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Title: Allen's 1950 book of berries
Identifier: allens1950bookof19alle (find matches)
Year: 1950 (1950s)
Authors: Allen Co. (Salisbury, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs
Publisher: Salisbury, Md. : Allen Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Everbearing strawberries make a delightful and useful crop for the home garden. They are quite popular with those who like novelties. Cost of production per quart of berries is usually fairly high, but those who are willing to put out a little extra time and money can have berries out of season and can have them in the late summer and fall of the same year plants are set. "Gem plants purchased from you last year provided us beautiful good berries until freezing weather in November. The other varieties give indication of a good crop this year." Peter F. Remsen, Knox Co., Ohio, March 15, 1949. That's the beauty of everbearers—berries out of season, berries just a few weeks after plants are set. GEM MASTODON In our opinion Gem is the best of aU the ever- bearing varieties if the summer and fall crop only is considered. The new Superfection may prove to be better after further trial. As a spring cropper Gem is very nearly worthless in this section. Where the plants are set early under good conditions Gem makes a vigorous plant growth with plenty of new runners. The plants are smaller but much more productive than Mastodon in this area. Gem berries are very pretty; they have a fairly uniform shape (see picture) and light bright in color and do not turn dark on holding. The berries are somewhat tart but have a very pleasing flavor. Gem plants will produce berries on new runner plants much more freely than any other everbearer we have seen except possibly Superfection. Reports that we have indicate that in favorably located regions where everbearers are grown as a money crop Gem is gain- ing on, if it has not already surpassed, Mastodon. If you want to try just one everbearer try Gem, from the middle south to the far north. It is certainly our favorite. Price list, page 31. This variety makes a very rugged plant growth with much larger, stronger individual plants than Gem and will probably survive and grow under adverse conditions where Gem would fail. Mastodon has probably been grown more widely than any other everbearer in spite of the fact that the summer and fall crop is not as good as Gem. The spring crop is far better than Gem. Mastodon is really a pretty good spring fruiting sort. Most likely in the past some folks who got unsatisfactory fall yields from Mastodon would not condemn it too strongly after seeing the nice spring crop which Mastodon usually produces. Mastodon berries are not quite as good in quality as Gem and much less attractive in appearance because they are not as uniform in shape and color. The berries have a tendency to ripen unevenly with the underside green after the top has become fully red. Farther north Mastodon is a much more consistent producer of fall berries than it is here in Maryland. Where it is adapted Mastodon frequently produces big crops of nice looking, good quality berries which have given a lot of pleasure in berry yields and have produced good profits for some growers. Price list, page 31.

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