EMBPIRE 
Mid-season and late 
(NYS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION — 1950) 
To us, EMPIRE was the strawberry sensation of 1952, and its performance 
in the hot, dry weather we experienced last June and July did nothing to 
make us change our opinion. EMPIRE is a great new strawberry both for 
the home garden and the roadside stand. EMPIRE yields are way ahead 
of any other strawberry variety we have grown at The Berry Patch and 
the long season of fruiting produces well formed, big berries long after 
the later seasoned varieties have dwindled down into little nubbins. 
The wrist watch in the picture above is of standard size, and yet dwarfed 
by the first ripe EMPIRE of the cluster. Each of the white berries and the 
blossom in the picture developed saleable fruit; a testimony to the long 
season of EMPIRE that we brag about. 
Raise EMPIRE for fresh consumption only as it is an indifferent freezer 
and canner. It is firm enough for a nearby market or roadside stand and 
commands premium prices on sight. 
For the home garden, where space is limited, EMPIRE is the perfect berry. 
In 1949, ’50 and ’51, we averaged three quarts of EMPIRE berries to each 
plant set. In dry, hot 1952, EMPIRE outbore all other varieties we raised, 
although we only managed a little over two quarts per plant. 
EMPIRE makes plants freely and should certainly be tried by all who are 
strawberry fanciers and looking for something just a little bit better 
than ordinary. 
Price list inside. 
