FA I R FA X first for fine flavor 



The Garden Berry Deluxe! 



Wherever the consumer can buy straw- 

 berries by variety name Fairfax will be 

 favored. The wonderful flavor provides a 

 taste-treat which few can forget. Enthusi- 

 astic Fairfax fans are found wherever 

 flavor is the main consideration. 



In addition to having the highest quality 

 of all leading varieties of strawberries Fair- 

 fax has many other fine attributes. The 

 foliage is vigorous and healthy with beauti- 

 ful dark green leaves. In ornamental plant- 

 ings where beauty of foliage as well as fruit 

 is important Fairfax has probably been 

 used more than any other variety. The 

 plants are very vigorous and very produc- 

 tive. The berries are like this: 



1. Finest flavor of all. 



2. Very firm— as solid as Blakemore. 



3. Very attractive, with a rich red color 

 becoming dark as the berry ripens. 



4. Large average size, many of the first 

 berries being fan-shaped, with the later 

 one as shown in the picture. 



Fairfax berries should be picked closely, 

 especially in commercial fields. The first 



MIDLAND 



Outstanding as a Roadside Market Berry! 



berries are bright red, becoming dark, later 

 almost purple, while they are still firm 

 enough for use. If picking is neglected the 

 bright early berries mixed with the dark 

 berries which have been ripe for several 

 days present a somewhat mottled appear- 

 ance which is not favored on many whole- 

 sale markets. 



Where Fairfax is known the dark red 

 color has become associated with unequaled 

 flavor. Consumers buy Fairfax and come 

 back for more, the wonderful taste lures 

 them. Fairfax is well adapted from the lati- 

 tude of Virginia north. Every garden and 

 every small planting in that area, where 

 the grower meets consumer, should feature 

 Fairfax. They are good and they pay. 



We have a vigorous stock of Fairfax 

 plants; some virus free, some regular. If 

 you prefer the virus free please indicate 

 same on the order sheet. Fairfax berries 

 ripen early in the middle states, becoming 

 later farther north. You will be delighted 

 with Fairfax at any season. Price list 

 page 32. 



In six or seven characteristics which a great berry must have Midland ranks with 

 the best. In productiveness it equals Premier, Catskill and Sparkle; in quality it is 

 surpassed only by Fairfax and Fairpeake, better than Premier; in size Midland prob- 

 ably will average as large as any variety grown today except possibly Robinson and 

 Catskill; in firmness Midland is surpassed only by a few like Blakemore and Tennessee 

 Beauty — firmer than Premier, Catskill, Sparkle, etc.; in appearance Midland is beauti- 

 ful when it first ripens, it becomes fairly dark on holding. As a freezing berry Midland 

 is at the very top-most tests show none better, few equal to Midland for freezing. 



Although Midland plants individually are large and strong, it makes few runners. 

 Because it is so difficult to get a good fruiting row Midland just misses being one of 

 the greatest strawberry varieties. For the hill system or especially fertile locations 

 Midland is superb. Ripening season medium early, about with Fairfax. 



Midland presents a challenge — If you can grow a bed, you can make a profit. 

 Price list page 32. j 



