Gibson
Makes Good Everywhere
MALE OR BI-SEXUAL (B)
(For photo-engraving see [Page 29])
We are listing Gibson this season for the first time in response to an increasing demand for plants of this variety.
Although considered by some to be identical with Parson’s Beauty and Pocomoke and resembling these varieties in some characteristics, we consider it superior to both.
Gibson is a strong mid-season bi-sexual,—an ideal pollenizer.
Its plants grow strong and vigorous and root heavily. The foliage is glossy, dark-green, tough and heavy in texture and remarkably resistant to drouth, insects and disease.
Gibson is wonderfully productive of large, firm, round-conic berries which are uniform in size and shape and beautiful dark crimson from surface to center. They are of mild, delicious flavor; ideal for immediate table use, also excellent for canning or shipping as they retain their beautiful color, form and natural flavor when canned for winter or shipped to distant markets. The berries hold up in size right through the season, practically every berry reaching maturity and ripening evenly.
Gibson is grown almost exclusively as a market berry in some sections and is rapidly increasing in popularity because it “Makes Good Everywhere.” For prices of Gibson plants see [Page 66], column 2.