Strawberries BUNTINGS' NURSERIES, Inc. 
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‘Dorsett and Fairfax 
Will replace all now known Early and Mid-season varieties o£ Strawberries as soon as 
plants are available in numbers sufficient to go around 
Originated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1923 
Offered to the public for the first time during the Spring of 1933 
During the period of ten years both varieties have 
been tested thoroughly all over the country by the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, and in a very ex¬ 
tensive way with one fruit grower and two nursery 
concerns—one of them being our own concern—who 
have during this period of time cooperated with the 
Department of Agriculture in making vigorous tests 
of the two varieties in question, and not until the 
Spring of 1933 did the Department grant us the 
privilege of offering them for sale. 
When publishing our catalog for the Spring of 
1933, we made the following statement: “We have 
been close observers of Strawberries and their production 
for a number of years, and are thoroughly convinced 
that Dorsett and Fairfax will take the lead in Straw¬ 
berry production.” Since making this statement 
just one year ago, we have had the pleasure of seeing 
these varieties produce fruit again and in a larger 
way than ever before; also have received reports of 
their behavior in a greater number of sections in this 
country where they have been grown in a limited 
way due to the plants not being available in larger 
quantities. With this additional information com¬ 
piled during the past year, we are now in a position 
to say in a positive way that Dorsett and Fairfax 
will replace all now known early and midseason vari¬ 
eties of Strawberries. We realize this is a broad 
statement to make. Yet, we have been in the Straw¬ 
berry business since they were first grown on this 
Peninsula, being one of the first to grow them for 
marketing purposes, and have grown all existing 
varieties. During this period of time no variety or 
varieties have anywhere near compared with Dorsett 
and Fairfax. We have a good stock of the other vari¬ 
eties listed in this catalog, a number of them hereto¬ 
fore being leaders such as Premier, Blakemore, 
Bellmar, etc., in the class that fruit early to mid¬ 
season. Yet facts are facts, and we would be unfair 
to our customers unless we quote facts as we have 
them; in other words give them the same information 
which we have, and recommend to them that which 
we would ourselves do when selecting varieties for 
commercial marketing purposes. We will not for 
fruiting purposes set a single plant of any other early 
or midseason variety. We are arranging to consider¬ 
ably increase our acreage for fruiting purposes be¬ 
cause Fairfax and Dorsett we are convinced will 
show us a profit even in hard times. 
We can show records which are true to the effect 
that both Fairfax and Dorsett sold for double or a 
little better than double the price of Premier right 
through the season of 1933 on the eastern markets. 
You can’t compete with your neighbor with any 
other variety now known if he is growing Fairfax 
and Dorsett, unless you too are growing Fairfax and 
Dorsett. 
You must see them fruit to fully realize how far 
superior they are to other varieties of Strawberries. 
We fail to clearly express ourselves or in other words 
to do these varieties justice when attempting to 
describe them in our catalog or while in conversation 
with growers. 
We believe in Fairfax and Dorsett so much that 
on an order of 1,000 plants we agree to refund the 
purchase price of the plants if the quality of the fruit 
they produce is not satisfactory. 
CAUTION 
Both Fairfax and Dorsett are strong growers. 
There is a danger of too much foliage being made, 
thus greatly reducing yields and quality of fruit if 
they are planted in very fertile soil and the usual 
quantity of plant food is used. If your soil is fertile, 
then potash applied in September, mixed well with 
the soil when cultivating, at the rate of ten pounds 
to a hundred yards of row space, is all the fertilizer 
they require to produce the largest yields of best 
grade fruit. We warn you not to over-feed them; 
if you do, results will not be nearly so good. When 
soil is of average fertility, use plant food sparingly; 
on poor soil or of average fertility, we recommend 
top-dressing the rows about four to six weeks before 
growth starts in the Spring with a grade of commer¬ 
cial fertilizer not more than 5 per cent Ammonia, 
8 per cent Phosphoric Acid and 5 per cent Potash. 
Make the application during the Winter months or 
in very early Spring, because if applied after growth 
starts in the Spring it will do more damage than 
good. This, as you no doubt are aware, is true with 
all varieties. Broadcast the 5-8-5 fertilizer evenly 
over the row of plants, at the rate of fifteen pounds 
per hundred yards of row space. We have seen most 
satisfactory crops of fruit on both varieties here on 
our own grounds growing in soil of less than average 
fertility, and without any commercial fertilizer or 
plant food at all. This information we most sincerely 
request be adhered to, because we are anxious that 
you see a crop of Strawberries on your place such 
as you have never before seen. 
WHICH WILL IT BE—DORSETT or FAIRFAX? 
We recommend that you plant both varieties, and 
after seeing them fruit make your decision. They 
are both very good and it may be you would continue 
planting some of each variety each year. Due to their 
outstanding merits in Strawberry production, we will 
attempt to give you a description of both together. 
Dorsett produces berries of a brighter red than does 
Fairfax, the latter being slightly more firm; yet both 
varieties are very firm and will stand long distance 
shipping. Their flavor is unexcelled; you never before 
ate Strawberries so appetizing. The size of fruit is 
large to very large. The plants do not set more 
flower buds than they can produce berries of good 
size; hence reason for both varieties out-yielding 
any other now known variety. There are fewer culls 
and inferior berries in Dorsett and Fairfax than in 
any other variety which we have grown. 
Production. Dorsett no doubt will on an average 
produce a few more berries than Fairfax; yet both 
outyield Premier, which is surprising to those of us 
who know how Premier can produce. 
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