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BIG JOE 
A fine old variety that ranks next to the best in all-around 
value. In some sections where well adapted Big Joe could 
very well be the very best midseason berry. Big Joe makes 
plenty of plants for big fruiting row, but usually needs little 
thinning because individual plants are so big and strong. 
Plants are moderately productive of big brilliant 
red juicy berries. Prominent red to yellow seeds 
and a big green top combine to make Big Joe a 
very showy and attractive berry. Berries are 
fairly firm, as good shippers as CatskilL and on 
the local auction market often sell with 
Chesapeake. 
Big Joe is not as hardy as Premier and 
CatskilL Frosty sites should be avoided 
especially if planted in northern states. 
Locally Big Joe is badly mixed with Lupton 
in growers fields, Big Joe often being 
called improved Lupton. Big Joe berries 
are far better in quality than Lupton and 
deserve to be kept straight. We have 
them straight and the plants are beautiful. 
Price List, page 31. 
Big Joe 
Beauties 
TENNESSEE 
BEAUTY 
A new variety from Tennessee. A scientific cross, 
Premier X Missionary, same parentage as Blakemore. 
Tennessee Beauty makes a vigorous growth with 
plenty of new plants. They are very productive. 
Berries are medium to large in size, a bright shiny 
attractive red color, and quite firm — solid enough for 
a shipping berry. First and largest fruits generally 
wedge shaped, others round, conic. Quality good, 
Tennessee Beauty berries hold their light color well, 
so if further tests continue favorable it may replace 
Aroma or Catskill as a late berry with some growers. 
Tests in Tennessee have shown a very high percent- 
age of No. 1 berries as compared to Blakemore. Also 
rated very high as a berry for freezing. Well worth 
trying in the southern and lower middle states. Ten- 
nessee Beauty is a patented variety that we can sell 
you only with the understanding that you are not to 
propagate them for sale to others. Price list, page 31. 
PATHFINDER A . seed /^ of Aberdeen, 
originated by Dr. J. Har- 
old Clark and introduced several years ago by the 
New Jersey Station. Pathfinder is a vigorous grower, 
making large strong plants but not making plants 
in as great numbers for the last few years as they 
did formerly. Pathfinder plants are very productive. 
Pathfinder should be grown from Central New Jersey 
north as a second early or early midseason variety. 
On heavy northern soils where it is adapted Path- 
finder berries run medium to large in size, unusually 
uniform in shape, firm enough for local or nearby 
market, of good quality and attractive in appearance. 
Pathfinder is not good in the South or lower middle 
states, but in the North is a volume producer of 
satisfactory berries that good growers turn into 
handsome profits. Price list, page 31. 
ABERDEEN 
This variety is no good as 
far South as Maryland. It is 
vigorous, healthy grower and very productiev of large, 
light colored attractive berries. But they are of 
poor quality and very soft — being more subject to 
sunscald following a shower at picking time than 
any variety we have grown. In the North where 
grown on heavy soils and close to market, the large 
size, heavy yielding and attractive appearance of the 
berries have made Aberdeen a big profit maker for 
some growers. Aberdeen is very resistant to the 
red stele disease. Aberdeen has been used to breed 
improved red stele resistant varieties, notable among 
which are Temple, Sparkle and Midland. Price list, 
page 31. 
