THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1906 



to this tremendous sum that lost by tun- 

 o;ous diseases, which also are regulated and 

 checked by spraying, and u-e see what it 

 means to the world of today to be well 

 supplied with a reliable spraying outfit. 

 More than that, the world of tomorrow 

 is just as much interested, for upon the 

 wise handling of these dread pests now 

 depends in great part the prosperity, per- 

 haps the very existence, of those who 

 shall come after us. 



Strawberries "On the Side" 



ONK of the fine features of straw- 

 berry growing is that it gracefully 

 lends itself to one's circumstances. 

 You may grow them on a large scale with 

 great pleasure and profit; or, if your time 

 and space are limited, you may grow 

 them on never so small a scale and get the 

 pleasure, with profits to match the size of 

 the patcii. We have one friend who is 

 becoming an adept in the art of straw- 

 berry growing, while he attends daily to 

 another line of work. So successful is he, 

 and so in love with his work as a soil 

 tiller, that w^e shall not be surprised to see 

 him lay down his trade and adopt as his 

 vocation the delightful and satisfying 

 work of strawberry production on an ex- 

 tensive scale. 



The illustration herewith shows the 

 fine strawberry patch of the gentleman in 

 question, Elijah Wing, barber, of Three 

 Rivers. Mr. Wing set out 600 plants of 

 the pedigree sort in 1903 just to see how 

 they would do. The results were so 

 satisfactory that he determined to enlarge 

 his "plant." The photograph shows 

 about an acre of grovnid, and a lot of 



Special Fertilizers for Strawberries 



peaches and otlier fruits. To give color, Havor and siil>stance to the Heshy parts of the 

 fruits requires a good supply of sokible plant food, especially potash. Quality in wliat 

 coants in fruit, not quantity 



WE MAKE SPECIAL BRANDS 

 FOR THE DIFFERENT FRUITS 



We sell o^oods direct to the consumer at 

 prices where we have no agents. 



For further information address 



whulesale 



THE BUFFALO FERTILIZER COMPANY 



BUFFALO, N.Y. 



TREES, PLANTS, ETC. 



We have an iinusuaUy line stock i)f One Year Old and June Bud Peach 'rn't\'5. 

 One and Two Year Old Apple, Pear, Cherry, and Plum Trees. Grape Vine, 

 Shrubbery, Roses, Ktc. Also all kinds of Small Fruit Plants. St-awberrj 

 plants by tin- million, ."^end for catalogue of low-delivered prices before j-ou buy 



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plants that anybod)' mijjht v\ell be proud 

 to call his own. The beauty of Mr. 

 Wing's enterprise is that it has been car- 

 ried on out of working hours. He wields 

 the scissors and razors with all the skill 

 for which he is known, and then, when a 

 spare hour is at his command he hastens 

 to his particular pride, the strawberry 

 patch. And he has given it such cultural 

 care as to make it one of the sights of the 

 town especially at fruiting time. 



Mr. Wing has planted Bubach, Glen 

 Mary, Senator Dunlap, Warfield and 

 Pride of Michigan, and every one of 

 them has done well. The Portage river 

 flows by his strawberry field, and there is 



NEW 



VEGETABLE 

 WONDER 



A Sensational Discovery 



Silver King Hardy Celery 



3 crops in one season. First crop early in 

 May. Root hardy, everlastinpr. Multiplies 

 rapidly like asparagus and puaraututd as 

 represented. Ajjents make $5 to $L'0 a day. 



TREKS by the million. Northern 

 grrown, 700 acres. Buy from the Bi^ Nurs- 

 eries. Ase^nts wanted. Cash iiaid weekly. 

 Greening- Fruit Book, 25c. Write today. 



THE GREENING NURSERY COMPANY 

 "i Maple St., Monroe, Michigan. 



HOME AND STRAWBERRY PATCH OF ELIJAH WING 



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800 varletleB. Also Grape«,8man Fruits etc liest root- 

 ed stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 aamplecurrajits mailed for 

 lOc. Deac. price list free. LewJsUoesehfFredonlatN.T. 



doubtless sub-irrigation affecting benefi- 

 cially the enterprise. Just now the en- 

 tire patch is under a mulch of clean, 

 bright, yellow straw, and Mr. Wing con- 

 templates with satisfaction the possibilities 

 of 1906. 



What iMr. Wing is doing is open t* 

 nearly everybody else to do. How many 

 men who find their income short of what 

 they think it ought to be might find 

 pleasure and health and a cheerful way 

 to make an honest dollar in such a straw- 

 berry patch as he has developed by the 

 employment of his spare hours.' And 

 how many others who are out of employ- 



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