Catskill L X' 



and Most 

 ductive 



3 Acres — 32,000 Quarts— $3,500.00 



Our results in fruiting Catskill in 1935 were very fine and profitable. As indicated by the 

 legend, a three-acre field of our Catskill in 1935 produced 32,000 quarts of berries, which were 

 shipped mostly to Philadelphia and New York, and returned us about $3,500.00 The average sell- 

 ing price was slightly above 10c on the wholesale market. When all freight, commission, picking, 

 crates, fertilizer, labor and growing costs are deducted it still left a net profit of around $400 per 

 acre, which we consider very satisfactory. We doubt if this record for yield of marketable berries 

 has ever been equaled in this section with a midseason variety. 



Catskill is an introduction of the New York 

 Experiment Station. We have been watching it 

 since 1931. It is a cross of Marshall and Premier. 



It is a strong vigorous grower, making lots of 

 plants which are large but produced in such 

 numbers that under good growing conditions 

 they will need thinning. Foliage is healthy with 

 some leaf spot but not enough to be a factor. 

 In production, Catskill ranks at the very top. 

 In actual tests for two different years it out- 

 yielded anything we had regardless of season. 

 The berries average very large in size, as large 

 as Big Joe, even though it is considerably more 

 productive than that variety. The berries are 

 lighter in color with a bright green cap, which 

 makes them very attractive in the package. They 

 retain their light color to a marked extent even 

 after they become riper. Many of the larger 

 berries are inclined tor have a rather rough, un- 

 even surface, but their size, color and bright- 

 ness make them very attractive. In qualitytke 



berries are good, fully as good as Premier but 

 not equal to Dorsett or Fairfax. In general we 

 consider Catskill the most valuable midseason 

 berry we have ever grown. TVe gave it a very 

 wide distribution in small lots in the spring of j 

 1934. Report of the behavior of Catskill indi- 

 cate adaptability almost as wide as Premier. 

 These reports come from seventeen different 

 states. Most of them east of the Mississippi and 

 north from Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky. | 

 It is doubtful if any variety, even Premier, has 

 made a more consistently good record over such 

 wide territory in its first year. It seems safe, 

 therefore, to recommend Catskill very strongly I 

 as a midseason to late berry throughout the 

 middle west, as far south as Virginia (perhaps 

 further south in the higher altitudes) and as 

 far north as Xew York and Massachusetts. On 

 the opposite page we are making brief quota- 

 tions from some of the reports which we received 

 about Catskill. Our Catskill plants are fine. 

 Price list, page 33. 



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