CATSKILL COMMENTS 



Connecticut — Fairfield Co., Apr. 4, 1962. "I was well pleased with the Catskill plants from you 

 two years ago. I set 750 plants and had over 1,000 quarts of berries." A. C. TOMEK. 



Illinois— Dekalb Co., Jan. 3, 1962. "Just a note to tell you about the 18,000 Catskill berry plants 

 I got from you last spring. They sure had good roots and I don't think I lost a dozen plants. 

 A wonderful stand. Thank you for the wonderful plants." HARRY HARTMAN. 



Missouri — St. Louis Co., Jan. 8, 1962. "I just want to comment on the fine berries I had last year 

 from the plants I got from you in 1960. They were Catskill and I had plenty of berries as large 

 as blue plums." R. O. MATLOCK. 



Ohio — Auglaise Co., Mar. 12, 1962. "I have had good luck with strawberries for the past ten years 

 since getting your plants. Catskill seems to be just right for this area. Have told a lot of my 

 gardening friends about your plants." V. W. NUESMEYER. 



Pennsylvania — Crawford Co., Feb. 22, 1962. "Enclosed is my order for 1,000 plants each of Earli- 

 dawn, Catskill and Sparkle. I never believed the testimonials in your or anyone else's catalog 

 about 200 plants yielding 300 quarts of berries but in my 30 years of strawberry growing I never 

 saw anything like the patch I had last year. My record is as follows: 1,000 Catskill planted, 1,461 

 quarts sold; 900 Tenn. Beauty planted, 1,301 quarts sold; 1,000 Earlidawn planted, 1,203 quarts 

 sold and we probably had two to three hundred quarts which were not counted." F. A. CROWE. 



We have a fair supply of strong, vigorous Catskill plants. We urge you to place 

 your order early. Price list page 32. 



SURECROP for Sure Growth 



Surecrop is adapted throughout the middle and northern states, even as far 

 north as Maine. The plants are quite productive, ranking very high in total yield 

 in most all tests that have been made. In Ohio, for example, only three other 

 varieties did as well. 



Surecrop berries are large, fairly round (see picture), bright and shiny red. They are very 

 good in quality and firm enough to ship. The berry size holds up better with Surecrop than with 

 many other varieties because of the extreme vigor and healthiness of the foliage which functions 

 throughout the berry season. Market reports indicate that the price for Surecrop berries stays 

 at or near the top all season. The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station rates Surecrop as having 

 good suitability for freezing and one of our customers, Mrs. Louelle Harpest of Shelby County, 

 Ohio, wrote to us on May 4, 1962, as follows: "Why don't you say anything in your catalog 

 about Surecrop berries being good to freeze? I think they are among the best for freezing. They 

 also keep very well; do not get soft and puffy like many other do." 



Surecrop is one of the best varieties that has resistance to red stele and is the best variety 

 that has triple resistance to this disease. In any berry field Surecrop will be outstanding be- 

 cause of the vigor of plant growth and the healthy, hardy foliage. Surecrop is well worth growing 

 for its own merits and enables those who have red stele in their soils to stay in the business of 

 raising fancy quality berries. Surecrop continues to grow in popularity each year and we consider 

 it as one of the great midseason berries. Price list page 32. 



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