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Title: Allen's 1947 book of berries
Identifier: allens1947bookof19alle (find matches)
Year: 1947 (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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CATSKILL BOSS of All the Midseason Kinds 32.000 quarts of good marketable berries from three acres of our CatskiU is the unequalled record of production in this section.
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CatskiU territory, like Premier's, extends from Canada south to North Carolina and Ten- nessee and covers about the same area. However, CatskiU is not fully as hardy as Premier, so that in extreme northern regions cold or frost sometimes kills or reduces the crop except for growers on favored sites. In its area no variety except Premier in the north and Blake- more in the south ever gained its popularity so fast or has held it so well as CatskiU. Premier and CatskiU for early and midseason from a safety team unchallenged by any others. CatskiU make& the plants—good strong ones—sufficient for a good fruiting bed. Like most New York varieties, CatskiU shows a little leaf spot when grown in Maryland, but never enough to affect the crop. The Plants make the berries—big crops of big ones. CatskiU will produce not only a greater total yield of big berries than any other leading variety, except possibly Midland, but many medium sized berries in addition. In New England and New York yields up to 15000 quarts per acre are reported. The berries make the friends—not only by their bright green caps and attractive light red color—^but also by their very fine quality—when full ripe something like the old Mar- shall, long considered the very acme of quality before Fairfax, Fairpeake and Dorsett came. CatskiU primary berries are very large and somewhat ridged—the late ones smooth and uni- form. CatskiU berries also have the highest Vitamin C content of any variety yet tested. The friends pay the price because the berries are large, pretty, good and firm enough to ship moderate distances. We expect to have about two acres of beautiful CatskUl to pick this season imless growers realize how good our CatskiU stock is. If they are left for fruit we would not "swap" our "prospect for profit" from these CatskUl for any other kind on earth. We believe in CatskiU, especially in the strain we now have! We are always on the lookout for improved strains of any variety. Two years ago we found a small lot of CatskiU much more vigorous than what we had. It had apparently been isolated from other berry growing areas for a long time. From these plants came much of our 1946 stock of plants and aU of our 1947 supply. We honestly believe we have this year the best lot of the most vigorous and healthy CatskiU plants to be found anywhere in the country. You cannot go wrong with the CatskiU variety or with this stock. Price list, page 31.

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