BLAKEMORE 
Blakemore is probably grown on more acres than any other variety, 
especially in the South, where it has met the need of productiveness and 
firmness for shipment for long distances. 
It is a fine runner and prolific plant maker, often requiring 
thinning for best production. A sort of rough and ready 
variety which does well in spite of neglect and abuse. The 
foliage is light green, with the cupped leaves of Premier. 
The fruit is of good, even size, smoothly rounded, with a fairly at- 
tractive appearance. It ripens uniformly, medium early. Quite tart, firm 
and solid. Probably the best shipping berry there is, and a pretty good 
yielding kind, too, if the plants are not too thick. The firmness of this 
variety makes it a prime favorite in the South, but we have seen many 
good patches this far north. Some local growers like it as well as Pre- 
mier, 
It is a pretty good kind to be growing if you cannot get over the 
field when it should be picked to-day. Those firm berries will hold well 
until to-morrow. 
With us, the quality of this berry has not been as good as we like 
to have. It is quite tart, without the redeeming feature of rich flavor. i+ 
is also susceptible to ‘‘yeilows’” which is liable to develop at any time, 
in spite of most careful selection. 
TENNESSEE BEAUTY 
Tennessee Beauty seems to be the best of the new varieties from 
the Tennessee Experiment station. A Blakemore cross, Beauty has in full 
measure the qualities which have made Blakemore so widely grown— 
large size, high yield and firm texture. At the same time some of the 
bad features of Blakemore have been overcome—notably the sourness 
of the fruit. 
Beauty is a free runner and strong plant maker with light colored 
leaves healthy and free from spot. Maybe plants are not quite as thick 
as Blakemore, but somewhat larger. 
The berries are a little larger, somewhat darker, with a good strong 
strawberry flavor. Not a real sweet berry, but not objectionably tart, 
either. 
We think that the Tennessee Beauty is adapted to commercial use 
throughout the Blakemore territory. It is quite a little later in ripening. 
This is a good feature if you want to lengthen your berry season, but 
may entail marketing trouble if the grower markets his fruit co-opera- 
tively. 
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