. Allen's 1948 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. The picture at the right shows a scene in our 1947 berry season. All the quart boxes you see in the picture came from these four rows of Redstar at one picking. A tremen- dous yield at the rate of 2500 quarts per acre on that one day. They were nice ber- ries, too. Van Buren Mich., Feb. 1, 1947 I would like to say two things—my 25 rows—100 feet long—of Fairfax and Redstar are the best I ever fruited. They are the best in
. Allen's 1948 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. The picture at the right shows a scene in our 1947 berry season. All the quart boxes you see in the picture came from these four rows of Redstar at one picking. A tremen- dous yield at the rate of 2500 quarts per acre on that one day. They were nice ber- ries, too. Van Buren Mich., Feb. 1, 1947 I would like to say two things—my 25 rows—100 feet long—of Fairfax and Redstar are the best I ever fruited. They are the best in flavor, production and plant making. The second thing I would like to comment on is that in no field have I ever encountered such honest adver- tising as is found between the covers of your catalog. J. F. Turner Bradley Co., Tenn., Jan. 8, 1947. Set several varieties last spring. The Redstar plants stood the long dry spell last summer best of' all. I've been growing strawberries about 39 years and I am enthusiastic over the Redstar. I let some of the berries ripen to sde their goodness and they seem to be as fine as Fairfax. Mr. B. Jameson Juneau Co., Wise, March 26, 1947. Please send me your strawberry book and price list of strawberry plants. I am going to order 400 or 500 Redstar, if you have them. I got some from you before, and they are a good late berry, when the rest of the June berries are gone. Mr. John Blank Niagara Co., N. Y., Feb. 25, 1947. My State Agri- culture College advises obtaining dormant plants and holding in cold storage. I would like to obtain 1000 plants very early, just as early as you can dig and ship. This probably would be early in March. The more dormant the plants, the less likely they are to heat in transit and the better they will keep in storage. Are you people in a position or could you supply me with plants as I am advised above? In other words, do you dig and ship dormant plants suitable for cold storage? After studying better than 15
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