4 HOLDRIDGE’S BOOK OF BERRIES—i942 
EARLY VARIETIES 
PATHFINDER (Perfect) — This variety produced out- 
standing results for us this past year. It started to fruit May 
30, the same as Howard 17, and produced a larger and brighter 
berry, on the average, throughout the season than the Howard. 
The berry is fairly round and quite sweet but has a tendency 
to have a somewhat white inside color. 
We plowed our bed of Pathfinder on July 4 to prepare the 
land for fall vegetables and there were many ripe berries on 
the vines at that time. This variety produces a nice crop of 
plants, is quite resistant to red stele and leaf spot. 
We have a nice supply of these plants and we can recom- 
mend them highly. 
DRESDEN (Perfect)—This is a newer variety which shows 
great promise. We fruited it last year for the first time. With 
us it made a good wide row and set a tremendous number of 
berries. The ground apparently was not rich enough to supply 
enough food for such a crop of berries and consequently many 
were small. If the ground had been better we would have re- 
ceived a wonderful yield. Reports from the Experiment Station, 
where it has outyielded all other varieties in the three years it 
has been tried, show that it has the ability for tremendous 
yields. 
We have a nice lot of plants of this variety and you will 
make no mistake in including some of these in your order. 
DORSETT (Perfect)-—The Dorsett strawberry is one of the 
finest quality berries that we have ever raised. It starts bearing 
just a few days later than Howard 17 but usually bears over a 
shorter period than Howard. It makes, year after year, a 
wider row of plants than any other variety which we have 
ever raised. The plants are large and stand well up off the 
ground. 
We recommend this berry especially for home gardens and 
for commercial growers who are after a quality berry. 
For this year we have a fairly large number of fine look- 
ing plants. You will make no mistake to order some of this 
variety. 
GRADING AND PACKING 
We do not carry plants in stock. Our plants are freshly dug’ 
each day. Dug with a fork, carried to the packing shed— 
trimmed under cover with no exposure from sun or wind, tied 
into bunches of 25 with good count. Counters are advised to 
throw out smalJl and inferior plants. They are then packed in 
live moss which we are fortunate to have growing on our farm. 
They are usually shipped within 24 hours after they are dug, 
