. Allen's 1962 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. \ >- -^^' ?^t. Dixieland, a cross of Mid- land X Tenn. Shipper, was originally developed as an improved shipping variety for the south, and it is that! Compared with Blakemore it is larger, more productive and firmer. As Dixieland became more widely tested it has been found to be adapted much farther north than first ex- pected. Dixieland does well from South Carolina to New York and from the Atlantic Coast to the Miss
. Allen's 1962 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. \ >- -^^' ?^t. Dixieland, a cross of Mid- land X Tenn. Shipper, was originally developed as an improved shipping variety for the south, and it is that! Compared with Blakemore it is larger, more productive and firmer. As Dixieland became more widely tested it has been found to be adapted much farther north than first ex- pected. Dixieland does well from South Carolina to New York and from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River. Excellent individual reports on Dixieland have also come from southern Michigan and southern Wis- consin. Dixieland popularity, shown by increasing plant sales, is gaining rapidly. In addition to the luxuriant plant growth, heavy produc- tiveness, size and beauty of the berries, the firmness of Dixieland is hard to realize. We thoroughly believe that if a good picking of Dixie- land should be ready on a Monday morning and shortage of pickers, bad weather or other factors should delay picking until the end of the week, the berries could be picked with practically no loss to the grower. With the exception of Tennessee Shipper, which does not compare with Dixieland in other ways. Dixieland is as firm as any present day variety of strawberry. This could be important, as men- tioned above, where labor is scarce or weather is bad. Dixieland berries are light in color, only slightly darker than Blakemore. In quality they are quite tart and are highly recommended for processing. Dixieland nearly always equals or exceeds in selling price other fancy berries of its season. In tests at Beltsville, Md. for a three-year period Dixieland has yielded 9,735 quarts per acre on a heavy silt loam soil. Dixieland continues in popularity in the areas where it is grown and is still slowly invading "; Our plants of Dixieland appear beautiful this year (see inset) b
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