. Allen's 1964 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. TTir -*-- ^-^'j"':-'^ SPARKLE for Ciuetlity and yield. Sparkle remains among our best sellers and is probably the most popular late variety in the northern states. Sparkle plants are exceptionally vigorous in growth and under ideal growing conditions plant thinning may be necessary to help the average fruit size. In productiveness Sparkle ranks with the leaders such as Catskill, Midland and Pocahontas. Sparkle plants are
. Allen's 1964 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. TTir -*-- ^-^'j"':-'^ SPARKLE for Ciuetlity and yield. Sparkle remains among our best sellers and is probably the most popular late variety in the northern states. Sparkle plants are exceptionally vigorous in growth and under ideal growing conditions plant thinning may be necessary to help the average fruit size. In productiveness Sparkle ranks with the leaders such as Catskill, Midland and Pocahontas. Sparkle plants are resistant to the most common strain of red stele, providing the grower an element of safety where this may be a problem. As an item of crop insurance, Sparkle plants bloom very heavily and quite late so that the crop is rarely affected by frost. When fruiting time comes around the plants are loaded with berries. SPARKLING SPARKLE BERRIES Rich crimson red. They are very beautiful and darken somewhat on holding. The name "Sparkle" was taken from the fact that the berries actually do sparkle on the vine. Superb in quality. They are far better than Earlidawn, Robinson, Pocahontas, Surecrop and others with which it competes. Top-notch for freezing. The fine quality helps, but the rich crimson red color extending clear through the berry is what makes Sparkle top-notch for freezing. Where capping machines are used in processing Sparkle is handicapped somewhat because the smaller berries are rather hard to cap. Medium to large in size. Under growing conditions where the plants have not been grown in beds too thick and where moisture is ample Sparkle berries will average medium to large in size. However, with thick beds and insufficient moisture the plants cannot size fully the heavy loads of berries which are produced. Fresh market favorites. Where well grown and picked closely they go into a market with a shine and finish which makes them very attractive, resulting in top p
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