. Allen's book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. larger ilian Blakemore under similar conditions. They are fully as large as that Aristocrat of all late varieties, the Chesapeake. In fact when the berries first mature. Fairfax resembles Chesapeake very much in size and appearance. FIRMNESS OF BERRIES Dorsett and Fairfax berries are both very firm. Fairfax being somewhat the firmer of the two. Blake- more is considered very valuable as a long distance southern shipping berry larg
. Allen's book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. larger ilian Blakemore under similar conditions. They are fully as large as that Aristocrat of all late varieties, the Chesapeake. In fact when the berries first mature. Fairfax resembles Chesapeake very much in size and appearance. FIRMNESS OF BERRIES Dorsett and Fairfax berries are both very firm. Fairfax being somewhat the firmer of the two. Blake- more is considered very valuable as a long distance southern shipping berry largely because of its unusual firmness. As compared with Blakemore, Fairfax is slightly more firm and Dorsett slightly less firm. Both of them are much firmer than Premier and are suitable for shipping berries as well as for local market and home use. Furthermore, they are firm enough to stand up better than other varieties where lack of sufficient labor makes it impossible to keep the berries picked closely, and where they are subjected to very wet condi- tions due to frequent rains. COLOR OF FRUIT Dorsett berries at the proper picking stage are medium light in color and retain their lightness to a very high degree even after they begin to get quite ripe. Fairfax at the proper picking stage is medium dark, becoming very dark after they get riper, and almost purple for several days before they begin to decay. APPEARANCE Personal liking for light or dark berries will govern whether Dorsett or Fairfax berries are considered more attractive. On the table, page IS. we have rated Dorsett as slightly more attractive of the two, only because a few of the early berries of Fairfax, although extra large in size, are somewhat irregular in shape. We have found this condition only in one plot where very late setting had resulted in a thin fruiting bed. During several years on our well-filled beds we have not noticed this irregularity of the first berries. Both Dorsett and Fairfax show up very
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