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FAIRBURY NURSERIES, FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA 
Strawberries 
The ground should be worked ten or fifteen inches deep and be properly enriched as 
for any garden crop. Drainage is necessary in very wet soil. For family use plant 
fifteen to eighteen inches apart each way, and after a few, strong plants have been set 
from runners, then pinch off all runners as fast as they appear. Keep the ground free 
from weeds and frequently stirred with a hoe or fork. Plants treated in this manner 
will produce more crown and therefore double the amount of well developed fruit than 
when runners are left to grow. 
CAUTION: Be sure and cut off all fruit- 
stems the first year. This will cause the 
plants to make new runners and is what 
you want for next season’s crop. 
SENATOR DUNLAP (Per). A well test¬ 
ed, wonderfully productive variety, one of 
the safe sorts to plant everywhere and sure 
to take a high place among the prominent 
standard sorts. Plant resembles Warfield, 
rampant runner, should be restricted in its 
production of plants; fully equal to Cres¬ 
cent and Warfield in its ability to succeed 
under all circumstances. Fruit g*od size, 
regular form, beautiful bright red, glossy, 
firm, splendid keeper and shipper; excellent 
quality. One of the best for canning. 
Ripens early and continues a long time. 
AROMA (P.)—Strong growing, vigorous 
plants. Berries very large, smooth, round, 
light colored and produced in great quan¬ 
tity. The favorite in Missouri and the 
Southwest. Does well everywhere. It 
seems to be as popular as a late strawberry 
as the Dunlap is an early one. It was by 
far the best looking strawberry shipped 
into our market from the South the past 
spring. 
BIiAKEMORE. This variety is a new 
introduction originated by Prof. Beatty of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture at 
Washington, D. C. The berries are large, 
solid, finely flavored, good keepers and 
wonderful plant makers. Of high quality, 
and another fine feature about it is that 
it stems so easily. Stands dry weather, and 
plants grow large, holding up the berries 
off the ground and enabling them to grow 
large. 
GIBSON. This variety has long been a 
favorite with commercial growers through¬ 
out the country. It is a heavy and sure 
cropper—in fact, during our many years’ 
acquaintance with Gibson we have never 
known it to fail to produce a profitable 
crop. The plants are large and healthy, 
foliage strong, upright and abundant. 
PREMIER (Per). This is the most popu¬ 
lar early strawberry of the day. The ber¬ 
ries are very large, long pointed, light red 
in color and present a good appearance in 
the basket and in market. It produces 
such a quantity, that growers are simply 
carried away with it; no other early straw¬ 
berry is anything near equal to it in pro¬ 
ductiveness. 
Blakemore, Dunlap, Aroma and Gibson: 
Prices—25 plants, 15c; 100, 50c; 1000, 
$3.50. 
Parcel Post—25 plants, 20c; 100, 50c. 
Prices for Premier, Fairfax and Dorsett: 
Prices—25 plants, 20c; 100, 60c; 1000, 
$5.00. 
Parcel Post—25 plants, 25; 100, 60c. 
THE FAIRFAX. Origin and selection: 
Although its parentage is not definitely 
known, the Fairfax (U. S. D. A. No. 613) 
strawberry is probably the result of a cross 
of Royal Sovereign and Howard 17 (Pre¬ 
mier). The cross was made in 1923 at 
Glenn Dale, Md., and the Fairfax was 
among the selections made in 1925. In 1928 
its characteristic fine appearance, excep¬ 
tional firmness, and high dessert quality 
were outstanding throughout the whole 
season. In 1930 in southern New Jersey, 
where a large number of United States De¬ 
partment of Agriculture seedlings were be¬ 
ing tested, it, together with the Dorsett, 
again had these qualities, as well as vigor 
and productiveness. 
THE DORSETT. Origin and Selection: 
The Dorsett (U. S. D. A. No. 633) origin¬ 
ated from a cross of Royal Sovereign and 
Howard 17 (Premier), made in 1923 at the 
United States Plant Field Station near 
Glenn Dale, Md. It was among the selec¬ 
tions made from this cross in 1925. In 1930 
it appeared very promising where tested in 
southern New Jersey. Its vigor, produc¬ 
tiveness and dessert quality were outstand¬ 
ing. In 1932 trials made at different points 
in Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey in¬ 
dicated that it was worthy of introduction 
as a variety for home gardens and local 
markets in sections having conditions sim¬ 
ilar to those in the States mentioned. 
Fairfax 
