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Title: Allen's 1948 book of berries
Identifier: allens1948bookof19alle (find matches)
Year: 1948 (1940s)
Authors: Allen Co. (Salisbury, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs
Publisher: Salisbury, Md. : Allen Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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IDLAND We don't like too many extravagant words but we can't help saying that Midland is a wonderfully fine new berry entitled to be called THE BEST NEW VARIETY IN YEARS With the exception of Blakemore in the south and Premier and Catskill in the north, no variety in our memory has gained such wide approval in so short a time. WHAT IS MIDLAND LIKE? A vigorous grower making an ample bed of large strong plants rather than great numbers of small ones. A tremendous yielder—rating right along with master crop- pers like Premier and Catskill in total quarts per acre. Berries average large—larger than Premier, as large as Catskill. Berries are very firm—firmer than Premier or Catskill, almost as firm as Blakemore and Fairfax. Tough skin helps. Berries have a nice appearance-—darker than Premier, lighter than Fairfax, glossy skin, very attractive. Berries have high quality—different from Fairfax, not as sweet, but a distinctive flavor some like just as well. Berries good for freezing—in tests at Maryland Station, Mid- land was best of all. Midland adaptation seems about same as Premier (see page 10)—possibly extending a little farther South, not quite so far North. In the southern part of the Premier territory, we think Midland has a better chance of replacing Premier as a good mass production berry than any variety now in sight. Ideal for the grower who wrote last year "I want something more productive than Fairfax, better quality than Premier." Midland is it! Price list, page 31. Good Words For Midland Come From Missouri—"The Missouri Experiment Station at Mt. Grove advised us to set your Midland plants in Missouri."—los. B. Dors, Boone Co., Ark. Indiana—"The Midland showed up good in last year's test plot here." Roy Gish, Jasper Co. Minnesota—"Midland proved very satisfactory. Beat any berry I had last year."—Elmer Waters, Winona Co. North Carolina—"The Midland is an excellent berry. Last spring I gathered 10 gallons of berries from 30 plants—the largest strawberries I have ever seen."—W. J. Squires, Rockingham Co. Ohio—"Frost got some of the Midland blossoms which looked like apple blossoms—they were so big. I have never seen plants bear such large berries in such quantities as this variety. The average size was as large as the ones pictured on your 1946 catalog, front cover. The largest had no hollow centers. Neighbors called quality finest ever. Midland is all that you desire."—Arthur R. Meyer, Clermont Co. Virginia—"The fruit of the Midland was just wonderful." W. G. Niven, Norfolk Co. Wisconsin—"Midland is the best berry I ever raised. Had a wonderful crop of large Midland berries last year."—Orlando Rennie, Racine Co.

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