J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 15 
CATSKILL 
PLANT GROWTH: It is a cross of the Marshall and Premier. When 
planted in good land and well taken care of, produces a good bed of very 
attractive and healthy plants. 
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 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. We recom- 
mend planting Aberdeen 24 inches apart in the rows. The Aberdeen is unus- 
ually productive. The berries will average larger than Premier, being some- 
what pointed in shape, and most every berry is perfect in shape. Its ripening 
period extends from two to three weeks. | 
