English: Title: Allen's 1961 book of berries Identifier: allens1961bookof19alle (find matches) Year: 1961 (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 View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: SPARKLE Loaded with Luscious Berries — Beautiful and Brigfjt After its origination and introduction by the New Jersey Station Sparkle quickly became one of the most popular late berries in the northern states. After a few years Sparkle, like Catskill, became weakened by the virus diseases which seemed to be present everywhere and its popularity waned. Sparkle, again like Catskill, is staging a come-back with the present amazingly vigorous virus free stocks which make a tremendous growth with plenty of strong, vigorous plants. On good soil some plant thinning would help the average berry size. At fruiting time the plants are loaded with berries. As a producer Sparkle ranks with Catskill, Midland, Premier and other high yielding kinds. Sparkle plants have a high degree of resistance to the most common strain of red stele. This provides for the grower an element of safety not found in all our leading varieties. Sparkle plants bloom so heavily and so late that the crop is rarely affected by late frosts. This is an item of crop insurance which adds to the value of Sparkle as a money maker. Sparkle Berries Sparkle berries have a rich crimson red color which makes them very beautiful. The name "Sparkle" was taken from the fact that the berries actually do sparkle on the vine. They darken somewhat on holding. Sparkle berries are superb in quality, far better than Premier, Robinson, Poca- hontas, Surecrop and others with which it competes. Sparkle berries are top-notch for freezing. The fine quality helps but the rich crimson red color extending clear through the berry helps to give Sparkle top rating for freezing. Where capping machines are used in processing Sparkle is handi- capped somewhat because the smaller berries are rather hard to cap. Sparkle berries are medium to large in size where they have been well grown on beds not too thick. Where beds are thick and moisture insufficient the plants cannot size fully the heavy loads of berries which are produced. Sparkle berries are fresh market favorites. Where well grown and picked closely they go into a market with a shine and finish which makes them very attractive, re- sulting in top prices. Our Sparkle plants are very beautiful and in fairly adequate supply. We hope to have enough to fill all our orders this season. Price List page 32. They Speak Up for Sparkle Monmouth Co., N. J. May 27, 1960: "I want to tell you that the plants I bought this spring are just beautiful, growing like mad. I am very pleased with them, and the Sparkle I bought last spring are heavy with berries." MRS. EVA delONGE. Lycoming Co., Pa. April 26, 1960, "Last year Sparkle plants for your 1961 orders, was our first picking season from 300 Sparkle plants and the yield was wonderful. We could have sold many times more berries and people said they had never seen such nice berries. We were all more than pleased with the plants and the way they produced such large, delicious berries." MRS. WARREN DIEFFENDERFER. They are registered and ready. Text Appearing After Image: ' Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.