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/LUPTON 

LUPTON. The fruit is very firm and extremely handsome, in 
fact, I do not know of any kind in existance today that shows up to 
better advantage when crated, and it is as productive as any kind we 
have ever grown that was a real fancy berry. It is a perfect flowering 
kind and is suitable for pollenization purposes if needed, ripening in 
midseason. It is not a rampant plant maker, but has never failed 
to make a good bed for us and the plants are heavily rooted and full 
of vigor. I say again, if you want a strictly fancy berry, plant 
Lupton, but we do not advise that it be planted on any but a good, rich 
soil. I have an unusually fine stock of plants for this year and feei 
sure that those who plant these will pick a heavy crop of berries in 
1940. In this immediate vicinity it has partly supplanted the long 
time popular Big Joe, chiefly because it suffers less frost damage. 
AROMA 
AROMA. The best thing in its favor is its selling qualities. On 
all the Middle West markets Aroma is always quoted higher than 
average varieties, which in a season of over-production means a lot. 
My own experience leads me to recommend it as a good pollenizer, 
though it has not usually been recommended for that purpose. I have 
found it better than Chesapeake, for it is much more vigorous in 
growth. Certainly no grower can make a mistake in planting Aroma 
as it is a real money-maker in many sections. 
GANDY. One of the leading late kinds and by some still con- 
sidered the best. The only trouble is, that on dry soils or in a very 
dry season it cannot be depended on to bear well. Of extra shipping 
and selling qualities, it is still the leading market berry for late in 
some large berry producing centers. A free plant maker and good 
grower generally, yet sometimes failing in vigor. 
WILLIAM BELT. This variety is the standard of excellence for 
quality. Berries average large in size, being somewhat irregular in 
shape, having an attractive cap, and the berries themselves are a 
bright, glossy red, which makes them very handsome. On any market 
where quality and appearance predominate among the buyers the 
William Belt will prove a good money-maker for the grower. It does 
best in the middle and northern states. It can be depended on for 
plant growth and productiveness. I recommend it to lengthen the 
Chesapeake season with a high quality berry. 
