TEMPLE 
A New Variety That Has Shown To Be Entirely Re- 
sistant to Red Stele Root Disease 
When Red-stele root rot became a serious problem 
for strawberry growers in the northern half of the 
country on moist or poorly drained soils. The Uni- 
versity of Maryland and the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, co-operating, immediately began a breed- 
ing program to develop new varieties immune to this 
disease. With the qualities of firmness, size, flavor 
and production, necessary to the commercial grower. 
Prof. C. E. Temple of the University of Maryland, 
now retired was, through his zealous efforts largely 
responsible for the starting of this extensive breeding 
program. The Temple, the first immune variety in- 
troduced is named in his honor. 
At the U. S. Horticultural field station at Beltsville, 
Md., Dr. George M. Darrow, Senior Pomologist, is 
doing much of the breeding work for the program. 
Dr. W. F. Jeffers of the University of Maryland is 
now handling the Propogation and testing of new 
selections. It is to be expected, that immune varieties 
to cover the entire fruiting season, will soon be de- 
veloped and with qualities equal or superior to the TEMPLE 
present leading sorts. 
Temple is from a cross of Aberdeen and Fairfax (84-AF), is an exceptionally vigorous va- 
riety, making a dense bed of unusually tall plants. The foliage is resistant to leaf spot and 
highly resistant to leaf scorch. It is very productive and of the same fruiting season as Prem- 
ier and Dorsett. The fruit is more firm than those varieties and as brightly colored as 
Dorsett. The dessert quality is good. In shipping tests Temple has shown to be well suited 
to long distance transportation. 
The Temple seems to be especially adapted to moist fertile soils, the type in which red-stele 
disease has been most serious. It has not been injured by frost and cold in seasons when 
many other varieties have been seriously injured. 
The supply of Temple plants is very limited but as the need for a variety of this type is so 
urgent we are offering plants in quantities up to 100 per customer. Place your order early 
for Temple has all the characteristics of the finer varieties plus its red-stele resistance. 
KLONDYEKE MISSIONARY 
A fine early commercial berry for the south An old, dependable shipping variety, largely 
and south central states. In that section grown in Florida and other southern states. 
Klondyke is very popular and widely grown. Does well in all: types of soil and especially 
The growth is vigorous and the foliage clean. well in the lighter types. Is very popular 
Berries are medium large, smooth and uni- with the juice men. We believe Blakemore 
form, a bright red, very firm and excellent a better variety generally, with the except- 
shippers. ion of in Florida where Missionary is still the 
leading variety. The fruit is rather tart, 
DRESDEN dark red in color, of medium size and has a 
very attractive appearance. A heavy pro- 
For the Northern States Dresden is a most ducer and sizes up the entire crop well. 
promising early variety. A vigorous grower, 
producing a good matted row of large, thrifty 
plants. Very productive, fully equal to Prem- 
ier or Catskill and the berries are usually 
GOOD SERVICE APPRECIATED 
very large, even larger than Catskill and very Boyle Co., Ky., April 27, 1944 
similar to it in shape, color and quality. Many 
of the first fruit are wedge shape and quite I wish to thank you for the strawberry 
irregular, however, the unusually large size plants, they came OK and they are growing 
more than makes up for this. We have been fine. Anytime I can, I will refer to your 
fruiting Dresden since 1938 and every year it Nursery. Any favors shown me are apprec- 
has been very fine although from our ob- iated. 
servations we believe it grows best from south- 
ern New Jersey and Penna. northward. Near 
Oswego, New York we have seen Dresden pro- Mr. Stanley M. Davis 
ducing the best crop and the largest berries 
in our experience. 
Respectfully yours, 
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