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■ . TEMPLE . . SPARKLE . . FAIRLAND 
These three fine new varieties have several things in common; outstanding is the very 
robust plant growth which they all have. They could well be named VIM, VIGOR AND 
VITALITY. Typical are the few rows of Sparkle shown in the picture. 
For resistance to red stele root rot these varities are named by experts as being the most 
promising of any kinds yet introduced. All of them have a common parent, Aberdeen, 
which carries this red stele resistance to a very high degree but is not as fine a variety in 
other respects as these three rugged new kinds. In fact those sections that have been 
bothered with red stele can well rebuild a profitable strawberry industry around one or 
more of these three. 
For productiveness Temple. Sparkle and Fairland rank up with the best, like 
Premier, Midland and Catskill. Probably Temple is slightly more productive than Sparkle 
and Sparkle better in this respect than Fairland although all of them produce abundant 
crops. 
Too Many Plants? All of these varieties under favorable conditions make so many 
plants that there might be a tendency to rot in very wet years and to be rather small in 
very dry years. Some restrictions of runners in good growing seasons could largely over- 
come this danger. 
Unfortunately all of these varieties tend to be midseason in ripening, with Temple 
a day or two ahead of Fairland and Fairland a day or two ahead of Sparkle, 
Adaptation: So far as a few years' trial has shown, Temple is adapted to nearly 
all of the Premier territory, from Virginia and Kentucky on the South, and 
North to Canada. Sparkle is distinctly for the northern states. 
Good reports on Sparkle have come from New England, New 
York, New Jersey, Illinois and Ohio. 
Sparkle is distinctly not a variety to be grown as 
far south as eastern Maryland. Fairland, the 
newest of the three, is suggested for about 
the same area as Temple, probably 
neither Temple nor Fairland being as 
hardy as Sparkle in the extreme 
northern areas. 
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