Description of Varieties 
PREMIER (Early) — Long recognized as the leading commercial berry of the country. 
Premier owes its deserved popularity to its wide adaptations to soil and climate, its extreme 
earliness, and to its heavy yields of large, well shaped, uniform, bright red, reasonably 
firm berries which hold their size well to the end of the season. With us Premier w‘ith- 
stands drouth better than most varieties. Quality good but not up to Dorsett or Fair¬ 
fax. Plants vigorous and disease resistant. 
Although it is being pushed hard by Dorsett and Fairfax, Premier still remains the 
most popular berry grown and still is the variety which any new introduction must equal 
or surpass if it is to become widely grown. 
Old growers need no introduction to Premier and new growers will make no mis¬ 
take in planting it. I have a large supply of large, healthy ,!heavy-rooted Premier plants 
and can still fill your order for any quantity. 
HOWARD 17* This berry is exactly the same as Premier. 
DORSETT (Early) — No two new varieties have aroused more widespread interest or 
shown more promise in recent years than Dorsett and Fairfax which were introduced by 
the United States Department of Agriculture a few years ago. Both have been widely 
grown and both have ranked well along side Premier, which has long been recognized as 
the measure of standard in commercial varieties. From our experience we can recom¬ 
mend these two varieties and urge all growers to try them under their conditions. 
Dorsett is a very large bright red berry of excellent quality and very firm so that 
it stands shipping well- Berries are more attractive than Premier and hold their bright, 
rich color for a long time after picking. Undr'er favorable conditions Doifeett will out- 
yield Premier but due to the exceptional vigor of the plants it tends to set too many 
plants for maximum production. It responds very well to thinning or spacing the plants. 
Ripens along with Premier. 
FAIRFAX. (Early) — Unquestionably the firmest and finest quality berry we have 
grown. Berries are very large and uniform, holding their size well to the end of the 
season The flesh is exceedingly firm and meaty, excelling Dorsett in this respect. Ripens 
with Premier or a few days later in some localities. A good canning variety. Plants large 
and vigorous. Probably its chief fault lies in its color which is rather dark and with a 
tendency to become more so after being picked. A good commercial variety and one of 
the finest for home use- 
BIG JOE — Also known as Joe Johnson. One of the best, if not the best, of the mid¬ 
season varieties. The plants are exceedingly vigorous and make fine fruiting beds on any 
soil that will produce strawberries. Makes good under nearly all conditions. Berries are 
firm, bright red in color, almost perfect in shape, of very large size and produced in 
great abundance for so large a berry. Sells for top prices. It is a fine table berry, and 
I can recommend it for home use or for distant market. For profit plant Big Joe; it 
is distinctly a money-maker. 
CHESAPEAKE. (Late) — One of the handsomest and best flavored varieties. Nearly 
as late as Gandy, larger and just as firm, much more productive and without green tips. 
Berries are uniform in size and shape and are bright crimson in color. 
CATSKILL — Was originated by the New York Exp. Station (seedling No. 4443) where 
it has been grown for several years and is highly recommended for its size, yield and 
attractiveness. Catskill is a cross of Marshall and Premier and must take its fruiting 
qualities after Premier for it is a heavy producer and in tests made has even outyielded 
that variety and seems to be second to none in yield under normal conditions. The berries 
are large in size, bright red in color with a bright green cap that makes an attractive 
appearance and of excellent quality and flavor. The plant growth is unusully vigorous 
with long fibrous roots that penetrate deep into the soil making them drouth resistant. 
The foliage is healthy and vigorous, makes plants freely, in fact on good ground may 
need spacing or thinning for best results as the berries in nearly all varieties are the 
largest and best where plants are not too thick. 
Catskill is a mid-season to late variety ripening same season as Big Joe and is sup¬ 
posed to take the place of this variety and growers should test it with Big Joe to see 
which variety does the best for them under their conditions. 
NEW YORK — This is the sweetest strawberry grown. The plant is a vigorous grower, 
producing a moderate number of large, healthy plants- The berries are medium to large 
in size, dark red in color, but only moderately firm in texture. New York is a home 
garden berry. It is the only strawberry we know of that is sweet before is gets red. We 
have many calls for New York from those whose health does not permit them to eat 
berries which are in any way tart or acid in quality. 
CORSICAN. — This berry is exactly the same as New York. 
LUPTON. — A beautiful large, late shipping berry. I cannot say it is of high quality but 
the berries are so pretty and firm that they sell well in our shipping markets. 
