Strawberries 
BLAKEMORE (per.) 
Introduced by the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, 1930. 
(Cross of Premier X Missionary.) 
/ U.S. 
^DEPT. OF AGR. 
INTRODUCTION 
NEW 
BLAKEMORE 
flesh, solid center and high pectin content Blakemore stands supreme for preserving, 
plant row than Premier. 
It 
This New Variety 
succeeds under a 
wide range of soils 
and climate condi¬ 
tions. The plants 
are very vigorous 
in growth and re¬ 
sistant to leaf spot. 
They ripen about 
the same season or 
a few days earlier 
than Premier, 
about the same 
size, equally as 
productive and 
with fewer white 
tips than that va¬ 
riety. Berries are 
bright red, hold 
their color and do 
not shrivel on 
standing after 
picking. They are 
firmer and skin is 
not as easily 
broken as Premier 
and other standard 
kinds which makes 
it an excellent 
market berry. Be¬ 
cause of its excel¬ 
lent flavor, bright 
color (which does 
not fade), firm 
makes a much better 
BELLMAR 
(PER.) Of all the early varie¬ 
ties Bellmar, Blakemore, and 
Premier have and maintain the healthiest foliage 
throughout the fruiting season and these three stand 
head and shoulders above all other early varieties 
of strawberries in the production of large quantities 
of fancy berries, with the possible exception of the 
two new government berries, Fairfax and Dorsett. 
The fruit of Bellmar is very beautiful and striking 
in appearance, a good deep red in color, very firm 
and solid to the core. The berries average large 
in size and are less acid than Blakemore. Bellmar 
is truly a blue ribbon variety. 
STRAWBERRY 
TEST PLOTS—Connecticut, 1932 
Variety 
Qts. Per Acre 
Aberdeen . . . . 
.I 1,97!) 
Bellmar . 
.13,068 
These varieties stand out among the very heav- 
iest producers 
plantings. 
in either test or commercial 
STRAWBERRY PRICES 
Per 25 
Per 100 
Per 500 
1000 
Aberdeen 
$ .60 
$1.00 
$4.00 
$7.00 
Aroma 
.50 
1.00 
3.50 
6.00 
Bellmar 
.60 
1.00 
4.00 
7.00 
Blakemore 
.50 
1.00 
3.00 
5.00 
Clermont 
1.25 
3.00 
12.00 
20.00 
Culver 
1.25 
3.00 
12.00 
20.00 
Dorsett 
1.00 
1.75 
7.00 
12.00 
Fairfax 
1.00 
1.75 
7.00 
12.00 
Gandy 
Mastodon 
.50 
1.00 
3.50 
6.00 
(Everbearing) .75 
2.00 
7.00 
12.00 
Pearl 
.60 
1.00 
4.00 
7.00 
Premier 
.<50 
1.00 
3 50 
6.00 
Red Gold 
.60 
1.00 
3.50 
6.00 
Orders for 
lOO plants 
or less 
are sent 
by mail 
postpaid. Larger quantities by express not pre¬ 
paid, or if by mail send 10 cents per 100 extra. 
(PER.) has recently come 
into wide favor as the 
finest and most profitable midseason variety and 
we can highly recommend it to follow Premier, 
Blakemore and other of the early varieties. Fruit¬ 
ing tests have shown it to outyield all other varieties 
of its season. Tests conducted by the Department 
of Horticulture in Pennsylvania in 1929 indicated 
that it was the heaviest yielding variety in that 
state. The berries are large and attractive, ex¬ 
cellent quality and are typically “strawberry flav¬ 
ored." Aberdeen is a thirfty grower and produces 
a dark, glossy, bluish-green foliage. Jam or pre¬ 
serves made from the berries are an attractive light 
red color. We are sure you will find Aberdeen 
most desirable for home use and one of the most 
profitable commercial varieties. 
DORSETT-FAIRFAX (B0TH PER) 
These two 
new U. S. Department of Agriculture introductions 
are truly the aristocrats of all strawberry varieties. 
Both from the same parentage (Royal Sovereign X 
Premier) but are quite distinct varieties. Both are 
large strikingly beautiful and extremely heavy pro¬ 
ducers, in fact they have outyielded all other 
varieties in test blocks. 
Strawberry specialists who have examined both 
varieties predict Fairfax will lead as a home mar¬ 
ket and that Dorsett will be planted as a commer¬ 
cial variety which combines high quality with high 
production, large size and good shipping qualities. 
If you want the very best of strawberries plant 
some of these two remarkable new varieties. 
KENTUCKY 
STRAWBERRIES s w °orth 
Crittenden County Straw¬ 
berry Growers Association 
$600,000 
of berries 
last year, an average of $2.03 per crate, as com¬ 
pared with $5.55 in 1930. Each crate, according 
to E. S. Barger, chief salesman for the association, 
cost 60 cents to pick; 25 cents for the crate, 5 
cents to haul and 5% cents for the association 
expense. More than $1 was profit in a very bad 
depression year. The yield per acre averages 86 
crates. Top yield ran as high as 200 and 320 
crates, however.—Market Growers Journal, Feb. 1, '33. 
