Title: Allen's 80th book of berries
Identifier: allens80thbookof19alle (find matches)
Year: 1965 (1960s)
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. : W. F. 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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SURECROP for Sure Crops Surecrop is widely adapted from the upper south through the middle states and into the far north. It is one of our relatively new varieties and its popularity has been growing by leaps and bounds. Among the reasons for the rapid rise of Surecrop to one of our sales leaders are the following: The plants are extremely vigorous, producing runners very freely and have bluff, healthy foliage which functions well through the berry season. The plants are quite productive, ranking very high in total yield in almost all tests that have been made. As Mrs. D. D. Swickard of Jefferson Co., Ohio, wrote us on June 2, 1964: "For production and quality I like the Surecrop. They produced when others failed and the size, qual- ity, flavor are excellent. We have plants that were not plowed under (third year crop) and they are producing almost as good as the first and second year." Surecrop berries are large, fairly round and shiny red. (See color picture inside back cover.) They are very good in quality, firm enough to ship and the size of the berries holds up well. Surecrop is suitable for freezing and some of our customers think that it is one of the best for freezing. Surecrop is one of the best varieties that has resistance to red stele and is the best variety that has triple resistance to this disease. In any berry field Sure- crop will be outstanding because of the vigor of plant growth and the healthy, hardy foliage. Surecrop is well worth growing for its own merits and enables those who have red stele in their soils to stay in the business of raising fancy quality berries. We consider Surecrop to be one of the great midseason berries. We have an excellent supply of beautiful Surecrop plants. Price list page 28. Shenandoah Co., Virginia, Feb. 11, 1964. "From the 1,000 Surecrop plants I bought from you in 1962 not one died. As soon as they arrived I put them in a refrigerator, for the ground was too wet to plant them at once. When we picked our first crop in 1963 the patch yielded 1,635 quarts and I think if it had not been so dry we could have picked more. This season I would like to buy 10,000 Surecrop." David Sanders.
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