MeUmber’s Blakemore Strawberry 
Plants For 1943 
THE McUMBER BLAKEMORE—The favorite 
of this section for a decade, and a big seller thru- 
out the entire strawberry growing section, is proud- 
ly announced for 1943. The Blakemore, original- 
ly developed by Dr, George Darrow at the U. S, D, 
A station, Beltsville, Md., has been grown and dis- 
tributed by McUmber Farms as the leading straw- 
berry variety of the United States, according to the 
surveys of the AMERICAN FRUIT GROWER, 
leading horticutural magazine. The Blakemore is 
recommenced as being of high yielding variety, a 
heavy producer of plants and a variety that will 
produce under adverse conditions, The berries are 
of good size, slightly larger and more uniform in 
shape than those_of the Missionary, It stands 
shipment better than the Klondike and has a 
bright red color, It is an acid berry though 
slightly less acid than the Klondike. 
THE KONVOY—A strawberry variety de- 
veloped by Dr, Julian Miller, famous horticultural- 
ist at Louisiana State University, has all of the 
good points of his famous Klonmore, but it is a bet- 
ter yielder and has finer quality fruit than the 
Klonmore. It is best adapted to the Southern 
States, and is so disease resistant that the usual 
sprays needed in these sections have not been nec- 
essary. It is of a very high dessert quality, and is 
a good shipper, 
THE TENNESSEE SHIPPER—A new straw- 
berry originated and patented by the University of 
Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, THE 
TENNESSEE SHIPPER is a heavy producer of 
fruit which holds a g66d size thru-out the fruiting 
season. The strawberry variety is highly resistant 
to winter injury, and has showr no sign of “yel- 
low leaf,’’ during all of its trials, THE TEN- 
NESSEE SHIPPER strawberry has proved itself to 
be very outstanding for carrying quality in ship- 
ment, 
My plants have been given very careful at- 
tention since they were set. The same care is ex- 
ercised in digging and packing, The plants are 
dug by experienced employees and placed in 
bundles, each of which coniains 26 plants, The ac- 
curacy of count is insured by constant checking by 
field inspectors. The piants are then packed in a 
manner that will exclude air from the roots and 
yet expose the crowns to the air, 
Prompt attention is given each order and care- 
ful supervision insures that they will be filled as 
nearly as possible on the desired date, All plants 
are State Inspected and Certified. 
Prices are as follows: 
BLAKEMORES AND KONVOYS 
100,000 and over......... .....$2.50 per M 
Less than 100,000 and over 1000, $3.00 per M 
(i, O, B. Greenfield Tenn.) 
Less than 1000...... $1.00 per 100—Post Paid 
TENNESSEE SHIPPER 
1000..-.... $5.00—F’, O. B, Greenfield, Tenn, 
BOO...... $3.50—F, O, B. Greenfield, Tenn, 
ROO ES. os). eae ss eelaLa a a $1,.20—Post Paid. 
25. ; ORO Ge Ahi o Sabo 75c—Post Paid, 
. Since the University of Tennessee owns the pa- 
tent fights on THE TENNESSEE SHIPPER, Mc- 
Umber Farms must insist that purchase of these 
plants sign an agreement as follows: 
“T understand that the TENNESSEE SHIP- 
PER strawberry plants are protected by the plant 
patent laws of the United States, and that I may 
not sell, give, or otherwisc dispose of the progeny 
of these plants unless by permission of the Univer- 
ity of Tennessee Department of Horticulture.” 
SIGNED: 
CULTURAL TIPS 
Reasonably fertile, wel! drained soil free from 
weed and grass seeds should produce good straw- 
berries, 
The ground should be carefully prepared as in 
the preparation of the seedbed for corn. The 
rows should be bedded in the fall with low ridges, 
three and one-half feet anart, The plants should 
be set at two and one-half foot intervals. With 
this spacing, between 4,000 and 4,500 plants are 
required for an acre, A good method of setting 
is carried on by two persons, One person uses an 
ordinary shovel and makes a hole with one stroke 
in the carefully prepared seedbed and at the same 
time the other person places the plant in the hole 
using a single motion. ‘The hole is then closed 
by pressure from the foot, Great care should be 
exercised to get all the rcots covered and also 
leave the crown exposed, 
Frequent light cultivations are necessary for 
best results and also frequent hoeings are needed 
both to keep down the grass and weeds and to 
place runners, 
Applications of fertilizers are recommended 
for use in the fall following setting and before the 
bloom period the following spring, The most 
successful time for setting is as soon as the winter 
freezes are over, 
McUMBER FARMS make no guarantee, either 
expressed or implied as to the results obtained 
from these plants by other growers, If they are 
not satisfactory, contact us at once, 
