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 withstands drouth better than most varieties. Quality good but not up to 
Dorsett or Fairfax. Plants vigorous and disease resistant. 
Although it is being pushed hard by Dorsett and Fairfax, Premier still remains 
the most popular berry grown and it 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 
mistake in planting it. I have a large supply of large, healthy, heavy-rooted Premier 
plants and can 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 intro¬ 
duced by the United States Department of Agriculture a few years ago. Both have 
been widely grown and both have ranked well along side Premher, which has' long 
been recognized as the measure of standard in commercial varieties. From our ex¬ 
perience we can recommend 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. Under favorable conditions 
Dorsett will outyield 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 
CATSKILL — Midseason to late. Was originated by the New York Exp. Station 
(seedling No. 4443) where it has been grown for several years and is highly recom¬ 
mended for its size, yield and attractiveness. Calskill is a cross of Marshall and 
Premier and must take its fruiting qualites 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 unusually vigorous with long fibrous roots that 
penetrate deep in 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 
the plants are not too thick. 
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. 
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 Arm in texture. New 
York is a home garden berry. It is the only strawberry we know of that is sweet 
before it 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. 
