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A nice 
cluster 
of Dorset 
Berries 
DORSET! 
AT ITS BEST THERE 
IS NO BETTER 
Dorsett is usually at its best in the 
latitude of Virginia, Maryland and 
New Jersey. Even farther north on 
the New England coast and in the 
Hudson River Valley, as well as in 
states as far west as Missouri, some 
growers rate Dorsett as one of the 
best. 
Where it grows well there is plenty of reason to put it at the top. The plants are more vigorous and just 
as productive as Premier. The berries run larger in size, are brighter and more attractive in appearance and 
will outsell Premier on most markets. Dorsett berries are extra fine in quality, better than any except Fairfax 
and Starbright, and about equal to them as a dessert berry. Dorsett is excellent for home garden and local 
market and is firm enough to ship it picking is kept up reasonably well. 
In spite of being good in so many ways, Dorsett will never be universally popular because of two weak 
points. It is not as hardy as Premier, Catskill ci Fairfax. When planted far north or on cold frosty sites it is 
more'' susceptible to injury from winter cold and from late spring frosts than most other good varieties. Also, 
Dorsett is a fairly weak pollenizer. It is so vigorous that it often sets far too many plants which not only cuts 
down the size and yield of fruit by excessive competition for water and plant food, but also by making damp, 
shaded conditions where proper pollenation is difficult. 
Fairly well thinned beds enable Dorsett to set \he tremendously heavy crops of which it is capable. 
Growers who can produce Dorsett at its best are really "sitting pretty." Price list, page 23. 
MIDLAND 
A new early variety released last year for intro- 
duction by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Midland (U.S.D.A. No. 1812— Premier X Redheart) is 
recommended for trial for the general market from 
Virginia to Southern New England, and westward to 
Arkansas and Iowa — the northern part of the Blake- 
more territory and the southern part of the Premier 
region. 
Midland is a vigorous grower, making plenty of plants and large strong ones. The plants are quite produc- 
tive and ripen early — about with Premier. The berries are of excellent quality — better than Premier but not 
as good as Dorsett and Fairfax, being somewhat more tart. Slightly raised bright red and yellow seeds, with 
shiny skin make the berries very attractive. The ripe berries are bright red — later turning dark but not as dark 
as Fairfax. 
Midland is good enough and pretty enough for a home garden berry but it should make a dandy shipping 
berry because berries are so very firm and average so large in size. It has been widely tested since 1931 
and certainly merits a trial. In the Government Trial Gardens at Beltsville, Maryland, in 1944, Midland was con- 
sidered by some observers to be the outstanding variety, old or new, in productiveness, size, and all around 
excellence. All the berries on the front cover page are Midland. Price list, page 23. 
