12 J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 



MIDSEASON VARIETIES 
CATSKILL 

PLANT GROWTH: This variety is growing fast in popularity 
from reports I have received from different sections. It is a cross of 
th Marshall and Premier. It grows unusually vigorous and sets nu- 
merous biooms on heavy thick stems. Catskill plants are very con- 
picuous, due to its large foliage and healthy appearance. 
SIZE AND QUALITY: The berries are very large and uneven 
in shape but uniform in size, light in color, with a very bright green 
cap. Thus the appearance will make them attractive on the market. 
It starts ripening about the time of Big Joe and continues to bear 
large size berries as long as some of the later varieties. 
PRODUCTIVENESS: From my experience and talk with grow- 
ers, it is one of the heaviest mid-season varicties ever introduced equal 
to Premier under favorable conditions. My customers are using this 
variety as a late berry as well as mid-season, due to its bearing nice 
berries as late as some of the late varieties. 
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I am sending you an order to be mailed as indicated at once. I 
recommended your berry plants to them, so be sure to mail them one 
of your catalogs as they want to plant quite a few next season. My 
plants that you shipped last year are looking fine indeed. 
May 3, 1941 Charles H. Wingart, Cabell Co., W. Va. 
