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EMPIRE 
Empire is a recent introduction developed by 
Dr. George Slate of the New York Agricultural 
Experiment Station which is rapidly catching on 
in the Northeast. Berries are large to very large, 
bright red and attractive. Some predict that Em- 
pire will supplant Premier. It is larger, firmer 
and of better quality than Premier. It ripens a 
few days later than Premier. Yields are good. 
Empire should be given a trial in all Northern 
sections. 
TEMPLE 
As early as Premier and of excellent quality. 
Heavy cropper. Long picking season. Berries 
large, glossy, beautiful attractive red. Firm. 
Wedge to conic in shape. 
Plants grow luxuriantly. Upright. Dark green. 
Healthy. Red stele resistant. Good plant maker. 
‘Temple is one of the newer varieties that has 
caught on and is rapidly becoming a leading com- 
mercial berry. 
FAIRFAX 
No finer quality berry grown. Large. Very 
sweet. Unsurpassed flavor. Firm and = solid. 
Stands up well for a long period. As they stand 
berries turn from a bright red to a dark purple 
color. Once customers taste Fairfax’s quality and 
flavor they call for those “dark berries’. Yields 
good. Ripens early midseason. 
Plants large and upstanding and produced in 
moderate numbers. More easily damaged by late 
spring frosts than some varieties. 
CATSKILL 
A top ranking midseason commercial berry. 
Large to very large, irregular shaped, long necked 
berries. Firm. Bright attractive color. Heavy 
yielder. Will take considerable wet weather at 
harvest time without rotting. A proven money 
maker. 
Moderate plant maker. Foliage dark green and 
healthy. Our virus free Catskills look like the “old 
time Catskills” of 20 years ago. 
FAIRLAND 
Heavy yielder. Berries bright red and attrac- 
tive. Lighter in color and larger in size than 
Sparkle. Quality good. Moderately firm. 
' Plants large, vigorous and running freely. Red 
stele resistant. Leaves luxuriant and beautiful. 
Worthy of a trial as a Commercial berry in North- 
ern areas. 
ROBINSON (Scarlet Beauty, Kardinal King) 
Late. Produces enormous quantities of large 
to very large berries. Early berries distinctively 
rigid. Later berries smooth and cone_ shaped. 
Light red. Quality fair. Only moderately firm. 
Berries hold their size well through the season. 
Subject to rot in humid weather. 
