February 3, 1950 
As the result of 15 years of plant 
breeding Marion Hagerstrom, of Enfield, 
Minnesota, has, by crossing the Fairfax 
and the Wayzata Variety developed an 
Everbearing Strawberry that combines 
just about all the qualities that go to 
make a perfect Strawberry. 
This is not just a chance cross, select- 
ed from open pollinated seedlings, but 
the controlled cross of these two varieties 
and the selection is one of 15,000 seed- 
lings which has been tested for 11 grow- 
ing seasons. 
WHAT MAKES THIS VARIETY SO 
OUTSTANDING? The DESSERT QUAL- 
ITY is of the highest. It has the flavor 
of the Fairfax which is outstanding am- 
ong June berries for quality. It is 
SWEET enough so that many persons 
prefer to eat without sugar. It is ex- 
cellent for processing and is not sur- 
passed as a freezing berry. 
The flesh is firm, rich red clear 
