Virus free stocks of most varieties merely 

 show increased growth, vigor and produc- 

 tiveness as compared with regular stocks. 

 With Premier, however, the effect has been 

 much more marked. Not only is virus free 

 Premier more virgorous and upstanding, 

 much like Blakemore in its growth habit, 

 but also the berries are definitely lighter 

 and apparently not quite so firm. The gen- 

 eral consensus among growers and research 

 men is that if the changes in virus free 

 Premier are not entirely due to freedom 

 from virus that at any rate the fruit grower 

 is benefited by having the virus free stock 

 due to the extra vigor of plant growth. 

 Many old stocks of Premier have been 



failing to make a plant bed good enough 

 for a satisfactory crop while virus free 

 Premier would almost always make a sa- 

 tisfactory fruiting bed. However, if there 

 is a genetic difference in these stocks of 

 Premier the virus free plants have not yet 

 had time to demonstrate the fact that they 

 may be just as frost resistant as regular 

 Premier. Our regular stocks of Premier 

 have made beautiful two feet wide beds — 

 our virus free stocks just as good or better. 

 If you prefer the virus free stock please 

 indicate same on the order sheet. Please 

 remember that with either kind Premier 

 means SURE CROPS AND BIG CROPS. 

 Price list page 32. 



HOWARD 1 7 Premier is also sold as Howard 17, which was the original liame. The 

 varieties are identical in every respect. It is a "pippin" no matter which name you use. 

 Price list page 32. 



DORSETT 



A high quality berry which like most 

 people has many good points and a few bad 

 ones. Dorsett ripens about with Premier. 

 At its best it is equal to Premier in plant 

 growth and production. It is superior to 

 Premier in attractiveness and firmness. The 

 quality of Dorsett is much better than 

 Premier, in fact surpassed only by Fairfax 

 and Fairpeake. The bad points of Dorsett 

 are that it is susceptible to frost injury and 

 it is hard to make all the blossoms set 

 fruit. To help overcome these things, avoid 

 frosty sites, don't overfertilize the row mak- 

 ing it too dense, and don't let the plants 

 become too thick in the row. 



For several years most stocks of Dorsett 

 were weakened in plant growth by a virus 

 disease. Certified virus free plants of Dor- 



sett are not yet available but our present 

 stock is either free from virus or highly 

 resistant to it. For the past several years 

 we have grown beautiful Dorsett beds. At 

 its best Dorsett is one of the most produc- 

 tive and profitable of all varieties. Those 

 who can grow it at its best will find it hard 

 to beat. Price list page 32. 



