Other Midseason Varieties 



ABERDEEN 



Aberdeen is one of those varieties that is extra 

 good under certain conditions and very ordinary 

 under others. In nearly all locations it makes 

 a very vigorous growth with foliage dark green, 

 almost blue in color. It is free from disease but 

 often does not stand up well enough during fruit- 

 ing season to protect the berries in case the 

 weather is very hot and dry. 



In productiveness and average size of the ber- 

 ries, Aberdeen will compare favorably with any 

 varieties on our list. Premier, Dorsett, Fairfax 

 or any others. The quality of the berries is 

 only fair, being quite tart or acid especially dur- 

 ing the lirst part of the season. The berries are 

 lighter in color and maintain their light color 

 even after they have begun to decay. They are 

 very attractive in the package and where they 

 can be handled quickly often bring an extra 

 price over some other varieties. The berries are 

 quite soft and must be handled quickly. In wet 

 weather we find they decay quickly and in hot 

 sunshiny days Aberdeen with Beauty will proba- 

 bly show more sun scald than any other vari- 

 eties. Aberdeen ripens in midseason and is a 

 valuable berry in some sections where it is well 

 adapted. 



Some of the faults which we have found are 

 not likely to be so pronounced farther north. 

 Some of the best growers of this variety say 

 that Aberdeen is pre-eminently a clay ground 

 ^strawberry. A New Jersey grower says : "When 

 Aberdeen first colors, the flesh is of light color 

 and every little bruise shows through the trans- 

 parent skin. Let it hang for a day or two longer 

 and the bruises are not so evident, and the flavor 

 is also much improved. We rarely find a rotten 

 strawberry in our Aberdeen patch. The chain 

 stores pay us a premium on the Aberdeen in 

 spite of the fact that they do not stand refriger- 

 ation very well." 



We have a nice lot of fine 

 looking Aberdeen beds and 

 you will like our plants. , 



Price list, page 33. 



i~^ 1 Another New 



L<UlVer York state 

 introduction. 

 Does better here than any of 

 the other New York Station 

 varieties except Catskill. 

 The plants are very vigorous 

 and healthy and the berries 

 are large, beautiful red color 

 with bright green caps. Our 

 small test showed the berries 

 to be fairly firm, consider- 

 ably darker in color than the 

 Clermont, and red to the cen- 

 ter. Culver is certainly 

 worthy of a trial. Price list, 

 page 33. 



Glen Mary ^tand*^- 



J a rd va- 

 riety, well and favorably 

 known to many strawberry 

 growers in the North. Not 

 recommended generally, but 



Marshall 



Red Heart 



for those w^ho know and like it vire have a nice 

 stock of plants. Price list, page 33. 



One of the oldest varieties 

 now being grown. Has al- 

 ways been known as a fancy 

 garden berry, rather hard to grow but well worth 

 the efCort. However, with both Dorsett and Fair- 

 fax easy to grow and better quality, why grow 

 Marshall. Still, we have some good plants if 

 you want them. Price list, page 33. 



A development of the 

 U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. Introduced in 

 1932. The plant makes a vigorous, healthy 

 growth in summer and fall. In most places in 

 the East the foliage in the spring is subject to 

 disease and will not stand up through the fruit- 

 ing season. It is recommended primarily as a 

 canning berry for the Pacific Northwest. The 

 berry is the firmest of any variety known, being 

 even firmer than Fairfax. They are rather tart, 

 which makes them desirable for canning and 

 preserving, and are of a deep, rich red clear 

 through. Price list, page 33. 



BEAUTY 



We have seen some excellent crops of Beauty. 

 The plants and foliage in the summer and fall 

 make a strong, vigorous growth. The new growth 

 in the spring, however, is somewhat subject to 

 leaf diseases and does not hold up as well as it 

 should during fruiting season. Under favorable 

 conditions the berries are real beauties, perfect 

 in shape and with lots of gloss and shine. The 

 berries are light in color and the flesh is very 

 pale although of excellent quality. With us 

 Beauty is quite susceptible to damage by un- 

 favorable conditions, either too wet or too dry. 

 Also subject to sun scald by hot suns. It should 

 not be planted farther south than Pennsylvania 

 although we have one good report on Beauty 

 from Missouri, and others from Massachusetts 

 Pennsylvania and Northern Ohio. Price list, 

 page 33. 



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