. Allen's book of berries 1957. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. DIXIELAND If s Better than Blakemore Although Pocahontas is making a faster start we believe Dixieland is destined to largely replace Blakemore in the southern and middle states. Dixieland is a cross of Tennessee Shipper x Midland. The best way to describe Dixieland is to compare it with the long popular Blakemore. Vigor: Both varieties make a wonderful plant growth, Dixieland making few plants but larger, stronger ones. Seas
. Allen's book of berries 1957. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. DIXIELAND If s Better than Blakemore Although Pocahontas is making a faster start we believe Dixieland is destined to largely replace Blakemore in the southern and middle states. Dixieland is a cross of Tennessee Shipper x Midland. The best way to describe Dixieland is to compare it with the long popular Blakemore. Vigor: Both varieties make a wonderful plant growth, Dixieland making few plants but larger, stronger ones. Season: Both varieties ripen very early. Productiveness: In most tests to date Dixieland has outyielded Blakemore by a wide margin. Shipping: Both varieties are quite firm. If there is any difference Dixieland is slightly firmer than Blakemore for berries of equal size. Color: Both varieties are an attractive light red, Dixieland being very slightly darker than Blakemore. Quality: The varieties are equally good in quality, both being somewhat tart. Size: Dixieland berries are definitely larger than the Blakemore, and have sold well ahead of Blakemore on different markets. Virus free: Our plants of both varieties are grown from virus free stocks. Processor: Blakemore has long been a favorite processing berry, but we are fully convinced that once it becomes better known Dixieland will be fully as good if not better for freezing and other processing uses. We sold out of Dixieland plants in 1956. In 1955 Dixieland produced for us about 8,000 quarts per acre— large beautiful berries. On one oc- casion, in hot midseason weather, we fell behind in our picking and this Dixieland field went one week without being picked. When we did get to it, an ordinary crowd of pickers picked a tremendous amount of berries from the area and in spite of the ordeal we found no leaky berries. The richness of the color of these one week ripe Dixieland ber- ries met our ideal of what a proces- sor would wan
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