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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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Crate of Fairpeake berries. Size and beauty make the iirst sale. Quality as good as Fairfax will make buyers come back for more FAIRPEAKE Already rates a place in the Big Six Group of best varieties for the middle and north- ern states. Fairpeake is about Chesapeake season, possibly a little later. Chesapeake is our own baby we introduced many years ago. Yet we believe Fairpeake will largely replace Chesapeake within a few years. It's a better berry! Plant Growth—Very vigorous, healthy, robust, see picture top page 2. Make more plants iand larger, stronger ones than Chesapeake but needs little or no thinning. Growth like Fairfax but taller, larger leaves. Productiveness—Much more productive than Chesapeake, about same as Fairfax. Size of Berries—Very large average size—as large as Chesapeake. Appearance—Very beautiful berries. Not quite as' evenly shaped but just as pretty as ' Chesapeake. See crate of Fairpeake berries above. Quality—Just as good as Fairfax. At the very peak. Firmness—Ranks high. Firm enough to ship well. Like other late varieties Fairpeake should have a rich moist soil to bring out fully its wonderful possibilities. Recommended for about the Premier territory. Hardiness has not been fully proved—but it is ok so far. It blooms so late the blossoms are really "hard to get." The thing that lingers in our memory is the marvelous quality of the berries. They »really taste like more. We unhesitatingly recommend that everyone, home gardener, small 1 grower or large grower try some Fairpeake. You ought not to be "Too late with too few" Fairpeake. Price list, page 31. i, M ASSEY ^ ^^^® shipping berry of good size and high quality for the south and lower middle states. Prob- ably more Masseys have been grown in North Carolina where it originated than in any other state. In its shipping season Massey practically always tops the market. It is a free growing variety that makes plenty of plants. The berries are large, roundish, firm, of high quality and have a beautiful bright green cap and brilliant red color which makes them very attractive in the package. No wonder they sell well, especially when you consider that most of the southern shipping berries are very tart and acid, while Massey quality is "swell." When you eat one, you want more. Well worth growing from Maryland south. Massey rounds out our Dixie ^ Garden Collections (page 5) with quality eating. Price list, page 31.

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