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24 Allen's Book of Berries — 1930 



Mid-Season Varieties 



BIG JOE (Joe Johnson) (Joe) 



No mid-season berry that we have ever grown comes as near to being a worthy 

 running mate for Premier, the best early berry, and Chesapeake, the best late 

 variety, as does Big Joe. This variety does well on all types of soil, but, like most 

 others, responds quickly to good care and fertility. When grown for local or 

 nearby markets where the shipping distance is not too great, Big Joe is one of 

 the best money-makers we have. Locally, it comes in with fine, handsome berries 

 just as many of the early varieties are beginning to run down, and brings a 

 premium of a dollar or two per crate on anything then being offered. The plant 

 Is a vigorous grower, very healthy and very productive. The berries are large 

 in size and have a large, bright green cap which increases its attractiveness. 

 They are, also, very fine in quality. Market gardeners who retail their berries, 

 those who sell at the farm or on roadside markets, or, in fact, anyone who can 

 geta premium for large, handsome, high-quality fruit should include Big Joe in 

 their plantings. The blossoms are perfect, which makes it valuable to plant 

 with such varieties as Haverland, Big Late, Paul Jones and Sample. A selection 

 of Premier, Big Joe and Chesapeake for early, medium and late would be a defi- 

 nite step. in the right direction for getting pleasure and profit out of your straw- 

 berry patch. Price-list, page 34. 



ABERDEEN. Fruited by us for the first time last season. Aberdeen certainly 

 makes a rank growth of strong, healthy plants with vigorous, dark green foliage. 

 They are immensely productive, of good size, good looking berries, but judging 

 from one year's experience the plants, on rich land, should be kept thinned for 

 best results. According to the introducer in certain sections of New Jersey where 

 it originated, Aberdeen is replacing Big Joe and Howard 17 on account of its 

 productiveness. With us, while it is a vigorous grower and a heavy bearer of fine 

 fruit, we can see no reason why it should supplant either Premier or Big Joe. 

 If further trial proves it to be superior to this variety with us we shall not hesi- 

 tate to say so. Price-list, page 34. 



BEAUTY. This variety is well named. The introducer says it might just as 

 appropriately have been named Delicious, or Keep Well. Our one ye-'^r's exper- 

 ience does not justify us in giving a definite opinion on the variety, but judging 

 from that one year, Beauty will become better liked as it is better known. This 

 season it is one of the most vigorous plants in a field of many other "< arieties. The 

 foliage is healthy and entirely capable of producing and maturinp large crops of 

 fancy berries. The berries are large, excellent in quality and very handsome in 

 appearance, and from our limited trial seems to keep very well. We believe 

 every grower should try to get the best for his particular needs. We recommend 

 Beauty especially to those growers who have been using Big joc, Glen Mary, 

 Booster and other good midseason varieties. It may be that Beauty wiU show 

 up even better than what you have been using. It is certainly worthyof a trial by 

 any berry grower whether growing for market or home use. Price-list, page 34. 



EATON. A large, good quality, irregular-shaped berry, attractive in appear- 

 ance and firm in texture. The plants are healthy and vigorous, and very pro- 

 ductive. Seems worthy of more general use, but growers haven't "taken to" it 

 as a rule. Possibly they feel "what's the use" when other varieties of same season 

 are so much better. Frankly, we wouldn't plant Eaton with varieties like Big 

 Joe and Big Late available. Price-list, page 34. 



FRUITLAND. This variety has become very popular around the large ship- 

 ping stations at Fruitland, Maryland, for which it is named. We have not fruited 

 the plants on our own farms, but have seen many crates of fancy, large, fine-look- 

 ing berries sell at good prices at the Fruitland market. The plants we have now 

 growing make a vigorous healthy growth with foliage of a leathery texture which 



