

MISSIONARY STRAWBERRY 
This variety is sometimes called CAROLINA and in the Los Angeles 
market 1s known as “MISSION”. It thas long been a commercial variety 
in Southern California, and seems a little earlier than Klondike, 
at least in light soil. It is the leading commercial variety in 
Florida. It is inclined to turn dark on standing. 
AROMA STRAWBERRY 
Aroma is a late variety, large, productive and a good shipper. 
Its first crop comes in at about the end of the first Klondike 
crop, thus filling the gap between Klondike crops. It has been a 
successful commercial berry in Southern California for many years. 
One of our growers once said to me, “I like Aroma’ ! 
STRAWBERRY VARIETIES INTRODUCED BY 
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
The University varieties have become very popular in California, 
being extensively grown in Central :and Northern California where 
they have largely supplanted Banner. They are also grown to a con- 
siderable extent in Southern California, notably in the counties of 
Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles. They are 
also grown to some extent in Oregon and Washington. 
You can write to Publications Office, College of Agriculture, 
Berkeley 4, Calif., for Bulletin B 690 -— The Shasta, Sierra, Las- 
sen, Tahoe and Donner Strawberries. Order by number only. 
Since the above five varieties were introduced two new ones have 
been introduced, namely, Campbell (467.1) and Cupertino (829,9). 
These have become very popular in some districts. 
In the variety descriptions following are excerpts from Univer- 
sity bulletins, etc. 
DONNER STRAWBERRY 
The high dessert quality, fine appearance and ability to hold on 
the market make the Donner a very satisfactory Market berry. It 
ripens evenly and keeps well, the size 1s medium large to large and 
the dessert quality 1s very good — nearly equal to that of Banner, 
which would be rated excellent. 
Donner begins bearing the last week in April, has few nubbins, 
total production fair, vigor good, runner production good, longevi- 
ty of plant fair, Verticillium wilt, virus and mildew resistance 
poor, red spider and salinity resistance fair, fruit color bright 
red, glossy, fruit shape long conic, aroma slight, skin texture 
medium tender, flesh texture medium firm, flesh color red, hollow 
small to medium, juicy, flavor subacid, fair to good shipper, use 
of fruit fresh market and home garden, quality frozen fair. 
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