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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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• TEMPLE • SPARKLE • • FAIRLAND • These three new varieties could well be called Vim, Vigor and Vitality. The robust plant growth and free production of new runners is one of the many things they have in common. They really will grow In addition to their great vigor the outstanding thing about all three varieties is their resistance to redstele root rot. All of them have a common parent, Aberdeen, which carries this redstele resistance to a very high degree, but is not as good a variety in other respects as Temple, Sparkle and Fairland. For those sections that are bothered with redstele, one or more of these three varieties could well be the nucleus around which a profitable strawberry industry could be continued or revived. Ptedu/rfiven&U: Temple, Sparkle and Fairland rank with the best, like Premier, Catskill and Midland. It would be difficult to rate them in productiveness. Temple has made some outstanding yields in Maryland, New Jersey and New England. Sparkle in New York state and New England has been a heavy producer and in two four-year tests in Massachusetts Fairland out-yielded both Premier and Catskill. All are very heavy producers. All three come in the mid- season group. However, Temple ripens first, a few days ahead of Fairland, which in turn is a few days ahead of Sparkle. All three bear over a long period after ripening season begins, Sparkle especially lasting as long as some of the varieties listed as late ripening. AdafUailO^t: Temple and Fairland are adapted to nearly all of the Premier territory (see page 8), except that they have not yet proved themselves in far northern areas. Sparkle is well adapted to the northern part of the Premier territory but has definitely proved that it is not at its best as far south as Maryland and Virginia. Being very heavy producers all of these varieties need fairly springy, moist soil to size and mature the tre- mendous crops of fruit; but even on lighter soils there is hardly ever any difficulty in getting a satisfactory fruiting row. TEMPLE BERRIES i°* See pages 28 and 29 for Viqo*, PnocLtaUueHete,, I lections, of famous varieties n j r /\ . j. to assure you of the best and KecL &te4& Ke^Mja+tce^ to save you time and money.
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