Allen's Book of Berries for 1941 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Allen's Book of Berries for 1941 (Classic Reprint) written by W. F. Allen Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Allen's Book of Berries for 1941 Popular approval of Premier swept almost like Wildfire through all the middle and northern states in a very few seasons after its introduction. 1it is still the leading berry, even after the coming of such really fine varieties as Fairfax, Catskill and others. Our sales of Premier are still more than 2 to 1 ahead of its nearest competitor. In higher altitudes as far south as Tennessee and North Carolina, Premier is fine. In Canada, New England and all our Northern border states east of the Rocky Mountains, Premier is the mainstay of all early varieties. Premier berries are of good quality and are very attractive. Both the quality and the appearance of Northern grown Premier are somewhat better than those grown in states farther South than Pennsylvania, if soil and moisture condi tions have been about equal. The plants make a vigorous growth and no variety has healthier foliage. There is little difficulty in getting a good fruiting bed from our stock of Premier if plants are set early before they have made too much growth and while the soil is still cool and moist. Some commercial growers, mostly in the north, who set fairly large quan tities of Premier, have had really amazing results with our Premier plants shipped in March. Plants were held in cold storage at 32 degrees Fahrenheit until local soil and moisture conditions were at their best. The results have been uniformly go ties are available. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.