. Allen's 1959 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. EARLIDAWN Earliest of All Ripens five days before Blakemore and Premier Earlidawn will make plants under good conditions Earlidawn is a cross of Midland and Tennessee Shipper, recently released by the It has probably created more excitement than any other variety introduced in recent years. This is partly because it is so early, partly because many people were looking for a real early berry to replace Premier and mos
. Allen's 1959 book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. EARLIDAWN Earliest of All Ripens five days before Blakemore and Premier Earlidawn will make plants under good conditions Earlidawn is a cross of Midland and Tennessee Shipper, recently released by the It has probably created more excitement than any other variety introduced in recent years. This is partly because it is so early, partly because many people were looking for a real early berry to replace Premier and mostly because plants were hard to get. Not only is it a rather sparse plant maker but the year 1957, which should have produced plants enough for all, was an extremely dry year which further reduced the available supply. The outstanding characteristics of Earlidawn are its extreme earliness, the bright attractive color of the berries which continues bright on holding for some time, the firmness and shipping quality of the berries and the fact that they ripen a greater percentage of their crop in the first week of picking than any other variety on which records have been kept. In 1955 at Beltsville, Md., 58% of the large total crop of Earlidawn was harvested in the first week compared with 22% for Blakemore and 45% for Midland. Earlidawn berries are good but somewhat tart in quality. They bid fair to become popular with processors. The first part of the crop is quite large but like many other heavy producers tend to run down in size. Thinning of the rows where needed plus irrigation will help maintain a satisfactory size. Earlidawn is a heavy producer. Records of more than 8,000 quarts per acre in various tests are frequent. One large grower in Michigan who was helping test it before introduction reports over 10,000 quarts per acre for three successive years. In places where Earlidawn yield was not heavy it was generally because an insufficient number of plants had been produced.
Size: 1613px × 1550px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurseryandseedtradecata, bookcentury1900
