130 Catskill from your firm in the spring of 
: able growing season because of excessive 
They held their size through and firmness 
ie market. That is what your Catskill did." 
F. H. LePrevost 
• you did not have the Catskill berry plants 
i ercy Robinson 
my strawberry book today and was pleased 
i very nice crop in 1947. The Catskill is a 
: 11 plants I obtained from you in the spring 
: Clark 
c to set too many Catskill. I might not get 
•' e 
• good crop of Catskill and sure was proud 
iy well pleased with the plants we ordered 
rs extra plants. Of the varieties we grew 
5 wish to order more of these varieties." 
Lawrence O. fluhf 
i )ur plants are the best in the country. My 
8,000 pints."— Stanley Rogers 
OUte* MicfUeoAon VosUetu. 
Firm Berries. More solid than 
Premier, just as firm as Dorsett. If 
picked when ready and shipped 
moderate distances, Catskill is firm 
enough to stand up in fine condi- 
tion. There is no trouble at all in 
handling Catskill for local and near- 
by markets. In harvesting many fruit 
crops of Catskill we have found that it 
stands rain at picking time very well, 
much better than other varieties 
which are actually firmer. 
In fact reports from a number of 
growers indicate that one of the 
reasons that Catskill rivals Premier 
in many areas, even replacing it 
sometimes, is because Catskill is 
much less susceptible to rotting in 
wet seasons. Another thing which 
has been reported is that Catskill has 
proved to be a better freezing berry 
in areas where commercial freezing 
is carried on. 
Plant Growth. Catskill plants nor- 
mally make a moderately vigorous 
plant growth with enough new run- 
ners for satisfactory fruiting beds. 
On very rich soil they may have to 
be thinned a little. Like most of the 
New York varieties Catskill shows a 
little leaf spot when grown as far south as 
Maryland, but never enough to reduce the crop. 
It must be admitted that in some areas Catskill 
has not retained all the great vigor and pro- 
ductiveness that it had when introduced in 
1932. In a few areas it has not been possible 
to grow Catskill successfully. In others, even 
granting its reduced vigor, Catskill will still 
produce more quarts of big berries than any 
other midseason berry. Where trials have indi- 
cated that Catskill has slipped, Temple, Sparkle, 
Robinson and Big Joe are probably the best 
midseason berries to replace Catskill 
We hope you won't give up Catskill unless 
you are sure you can't grow it, because Catskill 
is still the "Champ" among midseason varieties 
even though it doesn't win every round 
everywhere. Price list, page 31. 
See pages 28 and 29 for collections ot famous varieties to 
assure you of the best and to save you time and money 
