J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 15 



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 plants, 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. 
