. Allen's 1953 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. REDSTAR V<4e &^ VeAif. £cUe^ and tUe. JlcUed VeMf. Qood SUawleM4f. The Story of Redftar Potter Co., May 6, 1952. "For this section we find that Redstar is our best berry. Have tried all kinds and the frosts get most of thezn except Redstar. Some years it is the biggest crop. Makes a good Siting row by planting two feet apart in the row and the rows four feet apart. Last year we picked 750 quarts from a set ox
. Allen's 1953 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. REDSTAR V<4e &^ VeAif. £cUe^ and tUe. JlcUed VeMf. Qood SUawleM4f. The Story of Redftar Potter Co., May 6, 1952. "For this section we find that Redstar is our best berry. Have tried all kinds and the frosts get most of thezn except Redstar. Some years it is the biggest crop. Makes a good Siting row by planting two feet apart in the row and the rows four feet apart. Last year we picked 750 quarts from a set ox 450 plants and had berries that were the pride of Potter County. One berry measured 8H inches around and one parent plant had a set of 88 blossoms. Another thing we like aJbout Redstar, no berries lay on the ground. All are held well off the ground on strong fruit stems. For us that gives vis all nice clean berries. People drove from Olean, N. Y. last summer, a distance of 29 miles, for our Redstar berries, passing a dosen places on the way where berries- are sold at roadside stands, telling us there was nothing to compare with our berries in sise or ; (jii^yieg £. Btowb The outstanding value of Redstar lies in its extreme lateness of season. Redstar blooms so late there is never any frost injury. It bears so late the market is almost bare of other berries so that prices are always good. By running a week or more eifter the regular season the help you have can handle a larger total volume of berries. Redstar has two weaknesses. Although the individual plants are very large and robust Redstar often fails to make sufficient plants for a good fruiting row, so on the average, plant them closer than Mr. Brown's letter suggests. The second weak- ness of Redstar is the tendency to fascia- tion. Careful rogueing has decreased this factor in recent years. Where a good bed is made, Redstar giants are extremely productive, the erries average large in size, firm enough for s
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