Fairfax plants for 1941. None better anywhere! 
FAIRFAX 
Supsiesne. in Quality 
“My trade won’t take other varieties after they try Fairfax, so I had to order 
all Fairfax this year”. So writes Mr. S. W. Colton of Kane County, Illinois. And 
that is not unusual! Except for the problem of stretching’ out the season, many 
growers would go ALL FAIRFAX!! 
Enthusiasm for Fairfax is greater than for any other variety we have ever 
known. It begins because the berries are so good—the best to eat of all straw¬ 
berries. The enthusiasm continues and grows because the highest quality is 
backed by so many other fine things. 
From the very beginning there has been no doubt that Fairfax would take 
first place as a home garden berry, for roadside markets or for local trade. In 
fact for any market where the consumer comes in direct contact with the grower. 
As Fairfax gets quite dark on holding for several days, it was thought that this 
might hurt Fairfax as a shipping berry. It did at first, but people are learning 
that these dark berries will hold up. That Fairfax has a delicious flavor that can 
be had in no other berries. Fairfax is gaining favor even as a shipping berry. 
The berries are beauties! When first ready 
to pick, they have a rich, medium red color, 
resembling Chesapeake at their best. They have 
fairly prominent golden yellow seeds which help 
protect the berries and add to their showiness. 
After several days Fairfax berries turn quite 
dark, almost purple, which may become a sort 
of trademark. It is important at each picking 
to get all the berries that are ready to pick. A 
main disadvantage of the dark color is that 
berries missed at one picking will still be firm, 
but dark, at the next. These berries when mixed 
with the lighter berries which are just ripe may 
give an uneven or mottled appearance. 
In firmness, as well as quality, Fairfax stands 
at the top. If picked carefully when first ripe, 
we believe Fairfax will keep longer than any 
other leading variety: not even excepting Blake- 
more, the great Southern Shipping berry. 
Extra large size of the first berries is another 
thing for which Fairfax is notable. The later 
berries on the clusters are not quite as large, 
but it has been found that rich soil or heavy 
manuring is quite effective in sizing all of the 
Fairfax crop to a good marketable size. 
Plant growth of Fairfax is vigorous and 
healthy. It is similar to Premier but the leaves 
are generally a little larger, more cupped, and 
a deeper green color. Plenty of plants are made 
for a good fruiting bed in most cases and on 
very rich land some restriction of runners may 
be helpful after a well spaced row has been 
formed. 
Fairfax is a heavy cropper. It is not quite 
as heavy as Premier and Catskill as a rule, but 
crops of 5,000 to 8,000 quarts per acre are not 
unusual. We have obtained as many as 10,000 
quarts per acre on a small plot. 
As with Dorsett. Fairfax gets its wonderful 
quality from its Royal Sovereign parent. From 
Premier, the other parent, Fairfax gets health 
and vigor of plant growth, productiveness and a 
large amount of hardiness. 
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