. Allen's 1945 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Maytime— the earliest of all. 11 YT\ THE EARLIEST OF ALL Even when spring irost nips the first rash early blooms, Maytime starts ripening with Blakemore, Premier and other early kinds. Normally it is several days ahead of them. Maytime is a new variety released in 1941 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Department cir- cular states: "The Maytime is being introduced as the earliest variety of high quality in Mary
. Allen's 1945 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Maytime— the earliest of all. 11 YT\ THE EARLIEST OF ALL Even when spring irost nips the first rash early blooms, Maytime starts ripening with Blakemore, Premier and other early kinds. Normally it is several days ahead of them. Maytime is a new variety released in 1941 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Department cir- cular states: "The Maytime is being introduced as the earliest variety of high quality in Maryland. It is recom- mended for trial from Virginia to Southern New Jersey and westward to Oklahoma and Kansas. Compared with Blakemore, under normal conditions it has been some four days earlier, much sweeter in flavor, deeper red in color and about as firm. It has produced well in matted rows. It has been earlier, firmer and more highly flavored than Premier in Eastern ; In 1942 Maytime was the most profitable variety per acre that we had. This was largely because the 1942 season was quite dry and we had our Maytime on a low springy piece of land. Under these conditions the plants were productive and the berries held to a good medium size. They were bright, firm, very, very attractive and sold well throughout the season, Maytime makes plants freely and produces well under moist conditions. It is one of the few varieties we can offer in quantity this year. Mr. H. Wilbur Heller, a berry grower of Lancaster Co., Pa., has found Maytime profitable. He wrote us May 31, 1944, as follows: "The berries we picked last year were Premier and Maytime. We think Maytime is a very good berry, it has beauty and quality. This is the third year we have fruited Maytime and it has always done better for us the 2nd year. The retail ceiling price here is 56c per qt. We wholesaled some at ten dollars per crate (24 qts.). Saturday the 27th we decided to retail some ourselves at the
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