THE STRAWBERRY JANUARY 1906 



To Strawberry Growers 



We are offering a high grade concentrated fertilizer, utilizing Pure 

 Animal Matter as a base. Dried Blood, Bone and Meat Tankage have 

 fully demonstrated in the soil that they are the best plant foods known. 

 The guaranteed analysis of 



Swift's Strawberry Special 



200 lbs. 



Bwift's 



Blood & 

 Bone 



'ertilizer 



Manufactured by \, 



ift& Company 



Ammonia, Available 

 Phosphoric Acid, available 

 Potash, Actual K O 

 Equal to Sulphate of Potash 



4 Per cent. 



9 Per cent, 



lo Per cent. 

 I 8. 50 Per cent. 



produces early and strong growth of plant, bet- 

 ter setting of fruit and a full development of 

 crop. Makes top market prices. 



In considering your soil management for 

 this season it will pay you to get full informa- 

 tion and prices from our nearest dealer; or 

 address 



Swift & Company, Fertilizer Department, Chicago. 



but we shall recall with especial pleasure 

 for many a year the kindly dispensation 

 which gave us strawberries up to the very 

 appearance of old Boreas himself. 



The Ever-Bearing Strawberry 



FOR more than a year Edwin H. 

 Riehl of North Alton, 111., the 

 veteran horticulturist, whose con- 

 tributions to the science and practice of 

 fruit and vegetable growing have made 

 his name a household word among the 

 foremost men of that calling, has been for 

 more than a year conducting experiments 



fake Your 

 Own 

 Time. 



Old Trusty 



Incubator 



40. 60 or 90 Days Trial. 



We want to send you the "Old Trusty" Book. 

 You ought to read it before buyinp an incuba- 

 tor, because it has more every-Uay "chicken | 

 sense ' in it than any 



catalog you have ever 

 seen. 300 good pic- 

 tures, ic tellb why '*i>iii 

 Tni>t.v" dues such g"<i(i 

 wctrk— why it hatches sn 

 many uud^^o poodrliifks 

 — why it is sn ensy tn o|> 

 eratr — why it it- so ec<>- 

 nomii'al. ir's sold on 40, 

 eonruadays tiial.freitrht 

 prepaid. W'-ite tu us. 



M. M. Johnson Co.. 



I'lajCcnler, Nob. 



We Pay 



the 

 Freight. 



with an every-bearing strawberry at his 

 beautiful home on the banks of the Miss- 

 issippi, Monarch Fruit Farm, where also 

 is located an extensive experiment station 

 of the Illinois State Horticultural Society. 

 In reply to an inquiry sent him by the 

 editor of The Strawberry, Mr. Riehl 

 writes as follows concerning this experi- 

 ment: 



"In reply to your kind favor just at 

 hand, will say that the Pan-American 

 strawberry is the only one yet tested in 

 my experiment station which is truly ever- 

 bearing, there having been several varie- 

 ties sent me for which that characteristic 

 was claimed. The Pan-American plant 

 is a vigorous grower, yet if not disbudded 

 it will make few, if any, runners, though 

 large stools are formed, which admits of 

 propagation by division. Through the 

 growing season plants are seldom, if ever, 

 seen without blossoms and fruit in all 

 stages of development. The fruit is 

 medium to large, bright red in color, 

 moderately firm, quality fair." 



Mr. Riehl is known for his conserva- 

 tism in reporting upon his experiments, 

 and this fact gives added interest to his 

 statements. The ideal ever-bearing va- 

 riety evidently has not yet appeared, as 

 those which show a tendency to grow 

 throughout an extended season have de- 

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fects of the nature observed by Mr. Riehl. 

 However, there is always a possibility 0' 

 greatly extending the season of a goo 

 variety through breeding and selection, 

 and this possibility opens the way to in- 

 teresting, and perhap, very successful, ex- 

 perimentation along these lines. 



LITTLE ADS. FOR OUR FOLKS 



AN ADVERTISING EXCHANGE FOR ALL 

 Strawljeny Growers in which they may make kno\vn 

 their wants. If ynn have anythiuirt« buy. si^ll or exchange, 

 need a job or are lookini; for help in your strawberry work, 

 here is the place to make it known. Count name, post 

 office, initials, words or numbers each as one word, and 

 remit a snm equal to 2 cents for each word for each inser- 

 tion . No order will be accepted for less than 25 cents and 

 cash mnst accompany each order. Advertisements must 

 contain address, otherwise we cannot forward replies from 

 this office. Remit by post office or express money orders. 



1I"^ANTED— Man thorouL'hly posted on strawberry cult- 

 '» ure, to mana-ie my fiirni in Chippewa County, Wis. 

 'iood lotr residence, plenty of room for sneh a man to de- 

 velop "sidelines" for his own profit. Strawberries thrive 

 here and. as thev mature late, command hiuhest prices in 

 the Chicasro markets. Great chance for a bright, enter- 

 prising' man. Address W. D. H. . care The Str-awben-y . 



WANTED— Man who has some knowledge of strawberr." 

 production, but is not afraid to turn his hand to any 

 other sort of work on my Nebraska farm. Will give snch 

 a man work for the entire year. Address W. R. A., caro 

 The Strawberry. 



PRINTING FOR STRAWBERRY GROWERS— Letter 

 heads, envelopes, cards, labels. First-class work at 

 low prices. The Kellogg Publishing Co., Three Rivers, 

 Michiirau. 



'■pRYthr- Ki'UoLrirmaUeablo-iron, one-piece Dibble, ifyou 

 V would turnplant-settinu Into a delight. Pays foritself 

 inonehalf-dav's work. Write the K elloge Co. for their 

 little folder on "How iVe Knep Down the Weeds." 'Twill 

 help you in y^mr work. R. M. Kellogg Co., Box 775 

 Throe Rivers, Michigan. 



