. Allen's book of berries for 1940. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. ^'^m^: II' BLAKE MO RE EARLY SOLID-PRODUCTIVE A Great Shlppin^Berry TEN YEARS AGO BLAKEMORE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME!! Today it is planted over more acres of land than any other strawberry in the world! Many fine qualities in addition to its great productive- ness have helped to make Blakemore a popular new champion. Blakemore is the best early shipping" berry the South has ever had. It is the most robust grower and p
. Allen's book of berries for 1940. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. ^'^m^: II' BLAKE MO RE EARLY SOLID-PRODUCTIVE A Great Shlppin^Berry TEN YEARS AGO BLAKEMORE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME!! Today it is planted over more acres of land than any other strawberry in the world! Many fine qualities in addition to its great productive- ness have helped to make Blakemore a popular new champion. Blakemore is the best early shipping" berry the South has ever had. It is the most robust grower and per- sistent plant maker ever known in the sections where vigorous growing varie- ties like Missionary and Klondyke have been supreme. Blakemore will stand more abuse and neglect in growing, picking and shipping than any other variety ever known, and still show a nice profit to the grower. Buyers and shippers like Blakemore because it is the best of all varieties in avoiding "bad condition" reports from their commission men. The berries are really solid and retain their light, at- tractive color even after they get quite ripe, thus often getting credit for being in even better condition than they are. "Cold-pack" men who put up large quantities of berries in barrels for use in making commercial jams, jellies, preserves, etc., prefer Blakemore and in some places will not take any other variety. In fact, it was named by Mar- cus Blakemore, the then President of the American Preservers' Association. In quality the berries are quite tart, which is probably why they are so popular with the cold-pack men. As fresh fruit they must have sugar added to be good. Blakemore berries are medium to large in size where the plants have been kept thinned —but they make so many plants they must be held in check or the plants will be too thick and the berries smaller. Blakemore does well in all the South- ern states and as far north as the Ohio Valley, Maryland and southern Ne
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