J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 13 


CHESAPEAKE 
Chesapeake is the aristocrat of strawberries when given good care and 
planted on good soil. It will not stand abuse, seeming to do best in dark, 
loamy soil and heavier soils whre there is plenty of moisture. It will thrive 
on well filled new land. Given these condtions, you will find it the most 
profitable berry to grow. Like the Premier, it is about frost-proof and bears 
abundantly, the plants having large, halthy foliage. These points of merit 
enable it to command the highest price possible for berries. The berry is 
very firm, so you can ship it to distant markets. You will always be able to 
command the top of the market with well grown Chesapeake berries. 
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 feel sure that those who 
plant these will pick a heavy crop of berries in 1947. In this immediate 
vicinity it has partly supplanted the long time popu laE Big Joe, chiefiy 
because it suffers less frost damage. 
