FAIRLAND 



Fairland is the third of the three fine 

 midseason berries notable for their resist- 

 ance to red stele. Fairland is slightly earlier 

 than Temple and several days ahead of 

 Sparkle in ripening season. Whereas both 

 Sparkle and Temple are rather dark Fair- 

 land is light in color. As a shipping berry 

 Fairland is as good as Sparkle but not as 

 good as Temple. It is a heavy producer of 

 berries that are large, fairly good in qual- 

 ity and beautiful in appearance. Their light 



color makes them appealing to the eye of 

 the buyer. Fairland is not at its best as far 

 south as Maryland. It has given fine re- 

 sults in Ohio, West Virginia, Massachu- 

 setts, New York, and other northern states. 

 As with Robinson, Fairland where it is 

 well adapted will be a profitable berry, 

 chiefly because of productiveness, large 

 size and light attractive color. Price list 

 page 32. 



POCAHONTAS 



Pocahontas has achieved wide publicity 

 during the last year or two because of its 

 ability to produce a satisfactory crop of 

 berries the following spring from plants 

 set in November and December. Methods 

 of handling Pocahontas to get these results 

 have been worked out by Dr. M. M. Parker 

 of the Virginia Truck Experiment Station 

 at Norfolk, Virginia. It has been possible 

 with Pocahontas, we believe, because Poca- 

 hontas is the most vigorous variety that we 

 have ever grown, not even excepting virus 

 free Blakemore plants. 



Outside the Norfolk and Eastern Shore 

 of Virginia areas Pocahontas has been 

 tested in only a few places. Reports of very 

 high yields have come from Pennsylvania, 

 Missouri and Washington, D. C, as well as 

 Virginia. The parentage of Pocahontas is 

 Midland x Tennessee Shipper. As Tennes- 

 see Shipper is the firmest of all known va- 

 rieties Pocahontas should be and is firm 

 enough for shipment, ranking about with 

 Blakemore as a shipping berry. Pocahontas 

 begins to ripen about one week after 

 Blakemore. It is very productive. In repli- 

 cated plantings at Beltsville, Md., the yield 

 average for 1951 and 1952 was at the rate 

 of 11,376 quarts per acre, which was much 

 higher than Blakemore under the same con- 

 ditions. In a test for the frozen package 

 trade it has been rated high in color, tex- 

 ture and flavor. 



In color the berries are a vivid red, 

 somewhat deeper than Blakemore, they are 

 glossy and have a tough skin. The flavor 

 is tart and good. 



Dr. Parker at Norfolk found Pocahontas 

 the only variety capable of producing sat- 

 isfactory yields of attractive looking fruit 

 the first spring following transplanting in 

 the fall. He feels that the large size, good 

 yield, and attractiveness of Pocahontas 

 berries from fall set plants may make this 

 a good practice for the small commercial 

 grower or home gardner but may not be 

 profitable for big scale plantings because 

 of the large number of plants needed and 

 the amount of labor required to transplant 

 them. On account of its unequalled vigor 

 Pocahontas seems worth trying anywhere. 

 They will surely grow. Price list page 32. 



