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BLAKE MO RE 



EARLY 

 SOLID -PRODUCTIVE 



A Great Shlppin^Berry 



TEN YEARS AGO BLAKEMORE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME!! 



Today it is planted over more acres of land than any other strawberry 

 in the world! Many fine qualities in addition to its great productive- 

 ness have helped to make Blakemore a popular new champion. 



Blakemore is the best early shipping" 



berry the South has ever had. 



It is the most robust grower and per- 

 sistent plant maker ever known in the 

 sections where vigorous growing varie- 

 ties like Missionary and Klondyke have 

 been supreme. 



Blakemore will stand more abuse 

 and neglect in growing, picking and 

 shipping than any other variety ever 

 known, and still show a nice profit to 

 the grower. 



Buyers and shippers like Blakemore 

 because it is the best of all varieties in 

 avoiding "bad condition" reports from 

 their commission men. The berries are 

 really solid and retain their light, at- 

 tractive color even after they get quite 

 ripe, thus often getting credit for being 

 in even better condition than they are. 



"Cold-pack" men who put up large 

 quantities of berries in barrels for use 

 in making commercial jams, jellies, 

 preserves, etc., prefer Blakemore and 

 in some places will not take any other 

 variety. In fact, it was named by Mar- 

 cus Blakemore, the then President of 

 the American Preservers' Association. 



In quality the berries 



are quite tart, which is 

 probably why they are 

 so popular with the 

 cold-pack men. As 

 fresh fruit they must 

 have sugar added to be 

 good. 



Blakemore berries 

 are medium to large in 

 size where the plants 

 have been kept thinned 

 — but they make so 

 many plants they must 



be held in check or the plants will be 

 too thick and the berries smaller. 



Blakemore does well in all the South- 

 ern states and as far north as the Ohio 

 Valley, Maryland and southern New 

 Jersey. Even though it has been suc- 

 cessful in a few cases, it is not recom- 

 mended for planting farther north. 



The tendency to sport to yellow 

 strains which are barren or very low in 

 productiveness, has been the chief criti- 

 cism of Blakemore. Also the spotted 

 appearance of the fields badly affected 

 with Yellows has been a source of an- 

 noyance to the better growers who take 

 pride in their berry fields. 



YELLOWS-FREE STRAINS OF 

 BLAKEMORE, found to be resistant or 

 immune to this trouble, are now avail- 

 able at very low prices. We are offering 

 only these new strains and we have the 

 finest stocks of them that we have ever 

 had. Order your Yellows-Free Blake- 

 more plants now and take advantage of 

 all the fine things that have made 

 Blakemore a popular champion with 

 the one weakness eliminated. Price 

 list of plants, page 35. 



Yellows-Free Blakemore plants 



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