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Title: Allen's 1946 book of berries
Identifier: allens1946bookof19alle (find matches)
Year: 1946 (1940s)
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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11 While not quite as rugged as Premier, Fairfax is a very hardy variety that usually comes through with a fine crop. It is just as widely adapted as Premier. It is good in North Carolina and Tennessee, splendid in the middle states and is voted the best road- side market berry in Maine. As a berry for Commercial planting, Fairfax is good! And Profitable! As a berry for Local and Roadside Trade, Fairfax is grand! And Popular! As a berry for the Home Garden, Fairfax is strictly TOPS!
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Fairfax benies are Beauties. Leavenworth Co., Kans., Feb. 26, 1945. I think about four years ago I ordered from you my first Fairfax plants and I am very much an admirer of the Fairfax. Right now while sugar is so scarce I am more than fond of the Fairfax, it is such a sweet berry. Mrs. Edna E. Davis • Caldwell Co., N. C, January 4, 1945. I am pleased to report that the 500 Fairfax that I got from you two years ago have been the best that I have ever grown. They produce a good bed of plants and berries in spite of cold weather and dry weather. Mr. Glen T. Hickman Washington Co., R. I., March 20, 1945. I've for- gotten how many years since I first experimented with your Fairfax plants, but I do know that half a dozen neighbors sent to you for Fairfax plants the next year and some of them still are buying your plants. I have never lost a single plant from your stock. Mrs. L. D. Hoskins Bradford Co., Pa., February 1, 1945. In 1943 I bought 200 premier, 200 Catskill. 200 Fairfax from you. The Fairfax seems to be the best for my ground, as they made the most even setting and are strong enough to hold their berries up. During the early picking last year we had some very hot days with thunderstorms. It affected the Premier with a brown soft rot so that even the green berries lost two pickings. It affected the Fairfax very little. I have thought because the Fairfax held their berries up where the air could get to them is what saved them. My troubles are small, I suppose, but that is the reason I am ordering Fairfax, and if you have to substitute give me a variety with some of the good gualities of the Fairfax. Mr. Harry B. Hancock

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