we had ever eaten! This, without any hesitation on our part, we endowed 
with the title, FAIRFAX. 
But these three thousand plants that proved to be actually of three differ- 
ent varieties presented us with a challenging problem. After endless 
identification by fruit growers, scientists and experts we now have the 
answer. 
Dr. George M. Darrow, Principal Horticulturist of the USDA Plant 
Industry Station at Beltsville, Md. and the originator of Fairfax has defi- 
nitely identified our favorite mysterious variety as TEMPLE, after growing 
specimen plants in the Beltsville greenhouses this past winter. 
But we had another surprise! We found that we had never at any time 
grown any FAIRFAX at The Berry Patch —in fact had neither seen nor 
tasted FAIRFAX until May 1952 in Beltsville! 
Apparently there has been great confusion between the Fairfax and 
Temple varieties — and some experts still disagree. Our efforts to identify 
these plants of ours were made only because we did not want to mis- 
represent what we sell. (We could easily have sold our Temple stock as 
Fairfax — and practically no one would have been the wiser.) 
We want to explain to all our friends that we do not have and never 
have had any Fairfax, and we cannot now furnish this variety. But we 
can furnish and will continue to grow TEMPLE strawberry plants of our 
strain as long as we feel (as we do now) that it is the finest table straw- 
berry we have ever seen or tasted. 
Our TEMPLE is a tall, heavy growing plant with thick leaf and fruit 
stems and stocky runners. The fruit is carried very high in the plant, well 
off the ground, hanging in huge clusters as berries ripen. Fruit is wedge- 
shaped at first then round conic in shape, very dark red throughout the 
berry. (Sounds like Fairfax? Well, it has fooled us and many others 
too.) The flavor of “our” TEMPLE is richly sweet, the berry extremely 
juicy. We're proud to offer it under its correct name, and we believe you 
will be as happy with the heavy-yielding TEMPLE as you’ve ever been 
with Fairfax. 
Why not try Berry Patch TEMPLE this year —to be sure! 
SUPERFECTION Everbearing strawberry plants 
At The Berry Patch we've grown everbearing strawberries commercially 
in a small way for several years. Having tried all the better known varie- 
ties, we have finally narrowed our plantings down to SUPERFECTION. 
We consider it “best” for large yields, beautiful fruit, excellent flavor, and 
very fine freezing and preserving qualities. In our opinion, these same 
valuable qualities 
make SUPERFEC- 
TION “best” for 
the home garden. 
And so SUPER- 
FECTION is the 
only everbearing 
strawberry we are 
offering this spring. 
Our nursery stock 
is especially fine 
for having been 
thinned in the 
row, which has 
produced stocky 
vigorous plants, 
already well on 
their way to give 
you a huge fruit 
crop this coming 
August and thru 
the entire fall until 
frost takes the crop. 
