THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1906 



ST. JOSEPH. MICH. 



ja StUDfORILLUSTRftreP PRICt USTy 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



Berry Boxes 



PEACH AND GRAPE 



BASKETS 



ALSO MELON BASKETS 



Established in 1869 



Experience Counts 



To obtain highest prices for your fruits 



ship in our packages 



Illustrated Price List Free 



Wells-Higman Co., st. joseph, mich. 



A Cracker Jack 



Idea 



You have the fresh popcorn and other 

 necessary material, and I have the 

 formula for making the most crisp, de- 

 licious and healthful Cracker-Jack on earth 

 Now, what I propose to do is to send 

 you my formula with complete instructions for mak- 

 ing "Potter's Famous Cracker-Jack" if you will send me 

 25c. Why pay a big price for a little bag of stale 

 cracker-jack, when you can 

 Learn How to Make Ny Famous Brand 

 et so small a cost? Send me 25c in silver or two- 

 cent stamps and I will fonvard my formula and full 

 information to you by return mail. It will tell you 

 bow to make your own cracker-)ack, and earn big money 



Qark Potter, The Cracker- Jack Man, Three Rivers. Mich. 



We vouch for Mr. Potter.— The Kellogg Pub. Co. 



or Surrender 



That is the ultimatum 

 tliat insects and fungi 

 have served on every 

 fruit grower of America 

 if you do not heed the 

 warning you will not get 

 profits from your orchard 

 Every man who sprays 

 intelligently at theproper 

 time nnds it the most 

 profitable operation on 

 the farm 



Send for illustrated catalog 



of the Eclipse Spray 



Pumps and Outfits 



MORRILL & MORLEY, 



Benton Harbor. Mich. 



DEWBERRIES 



After Strawberries, the best paying crop 

 the small fruit grower can raise 



Write about Plants and Culture to 



T. H. Smallwood, ^V Fort Scott, Kas. 



Berry 



Quarts. $3 per 1,000 



rSilQK f^tC Hallook'at'iips, Hal lock '8 Boies, 

 LJaOIVVlO Cratoa, Eto., In stock. 

 Send for List 



Cratoa , 

 W. D. Soper, Jackson, Mitli. 



Mention "The Strawberry" when writine. 



tween a bisexual or male variety, one bi- 

 sexual a trifle earlier, the other a trifle 

 later, than the pistillate used as the leader 

 in the particular case. This keeps a 

 steady stream of pollen flowing from both 

 sides, furnishing the very earliest and the 

 very latest bloom to the pistillate, thus 

 insuring a big red berry from every 

 bloom: 



WARFIELD (P) 

 1 row Texas or Climax (B) 

 3 rows Warfield (P) 

 1 row Senator Dunlap (B) 

 3 rows Warfield (P) 

 1 row Texas or Climax (B) 



CRESCENT (Pi 

 1 row Texas (B) 

 3 rows Crescent (P) 



1 row Splendid or Tennessee Prolific (B) 

 3 rows Crescent (P) 

 1 row Texas or Climax (B) 



HAVERLANDlPI 

 1 row Lovett's Early (B) 

 3 rows Haverland (P) 

 1 row Parson's Beauty (B) 

 3 rows Haverland (P) 

 1 row Lovett's Early (B) 



BUBACH (P) 

 1 row Bismarck or Clyde (B) 

 3 rows Bubach (P) 

 1 row Dornan or Aroma (B) 

 3 rows Bubach (P) 

 1 row Bismarck or Clyde (B) 



SAMPLE (P) 

 1 row Parsons' Beauty or Dunlap (B) 

 3 rows Sample (P) 

 1 row Aroma or Dornan (B) 

 3 rows Sample (P) 

 1 row Parsons' Beauty or Dunlap (B) 



MARK HANNA (P) 

 1 row Lovett's Early or Parson' Beauty (B) 

 3 rows Mark Hanna (P) 

 1 row Aroma (B) 

 3 rows Mark Hanna (P) 

 1 row Lovett's Early or Parsons' Beauty (B) 



DOWNINGS BRIDE iP) 

 1 row Ridgeway (B) 

 3 rows Downing's Bride (P) 

 1 row Miller (B) 

 3 rows Downing's Bride (P) 

 I row Ridgeway (B) 



GLEN MARY (Partly Bisexual.) 

 1 row Parsons' Beauty (B) 

 3 rows Glen Mary (P) 

 1 row Tenn. Prolific or Lovett's Early (B) 

 3 rows Glen Mary (P) 

 1 row Parsons' Beauty tB) 

 1 row Tenn. Prolific or Lovett's Early (B) 



GANDY (First Bloom Barren.) 

 1 row Aroma (B> 

 3 rows Gandy (P) 

 1 row Dornan or Marshall (B) 

 3 rows Gandy (P* 

 1 row Aroma (B) 



It must be remembered that most all 

 pistillates have a very long blooming sea 

 son, and there are very few bisexuals that 

 will open bloom through as long a period 

 as the pistillate would require to insure a 

 full season of fruiting. Hence the need 

 of using bisexuals of two seasons. 



Please note that we treat Glen Marys 

 as a pistillate. This is because it is only 



Pa«e 61 



FRUITMEN 



SHOULD KEEP BEES 



There will be a nice income to 



you from a few hives of bees, 



and your 



Plants will Bear Better 



Fruit bearing depends upon the fertilization of the 



flowers, Wiiy not mako fertilization certain and at 

 the same tlnio add to your Income by keeping beesT 

 Bees are not expensive and can be made extremely 

 profltaljle. Do you want to know how? Ou printt-d 

 matt-er will Btiirt you right. Many 

 liitereHtlntr booklets free. 



"The A B C of Bee Culture" 



the best text -book for bee keepers 

 ever written, with over 500 lame 

 liirge puges. beautifully lUuHtrated, 

 for only $1.00. Send for trw 

 booklet . 



The A. I. Root Co., 



MEDINA, 



OHIO 



We Make 



We Sell 



We Guarantee 



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 you to buy a vehicle 

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 and 30 Days Free Trial 

 liefore you close the bargain. We make tfio 

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 without cavil it yuu ffnd a flaw in three yt-ars tlniek. 

 That's the advantage oflTered I'rosrreBsive vehicle 

 buyers. A couple apecial bari^aln-*. Complet«catulug 

 tells It all. Don't fail to semi for It. 



THE PROGRESSIVE VEHICLE HFG. CO.. 



Dept V. Ft. Wayn«, tniMank. 



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So wo can guar an- 



toe thorn. A" the virleOea 

 known as * best * 

 are from our nurseries. Hiindsome illuitrated cata- 

 logue on request. THE OLD KKLIABIJC 



o.OEN TRAl MURSERKS^m 



J. WRAOO & SONS CO., WAUKEE, IOWA. 



.Mention '*Tli« Strawh»»rry" when wrltlnir 



