36 ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 

STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Set plants 18 inches apart in 3% to 4 ft. rows. We have in the past dug strawberry plants as they were 
wanted by the customers. Many of the orders came in late or specified late shipment. We found these late 
dug plants started slowly and were not as vigorous as early dug plants. 
‘We now start digging and shipping our Northern grown plants about April 10th. If a later shipping date is 
specified, we will hold your plants dormant in cold storage until date of shipment. 
Shipments before April 10th will be Maryland grown plants and will be made direct from growing point. 
We list the four Spring varieties that seem to be among those best adapted to the East. Premier is a fine 
early berry but the fruiting season is short. Fairfax is a day or two later but fruits over a much longer season. 
Catskill, a midseason variety produces very large berries over a long season. Sparkle, a new variety, is especially 
recommended for freezing. Gem is the best of the everbearing varieties. 
* FAIRFAX: One of the most popular berries for the ~ 
home garden and roadside stand; a day or two later 
than Premier but an exceptionally long fruiting sea- 
son. Plants are vigorous and foliage holds well 
through fruiting season. Fruits are very large and 
hold size better than most varieties. Fairfax has a 
rich, full bodied flavor and a mouth watering aroma. 
Freshly dug No. | plants: 25 plants $1.50; 50 plants 
$2.50; 100 plants $3.60, prepaid; 500 plants $9.65, 
1000 plants $18.50 not prepaid. 
PREMIER: A favorite variety for local and nearby 
markets. The plant is vigorous, makes good fruit- 
ing bed in all types of soil and is very disease re- 
sistant. First fruits are large but season is short 
and berries have a tendency to run down in size as 
season advances. A very heavy producer of excel- 
lent quality berries. Freshly dug No. 1 plants: 25 
plants $1.50; 50 plants $2.50; 100 plants $3.60 pre- 
paid; 500 plants $9.65; 1000 plants $18.50 not pre- 
paid. 

CATSKILL: A very large midseason berry suitable for ; 
both the home garden and local markets. Plants Sparkle is recommended as one of the best strawberries for 
vigorous, free from leaf diseases, very productive and freezing and is resistant to disease. 
thrives inallsoils. Fruit very large, attractive, holds 
size well throughout the season. Freshly dug No.1 SPARKLE: The New York State Experiment Station 
plants: 25 plants $1.50; 50 plants $2.50; 100 plants especially recommends Sparkle as a quick freezing 
93.00 prepaid; 500 plants $9.65; 1000 plants $18.50 variety. Sparkle, a new introduction tian the New 
not prepaid, Jersey Experiment Station, ripens late, has a fine 
GEM EVERBEARING: An everbearer that really Pak ae ae 10 eee oe aot: Sor 
produces a crop in early Summer and another in late aris Bary 50° 50. lk ts $2 50: 100 “I t $3.60. 
Summer and Autumn. Berries are large, light red sere pe fants FO 65. 00 vl aro 5 Bebe ch: 
in color, firm, rather tart in quality, and very at- paid; 900 plants $9.65; 1000 plants $18.50 not pre- 

tractive in the quart. Plants are vigorous and pro- pet 
duce more runner plants than other everbearing “The Fairfax which I ordered (500) are the finest I’ve ever 
varieties. Freshly dug No. | plants: 25 plants $2.50; _ received.” 
50 plants $3.50; 100 plants $5.25 prepaid; 500 plants May, 1401957 slope Tema? Gee t Pls 
$14.90; 1000 plants $29.00 not prepaid. ve. Tilinoie 
Park Ridge, Illinois 
