could be rated medium early or early midseason. Plant growth is very vigorous 
and moderately healthy, being somewhat susceptible to leaf spot. In the drought year, 
1957, Redglow was among the most vigorous of all varieties, making a fine matted row 
in three different fields. 
Redglow berries average large in size and maintain large average size throughout 
the picking season. Color is a vivid red, deeper than that of Blakemore. The berries 
are very glossy and moderately firm, firmer than Fairland and Sparkle, less firm than 
Blakemore and Midland. Excellent for freezing. Quality very good, about with Sparkle. 
In replicated tests at Beltsville, Md., Redglow averaged 435 24 quart crates per acre 
as compared with 420 for Dixieland and 465 for Armore. Redglow has been tested with 
excellent results from Pennsylvania to North Carolina and westward to Indiana and 
Kentucky. It is resistant to the most common race of red stele. 
In this day where fancy berries are demanded by nearly all markets Redglow should 
prove a money maker. Price list page 372. 
~S$URECROP 
Ranks with Pocahontas as the most vigorous of all. 
Surecrop was released by Maryland-U.S.D.A. in 1956. It is a cross of Fairland x Md. 
U.S. 1972. Surecrop can be a life-saver for growers with red stele in their soils. Sure- 
crop (midseason) and Stelemaster (early) are the only varieties we have that are resistant 
to three strains of red stele. Both Surecrop and Stelemaster ate good enough to be 
grown as fancy berries apart from their red stele resistance. 
Surecrop ripens in midseason, about with Catskill. The berries average large in size 
and maintain large size throughout the season. They have a light bright red color that 
becomes a rich red but does not turn dark. Surecrop berries are firm with a tough glossy 
skin and yellow seeds even with the surface. Their flavor is tart and good and they 
have been rated as satisfactory for freezing. A bright green cap adds to the beauty—so 
important in these days when the demand for fancy fruit is universal. (See picture 
top of page 6.) 
In 1955 tests at Salisbury, Md. Surecrop averaged 390 24 quart crates per acre com- 
pared with 385 for Blakemore and 450 for Stelemaster. Frost resistance is indicated by 
the 1956 results. That year, following a heavy frost, Surecrop yielded 235 crates per 
acre, Blakemore 220 and Stelemaster 115. 
Surecrop has been tested from Pennsylvania and New York to southern Virginia and 
westward to Ohio. Itisa fine, fancy, high yielding midseason variety for anyone in its 
area, but is almost indispensable for those with red stele in their soils. It is a sure- 
cropper even under those conditions. Prce list page 32. | 
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