6 . ROBERTS’ READY TO GROW STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
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NOTE—We are constantly on the alert for better varieties 
in strawberries. We now have trial plats where we are testing 
all the various varieties of late introduction. We have them from 
the North, South, East and West. When w^e are convinced that 
we have better varieties to offer, we shall release them. Re¬ 
member, we are always going to offer the best varieties. 
BLAKEMORE. A Great Canning And Commercial Variety 
Extra Early. Perfect Flowering 
Blakemore was introduced several years ago by the United 
States Department of Agriculture. It has grown in popularity 
each year. It’s shipping, canning and preserving qualities have 
become so well known that buyers everywhere recognize Blake¬ 
more as the best extra early berry. The color is a beautiful 
light red, which will not fade for days after picking. The texture is so firm 
that it will stand shipping, by auto truck, to markets three and four hundred 
miles away, arriving in perfect marketable condition. It ripens uniformly, 
with no green tips. Its shape is semi-conical, with a minimum of knotty 
berries. In some sections the flavor is reported to be somewhat acid, but on 
our farms the whole crop had a delicious strawberry flavor. 
Blakemore is not an excessive bearer, nor are the berries extremely large. 
The complete crop sizes up well, making a moderate yield throughout the sea¬ 
son. The plant is not large. The foliage is healthy. Blakemore is an ex¬ 
tremely prolific plant maker, and care should be taken to keep the beds thin¬ 
ned, or else your production and ripening qualities will suffer for lack of air 
and sunshine beween the plants. 
During the 1935 and 1936 fruiting seasons we picked our entire crop of 
Blakemore at profitable prices, and when our supply was exhausted and the 
later varieties were in their prime, buyers were asking if we could supply 
them with more Blakemores. 
