PREMIER 
BEST AND MOST POPULAR BERL 
Since its introduction more than thirty years ago Premier has stood 
at the top of good strawberries. It is true that some varieties are 
Slightly better in quality, others may have fruit a little larger or more 
attractive, in rare instances still others may have excelled in one year’s 
production. 
But on the basis of year in and year out production 
cf good quality, attractive fruit and total yield of 
marketable berries, there is as yet no variety to com- 
pare with this ever-reliable Premier for the northern 
part of our country. 
The Premier plants are large, deep and heavily rooted. This 
variety is not a prolific plant maker, but the gocd grower has little 
trouble in getting a good row. The plant population may be better in 
fact than for many varieties whose plants may get too thick for best 
fruiting. The foliage is light green, leaves definitely cupped, prac- 
tically free from foliage diseases, and close to the ground to give 
added protection to the fruit. 
The fruit is large, bright red, getting darker when - 
full ripe. It ripens uniformly, and a bright green cap 
adds to the attractive appearance in the baskets, help- 
ing to sell them at the higher price which the quality 
of the fruit merits. 
__The primary berries are liable to be cock’s-comb in shape, with the 
later ones longer and more conical. They are firm, in texture, too, keep 
well on the vines, and hold pretty well after being picked, which feature 
adapts them to reasonable handling and hauling. 
No berry is frost proof, but Premier is often spok- 
en of as such because several fruiting stems appearing 
in sequence on each plant practically insure a sizeable 
crop in case of out-cf-season frost at any time. 
Premier is quite acceptable for table use, therefore for your garden, 
and for the commercial grower we recommend it without reservation. 
It is the standard cf comparison for all other kinds. It is highly sig- 
nificant that Premier is one of the parents of practically all of the good 
new kinds, such as Catskill, Fairfax, Robinson, Dorsett, Blakemore. 
Fairfax has won the same place in the garden that Premier has in 
the commercial field. 
A Premier cross, Fairfax resembles this parent rather closely in 
the general appearance of its foliage. The leaves have the same cupped 
features, are just a little darker in color. The plant is larger, however, 
in every way. The crown is very heavy, the roots are large and long. 
The leaves are wide and stand far above the ground. The blossoms are 
large, the fruiting stems high and heavy. 
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