Cultivar 2145: Fairfax

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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no

Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 14 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0

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Claim Types: recommendation_context:4, description_snippet:2, growth_habit:2, productivity:2, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, keeping_quality:1, selection_origin_reference:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON

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Fairfax is a garden strawberry cultivar. A 1937 northern nursery catalog describes it as a large, early, self-pollenizing berry with deep red color to the center. The catalog calls it another outstanding variety from the United States Department of Agriculture. [S1]

The same source compares Fairfax with Dorsett in value and popularity. It promoted Fairfax for fruit quality and market value, noting that its firm, fully red fruit sold readily and could bring 50 cents to $1.00 more per crate. [S1]

The fruit is large, firm, deep red to the center, and excellent in quality. The catalog says its eating quality equaled Dorsett, with some people judging it a little better. Its firmness and red interior were presented as commercial advantages. [S1]

The plant is exceptionally vigorous, with large, dark green, healthy foliage and a deep root system. It was said to make plants well and hold up through the fruiting season. In catalog tests, Fairfax produced more than 11,000 quarts per acre in a very wet year and more than 5,000 quarts per acre in a very dry year. [S1]

The source does not state Fairfax hardiness directly. It appears in the certified strawberry plant section of a hardy fruit catalog for northern planting, but the catalog gives no zone rating or explicit winter survival claim for the cultivar. [S1]

No parentage is given in the available source. The strongest origin statement is that Fairfax was introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture. The page context identifies it as a garden strawberry, within the cultivated strawberry group commonly treated as Fragaria x ananassa. [S1]

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This summary currently draws chiefly from Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937.

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105Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937unknown1400p16 p17Listed in the certified strawberry plant price table.; Fairfax is also in the 'streamlined' class.; Brings a premium of 50 cents to $1.00 per crate.; Firmness of berry makes it a ready seller on the market.

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105p17description_snippetListed in the certified strawberry plant price table.FAIRFAX ... .90 1.40 2.15 3.70 6.75page_block:0.90
105p16recommendation_contextFairfax is also in the 'streamlined' class.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16recommendation_contextBrings a premium of 50 cents to $1.00 per crate.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16keeping_qualityFirmness of berry makes it a ready seller on the market.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16fruit_colorIts 'red to the center' color helps make it a ready seller.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16flavor_profileQuality is excellent, equal to Dorsett, and some think even a little better.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16productivityIn comparative tests it produced over 11,000 quarts per acre in a very wet year and over 5,000 quarts per acre in a very dry year.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16growth_habitAgood plant maker and holds up well through the fruiting season.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16growth_habitAn exceptionally vigorous plant with large dark green healthy foliage and a deep root system.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16recommendation_contextRanks alongside Dorsett in value and popularity.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16productivityAheavy cropper.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16recommendation_contextEarly fruiting and self pollenizing.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16selection_origin_referenceAnother outstanding strawberry originated by the United States Department of Agriculture.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90
105p16description_snippetAwonderful berry, large, deep red to the center.Fairfax Awonderful berry—large—deep red to the center.page_block:0.90

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description_snippetListed in the certified strawberry plant price table.0.96
recommendation_contextFairfax is also in the 'streamlined' class.0.82
recommendation_contextBrings a premium of 50 cents to $1.00 per crate.0.94
keeping_qualityFirmness of berry makes it a ready seller on the market.0.90
fruit_colorIts 'red to the center' color helps make it a ready seller.0.95
flavor_profileQuality is excellent, equal to Dorsett, and some think even a little better.0.90
productivityIn comparative tests it produced over 11,000 quarts per acre in a very wet year and over 5,000 quarts per acre in a very dry year.0.93
growth_habitA good plant maker and holds up well through the fruiting season.0.94
growth_habitAn exceptionally vigorous plant with large dark green healthy foliage and a deep root system.0.97
recommendation_contextRanks alongside Dorsett in value and popularity.0.92
productivityA heavy cropper.0.97
recommendation_contextEarly fruiting and self pollenizing.0.95
selection_origin_referenceAnother outstanding strawberry originated by the United States Department of Agriculture.0.97
description_snippetA wonderful berry, large, deep red to the center.0.98

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