J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 1] 


CATSKILL 
PLANT GROWTH. It is a cross of the Marshall and Premier. It grows 
unusually vigorous and sets numerous blooms on heavy thick stems. Catskill 
plants are very conspicuous, 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 growers, it is 
one of the most productive mid-season varieties 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. 
ABERDEEN 
The Aberdeen is a comparatively new variety becoming very popular in 
eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and justly so, for it has much to 
recommend it. The plants show unusual thriftiness, making an abundance 
of new splants, and we recommend planting Aberdeen 24 inches apart in the 
rows. The Aberdeen is unusually productive, equalling or surpassing the 
Premier. The berries will average larger than Premier, being somewhat 
pointed in shape, and most every berry is perfect in shape. Its ripening 
period extends from two to three weeks. 
- FULL-OF-LIFE PLANTS 
Our strawberry plants are taken from young beds, fresh dug before 
shipment, plants are well rooted and not dug from old or run down beds. TheSe 
plants are from beds that have never borne a crop (excepting fall bearing 
varieties) and will bring the best results. They are carefully packed in damp 
moss in well ventilated containers and will reach you in good condition. Read 
the letters from our customers who have used our plants. 
