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~ SPARKLE—The Superb Freezing Berry 
vidual berries Catskill presents a pleasing appearance in the bas- 
ket. They are firm and do not rot easily. We have often noted that, 
when we are troubled with rot in other varieties due to excessive 
moisture, we seldom find any rotten Catskills. Quality is very good 
and Catskill makes an excellent freezing berry. 
Although we have had some very heavy rows of Catskill in years 
of very favorable growing conditions, it normally makes only a mod- 
erate number of plants setting just enough for a good fruiting row. 
The plants are healthy and the foliage dark green. 
Catskill ranks among the heaviest yielders. Plant this proven 
money maker for the mid-season market. 
\ROBINSON (Scarlet Beauty) A profit making late berry 
This variety, which originated in Michigan, has the most amaz- 
ing vitality. It is a most prolific plant maker and will make a heavy 
row even under unfavorable circumstances. The individual plants 
are smail and often with only a few short roots. Out of the scores 
of varieties we have grown over the years we believe that the Robin- 
son plants when dug from the nursery row are the poorest appearing 
of any. When you receive your shipment of Robinson plants, your 
first impression may be that the plants are too small and poor to 
be worth setting. Let us assure you, however, they will grow and 
by the end of the summer probably will have produced more plants 
than any other variety you may have. 
Robinson’s vitality is not limited just to plant making but is just 
as evident in the quantity of berries it will set and carry to maturity. 
The berries are large to very large in size and hold their size well 
thru the picking season. We do not believe we have ever seen a va- 
riety which produced so great a number of berries and yet attained 
so great an average size as does the Robinson. The result of these 
two facts is a very high yield. 
The berries are conical with a distinctive ridging which tends to 
become less prominent as the season progresses. The color is a light 
attractive red. Quality, while good, is not outstanding. With us 
Robinson seems a bit too soft for a good shipping berry. However, 
we note that in some areas it is classed as firm and regarded as a 
good shipping berry. It is our “een oF that Robinson is quite 
susceptible to rot in wet seasons. 
Robinson ripens after Catskill and comes into the market with 
large attractive bright red berries just at the time that the earlier 
varieties are beginning to go down in size and attractiveness. For 
this reason we have found that Robinson berries will command a 
premium in the market. In spite of not having quite as much firm- 
ness as desirable and in spite of being rather susceptible to rot under 
overly humid conditions, we have found Robinson to be one of the 
best late varieties for commercial use which we have ever raised. 
Sparkle’s rise in popularity since its introduction by the N. J. 
Experiment Station a few years ago has been truly meteoric. Few 
varieties have ever been so widely planted and generally accepted in 
so short a time. 
Sparkle is a heavy producing late variety which continues to 
produce berries after other varieties are gone. One needs but to 
look at the bright red, shining berries to understand why it was nam- 
ed “Sparkle”. Quality is very high and the flavor excellent. In these 
