LARGEST 



and 

 .Moit Productivei 



CATS KILL 



We have been watching this variety for several years. It is New York Station 

 seedling Xo. 4435. Before it was named it took a medal at the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society in Boston. It attracted our attention favorably fruiting on 

 government farms near Washington in 1931. Catskill is a cross of Marshall and 

 Premier. It is one of the few New York Station seedlings that retain their health 

 and \igor of foliage in this latitude. It seems likely that Catskill will be worth 

 planting as a midseason berry as far South as Virginia and perhaps farther south 

 in higher altitudes, and as far north as New York and Massachusetts. As sug- 

 gested on page 15 under "Proper Spacing of Plants," Catskill is one of those varie- 

 ties that grow vigorously and make large numbers of plants. It has been very 

 noticeable with this variety as with others that the largest, finest berries have been 

 found in sections of the row where plants are fairly wide apart. 



In the two years we have had Catskill fruiting in our test plots it has out- 

 yielded any varieties in the test. In 1933, when Big Joe was the best we have ever 

 seen it on high land, Catskill was equally as large in size, attractive in appearance 

 and produced 251: more berries. In the 1934 trial plots the difference in yield was 

 even greater because Big Joe blossoms were hurt somewhat worse than Catskill by 

 the late frosts. Catskill is a midseason berry. In quality it is good but does not 

 have the unusual flavor of Fairfax and Dorsett. In productiveness it seems to be 

 second to none under normal conditions. In average size the berries are as large 

 as any others we grow. 



The plant growth is unusually \'igorous with roots extending farther into the 

 soil than most other varieties. Some leaf spot shows up but the growth is so rank 

 and strong that no ill effects from it have been noted. The surface of the berries 

 is sometimes slightly ir- 

 regular but they have a 

 brilliant red color and a 

 bright green cap which 

 makes them very showy. 

 In the small shipments 

 which we have made to 

 date it has proved an ex- 

 cellent selling berry on 

 the New York wholesale 

 market, outselling both 

 Fairfax and Dorsett 

 which had begun to run 

 down somewhat by the 

 time Catskill came on. 

 We have a nice stock of 

 very fine plants and we 

 believe that everyone 

 who grows berries at 

 least from Virginia 

 north should give Cat- 

 skill a thorough trial. 



Price list, page 33. Catskill (much reduced) 



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