tyo* Matty yeail GatUzill 
Catskill has been the most popular, 
most productive and most profitable 
midseason berry in all the Premier 
territory. (See page 8.) In fact many 
growers have found Premier for 
early and Catskill for midseason-to- 
late an unbeatable team for making 
money from commercial crops of 
strawberries. 
Where good beds of both varieties 
have been grown Catskill may be 
slightly more productive than Prem- 
ier and this great productiveness has 
been a main reason for its continued 
popularity. Even as far south as 
Maryland we believe our record 
several years ago of 32,000 quarts of 
marketable berries on three acres is 
absolute tops for any field of its size 
of any variety in this section. Yields 
up to 15.Q00 quarts per acre have 
been reported in New York and 
some of the New England states. 
Big Berries. Catskill will produce 
not only a greater total yield but a 
larger quantity of big berries than 
any other leading variety. Of course 
there are some medium sized ber- 
ries, but they are "in addition"- and not "in 
place of" a big yield of big berries. The new 
Midland rivals Catskill in size of berries. 
Good Berries. Catskill berries have very 
good quality. They are somewhat better than 
Premier and when fully ripe have much of the 
delicious flavor of the old Marshall. They're 
really good to eat. Catskill berries have been 
rated very satisfactory when frozen. Catskill 
berries, by the way, contain a very high per- 
centage of Vitamin C, having one of the highest 
contents of this important Vitamin of any 
variety yet tested. 
Pretty Berries. Catskill fruit has a fresh green 
cap and an attractive light red color which 
makes them very showy in the package. The 
very large primary berries are somewhat 
ridged but the late ones are smooth and 
CATSKILL 
Gatihili GanunetUi, 
1947. "I purchased 400 Catsk 
considered an unfavorable gro 
f top quality berries. They he 
e through and firrr 
what your Catskill 
— F. H. LePrev 
l — t. h. LePrevost 
Co., Maine. May 24. 1948. "I was lorry you did not have the Catskill berry plai 
nd Co., Maine. Jan, 6, 1948. "1 received my strawberry book today and was pleas. 
946 I had 300 Catskill plants and gfit a very nice crop in 1947, The Catskill is 
-n all picked.- They bear so many. " --Harold V 
Cambria Co.. Penn., Sept. 16, 1948. "I had 
heir size." Robert K. Ream 
Berks Co.. Penna., Sept. 10, i 948. "We we 
the spring of 1945 and wish to lhank you 
very good crop of Catskill 
OUt&i MiJUeatoM VaAiety. 
Firm 
Premier 
picked 
Berries. More solid than 
just as firm as Dorsett. If 
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 
list, page 31. 
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