TENNESSEE BEAUTY 



In 1954 from 1.6 acres of Tennessee 

 Beauty we picked 20,400 quarts of berries. 

 This was at the rate of 12,700 quarts per 

 acre, which gave us a clear profit of 

 $1,400.00 per acre. 



Tennessee Beauty for several years has 

 been the most profitable variety of straw- 

 berries for us. If in this section we were 

 limited to just one variety for fruiting pur- 

 poses it would have to be Tennessee Beauty. 

 It is one of the most beautiful and most 

 productive of all varieties as well as being 

 the most profitable. 



The record cited above was made in a 

 rather dry year but on a good piece of 

 strawberry land. Tennessee Beauty sets 

 such a heavy crop that it is especially 

 adapted where irrigation is available; 

 plenty of water would have increased the 

 yield on our field last year by at least 100 

 crates. The rewards to be expected from 

 a fine crop of Tennessee Beauty are so 

 great that you are justified in using some 

 of your best springy land for this variety. 

 When the plants are not too thick and 

 ample moisture is available the average 

 size of Tennessee Beauty is good. With 

 real dry conditions or real thick beds the 

 plants cannot size up the tremendous crop 

 of berries which they set. However, we 

 know of no variety where a quart of small 

 berries has as much real value as Tennessee 

 Beauty. They will weigh as much as two 

 or three pounds per crate more than some 

 of the other kinds. In the record cited 

 above some of the last berries were quite 

 small and were sold to a processor. It is 



$1^00M per Acre Clear Profit 



noteworthy that the record cited above was 

 made with berries selling at an average 

 price of slightly less than 30c per quart. 



The facts about Tennessee Beauty are as fol- 

 lows: 



1 . Virus free strains of Tennessee Beauty which 

 we offer are very virogous in plant growth and 

 rarely fail to make plenty of plants for a good 

 fruiting row. 



2. The plants are very productive, as noted 

 above. 



3. The berries are among the most beautiful 

 of all varieties. 



4. The berries average medium to large in 

 size where moisture is available — smaller under 

 dry conditions and very thick beds. 



5. The berries are very firm, being excellent 

 for shipping. If bad weather or shortage of help 

 delays picking Tennessee Beauty will keep for 

 several days with very little loss of fruit. 



6. In addition to being a fine, beautiful berry 

 for the fresh market Tennessee Beauty is one of 

 the best for freezing and processing. 



7. The berries are excellent in quality — not 

 (juite as good as Fairfax and Fairpeake but 

 better than Premier, Catskill and Robinson. 



8. Tennessee Beauty territory is about the same 

 as Blakemore. It covers all the southern and 

 middle states as far north as central Pennsylvania 

 and the coastal areas of New York and New 

 England. 



For large commercial plantings or for the 

 small home gardens Tennessee Beauty, where 

 adapted, is certainly a winner. Price list page 32. 



Mobile Co., Ala., Oct. 20, 1953. "Of the four 

 kinds I ordered last year Tennessee Beauty 

 seemed to thrive best in this part of the Deep 

 South. This variety bore large clusters of luscious 

 fruit during the first season." Miss Edna Olson. 



Frederick Co., Md., March 5, 1954. "I have been 

 buying your plants for six years and never had 

 a failure. Tennessee Beauty plants purchased in 

 1952 gave me more berries from 100 plants than 

 any variety I have ever had." J. Howard Creeger. 





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