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Title: Allen's 1959 book of berries
Identifier: allens1959bookof19alle (find matches)
Year: 1959 (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. : W. F. 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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REDSTAR The Best Very Late and the Latest Very Good Strawberry With Redstar you can have fancy berries to use or sell ten days after other berries are gone. This fact is the most valuable single attribute of Redstar—to extend the season for fancy fruit. Almost equally important is the fact that you are sure to get a crop. Redstar blooms so late that it is never killed by late frost. The first berries are very large and wedge shaped. Later berries are mostly round-conic. Redstar berries are very fine in quality. They have an attractive bright red color which darkens very little on hold- ing. Where a good bed is made Redstar is extremely productive and the berries average large in size, firm enough for shipping and attractive enough to sell well. Because it is so late Redstar should be grown where ample moisture is available at fruiting time, either from naturally moist soil or irrigation. Until 1956 no virus free Redstar plants were available. Stocks had become so weakened that it was almost impossible to get a good fruiting row. Virus free plants are now available and it is easy to get a wonderful fruiting row with big, healthy, beautiful foliage. Redstar has had another weakness—fasciation. In this several fruiting stems apparently merge forming a broad flat stem and the berries broaden and twist, making them very undesirable. Our new virus free stocks show far less of this than the old strains, although there is still more than we like to see. If you are a commercial grower you can stretch your season and handle a far greater volume of berries with a given amount of help. If you are a home gar- dener you can stretch the season and feed your family wonderful desserts many days after other berries have called it a season. This new virus free Redstar stock will not disappoint you. Price List page 32.
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RED RICH Red Rich produces the largest plant of all the everbearers. The foliage is most beautiful. Red Rich makes far less plants than Superfection, even under the best of conditions. Asa spring cropper we have not found Red Rich of much value. The berries are good, in fact supreme in quality, but the plants are not highly productive and the berries, while they resemble Fairfax, in general are duller, rougher and not at all attractive. Some reports rate Red Rich as outstanding among all the everbearers in all-around value. Our experience puts it well ahead of all others in delicious dessert quality, but we have not found it to be as productive as Superfection and good strains of Gem. Our stock comes direct from the introducer. Price List page 32. 22

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