STELEMASTER 



A boon to berry growers with red stele in their soils. 



Stelem aster berries ripen about as early 

 as Blakemore. five to seven days earlier 

 than Temple. The berries are medium to 

 large in size, generally uniform and smooth. 

 medium red in color with a glossy surface. 

 The flesh is light red. firm, juicy, and with 

 a slightly tart flavor. It is not especially 

 good for frozen pack. 



Stelemaster plants are vigorous, produc- 

 tive and highly resistant to all races of red 

 stele now know in eastern United States, 

 and has been tested extensively in the area 

 around Pittsville. Md., where red stele has 

 been prevalent. It has not been widelv 

 tested in other sections. 



T^ here red stele is a factor Stelemaster 



should at least be tested. Not only is it the 

 most resistant to red stele of all known 

 varieties but it also provides an early berry 

 to team up with the mid season and late 

 kinds which are known as red stele resistant 

 varieties, namely Sparkle. Temple. Fairland 

 and Vermilion. 



Stelemaster is a cross of Fairland X 

 Maryland 683. It was first selected in 1950 

 at the Lniversity of Maryland Research 

 Farm. Salisbury. Md.. tested since that 

 date, and released for introduction in Oc- 

 tober. 1954. by the U.S.D.A. and the Mary- 

 land Agricultural Station. If your soil has 

 red stele try Stelemaster. Price list page 32. 



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•-'^S 



TENNESSEE SHIPPER 



The Firmest Berries 

 We Have Ever Seen 



Tennessee Shipper is a Mis- 

 sionary X Blakemore cross, in- 

 troduced in 1941 by the Tennes- 

 see Experiment Station. It is a 

 very vigorous grower, making 

 larger, stronger individual plants 

 than Blakemore but usually not 

 quite as many. This year Ten- 

 nessee Shipper has been mar- 

 velous both in number of plants 

 made ayid vigor of plant growth. 

 The plants are very productive. 

 The berries ripen early, about with Blakemore. 

 and are the firmest of any variety we know. They 

 are so firm that picking may be neglected for 

 several days at a time and still be picked and 

 shipped to market with practically no loss. This 

 is important in these days of labor shortage. 

 Tennessee Shipper berries are excellent for freez- 

 ing. They are rather tart in quality and in dry 

 seasons tend to run down in size, except on 

 ver\- springy land. All our Tennessee Shipper 

 plants again this year were grown from vims 

 free stock sources which may account for the 

 outstanding vigor mentioned above. Tennessee 

 Shipper is primarily a southern shipping berr>-, 

 but has been grown successfully as far north 

 as southern Pennsylvania. Price list page 32. 



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COLLECTIONS 

 ON PAGE 28-29 



KLONMORE 



High Quality Shipping Berry for the 

 Deep South 



Klonmore is a cross of Klondyke x Blakemore 

 In vigor of plant growth it equals either of its] 

 free growing parents. In productiveness Klon- 

 more is better than Klondyke, probably nearlyj 

 equal to Blakemore. Klonmore berries are about] 

 equal in size to either Blakemore or Klondyke i 

 but are tar better in quality than either of thenu; 

 In fact Klonmore is the only high quality long; 

 distance shipping berry that the south has ever| 

 had, Klonmore territor>^ is more limited. being.j 

 grown successfully in coastal areas of the gulfl 

 states and the Atlantic coast states as far north] 

 as South Carolina. 



'^'e have this year a ver\- fine stock of virus| 

 free Klonmore plants and inquiries for large- 

 quantities are invited. Price list page 32. 



