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GROWING STRAWBERRIES 



Varieties 



Gem. Most consistent producer of summer and fall berries, recom- 

 mended for a home garden. 



Champion {Progressive) . Sweetest everbearer, berries are small but 

 the plants are productive. 



Green Mountain. Later berry, adapted to cool climate and heaA-y 

 Boil. 



Mastodon. Vigorous productive plant; it is the most commonly- 

 grown everbearing variety, fruit is large, irregular in shape, and ships 

 weU. 



n. Commercial Vaeieties 



There are hundreds of varieties of strawberries. Many of them 

 possess merit for certain purposes and in some sections. Included in the 

 following list are those varieties which have assumed commercial im- 

 portance in areas of greater or less extent, for general market use. It is 

 not put forth as a complete list. Xew varieties appear and very rapidly 

 come into prominence. The varieties that do well in Northern United 

 States are, as a rule, adapted to Canada. Varieties have perfect flowers 

 unless otherwise indicated. 



Aroma. The leading commercial variety in a belt extending east 

 from ^Missouri to Kentucky. 



Belt {William Belt). Late variety, high quality, adapted to North- 

 ern states. 



Big Joe. Fancy mid-season berr^^, especially large fruit, subject to 

 frost injury, grown commerciallj^ in New Jersey and Delaware and to 

 a less extent in Northern L'nited States. 



Blakemore. One of the finest bemes of the South and as far north 

 as Maryland and Virginia ; it has proved to be a good shipping variety — 

 productive, light red, firm, tart flavored. 



Catskill. Standard variety in New England, New York, Ohio, and 

 Pennsylvania. Vigorous, sturdy, hardy plant, good-quality fruit. It has 

 been known to give higher yields than almost any other variety. 



Chesapeake. Late season, large berry of unusual quality, not highly 

 productive, grown largely in Northeastern United States. 



Dorsett. A good early commercial strawberry, high quality, bright 

 red fruit, large size and large cropper, grown chiefly in Northern states 

 but popular as far south as Georgia. 



Dresden. A new earh^ berr^^ which is adapted to New England, New 

 i^ork, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. 



Fairjax. Noted for its high-quality fruit, very large yields of large 



