. Allen's 1963 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. DIXIELAND firm and Beautiful Dixieland is a cross of Midland x Tennessee Shipper and up until this year has been increasing in popularity. It was developed as an improved shipping variety for the south and compared with Blakemore is larger, more productive and firmer. The climatic adaptability is wide with good reports from the deep south to Canada and from the Atlantic Coast to Texas. Dixieland berries are light in color, be
. Allen's 1963 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. DIXIELAND firm and Beautiful Dixieland is a cross of Midland x Tennessee Shipper and up until this year has been increasing in popularity. It was developed as an improved shipping variety for the south and compared with Blakemore is larger, more productive and firmer. The climatic adaptability is wide with good reports from the deep south to Canada and from the Atlantic Coast to Texas. Dixieland berries are light in color, being only slightly darker than Blakemore. In quality they are quite tart and are very popular for processing. Dixieland generally exceeds in selling price other fancy berries of its season. It is very firm and will hold on the vines as well as any variety that we know. Plant growth is luxuriant and this coupled with productiveness, as well as size and beauty of the berries, were the reasons for the increasing popularity of Dixieland. DIXIELAND IS IN TROUBLE A genetic variegation has developed in the variety known as "Spring Yellows" or "June Yellows". Leaf variegation is a non-infectious disease caused by a defect in the hereditary background of the variety, and it is not a virus. There are no known sources of Dixieland free of yellows. Symptoms of yellows appear as the green of new leaves becomes pale and streaked with yellow in the spring. This may disappear during warm weather and show up again in the fall or the next spring. This varies with the season. Plants become stunted and weak and badly affected plants are unproductive and die prematurely. Plants affected never recover and the variegation is passed on to the runner plants. We know of no cure for yellows. Attempts are being made to locate Dixieland stock free of this disease. Our attempts to meet this problem have included rogueing of our present plantings to keep them as free of yellows as possible
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