THE STRAWBERRY JANUARY 1907 



Anew way c J 

 of selling 'J^CQ' 



My new 1907 catalojrue of vegetable 

 and flower seeds is different from 

 anythins I ever saw before. It sliows 

 by true photographs exactly what 

 has been grown from my seeds, and 

 tells you exactly how to get the 

 same results. , ,,. 



I have a unique way of sellmg 



seeds. Bj- using 



>> 



"Stokes' Standards 



which 1 have chosen from the world's best- 

 old and new— vou can hn,\ e ns successful a par- 

 den ns if vou hacispeciftlizedineach vepetable 

 forvei.rs. They represent 25 years of trnctical 

 experience an<l are the result of thousands ol 

 experiments at niv Floracroft Trial Grounds. 

 You cannot afford to overlook this. S-t-iid to- 

 day for niTcalalotfueandmy newway of sell- 

 ing. Write me about your garden problems. 

 I am sure 1 can help you. 



STOKES' SEED STORE 



219 Market Street, Philadelphia ■ 



Walteb p. Stokes, of the late firm of 

 JohD^jon & Stokes. 



STRAWBERRIES 



bipr, red and luscious 

 are prown from 

 ALLEN'S choice 

 Mtrurous strawberry 

 pants. Nnne better.*^/) 

 t lod Lurk. Chesa- 

 peake, Virginia and 

 ( niinal, new Glen f._ 

 Mary, Huverland, 

 L lulap. Marshall, f*?"* 

 Kl'>nd\ ke, Gandy, 

 k t'llmax, and all 

 la ar 1 sirt-:, 90 varletiea. 



I f-1 t DEWBERRirS, Ci> 

 and P emo. I have big ' 

 ne Al o Raspberry, Cur- 

 ry plants, and Crape p^ 

 have tlie leading varie- ^V^ 

 rden. My 1907 supply of ^ "^ 

 melon, Cantaloupe, and 

 s very choice. Millions 

 in season. My 60 page 

 ielis aii'uit lots ot pood 

 (ind garden and where to 

 IT'S FREE. Bend name and ad- 



ALLEN, 



Sal isbury. Maryland 





SWEDISH OATS 



Probably the best American Oat" 

 T "5 Uept. of Ai-Ticulture. 

 Most satisfactory of all 

 varieties." 

 1 Wis. Agr. Ex. Station. 



Best we can find." 



} Dak. AgT. Ex. Station. 



^ o better authorities than 



the above. They are dis- 



interested too. Swedish out- 



yields all others: is heaviest, 



plumpefat and whitest. S'?a- 



\ \fs n, eirly; straw, very stiff: 



'\\ , best! irclay soils. Get started 



V\iV this \ear. We are head- 



^ n\V quarters. Immense stoeij, 



,, H';,', ijure seed. 



il'a,\> Send postal todav for 88- 

 _. -^^ P3^« Catalog Oats, Corn, Pota- 

 toes, Garder Seeds, etc. 

 L. t. OLDS SEED CO.. ijrawel H, Clinton, WU 



it is a useful forage plant and is possessed 

 of considerable value as a soil restorer, 

 but in a strawberiy patch it is the most 

 noxious, the most pestiferous, the most 

 uncontrollable weed with which I ever 

 contended. Botanically considered, it is 

 a biennial. Practically considered, it is a 

 millenial. If it gets a start in land nat- 

 urally adapted to its growth it will even- 

 tually take full nossession and put you 

 out of bu.Mness in spite of fate. For three 

 years "I fought a good fight" with it in 



one of my fields and at times I flattered 

 myself that I had control of it. I plowed 

 it out with cultivator and shovel. I dug 

 it out with pick and hoe. I pulled it out 

 with hook and hand. Yet in spite of the 

 searching work with hook and hoe and 

 hand many short piece-roots were left 

 hidden in the soil. These soon developed 

 into new plants and filled the land with 

 mtdtitudes of vigorous forms, miraculous- 

 ly endowed with everlasting life! At the 

 end of the three years I confessed myself 

 fairly and fully beaten, for in spots my 

 berry field looked like a clover meadow. 

 Disgusted, I put in the plow and turned 

 under the sod, root and branch, and in 

 my wrath harrowed the overturned roots 

 until they were torn and broken into a 

 thousand pieces. Then I planted the 

 place to cowpeas, cultivating them with 

 plow and harrow, still "having it in' for 

 the clover, and shaded it so it has not, so 

 far, shown its hydra head. I have been 

 contending with the same evil on another 

 field, and, during the summer, with some 

 hope of success, for there was little sign 

 of its presence among the cleaned-out 

 plants. But when fall came and cultiva- 

 tion ceased the white-freckled leaves smil- 

 ingly appeared, seemingly to mock at my 

 endeavor and calamity. In case this 

 seeming victory is turned into inglorious 

 defeat, I shall at once sacrifice that field 

 to the plow, and ever after when white 

 clover appears simply shall spike my guns 

 and leave. It is an anarchist. It is a 

 socialist. It is an imperialist. Such is 

 my feeling after a few years of unpleasant 

 experience with a plant that is a splendid 

 illustration of the presence, the persistence 

 and the power of evil! 



I will mention but one other experience 

 — an experience with a good method of 

 renewing an old berry field. After the 

 picking season was over I mowed the 

 fields, piled the dry leaves and mulch 

 upon the rows and burned them ofF. With 

 double shovels I cultivated twice between 

 the rows. Then taking a single narrow 

 shovel I ran it down the row, plowing in 

 the center of the row and dividing it into 

 two. This tore out many of the old 

 mother plants. After this I took a one- 

 horse turning-plow and laid off new rows 

 across the old ones at right angles, mak- 

 ing the rows three and one-half feet apart. 

 They were about eight inches wide. The 

 plants in them were in blocks at the inter- 

 section of the two rows. So you see the 

 plants were heroically thinned out. These 



rows I treated the same as newly set ones. 

 On good rich ground this method of 

 renewing is all right, and good rows can 

 be produced. Most of the cultivating 

 can be done with horse power. Not 

 much hoeing is necessary. The cost of 

 renewing in this way is not great. By 

 changing the direction of your rows you 

 keep your field level. You have no high 

 ridges for your plants to grow upon. The 

 new plants will have loose, freshly plowed 

 earth to set upon instead of hard, unculti- 

 vated ground. Such a field will resist 

 drouth the best. By this method you get 

 rid of most of the old plants. Your row 

 is nearly a new one year by year. By 

 plowing under so many of the old plants 

 you are filling the soil with humus. You 

 enrich your land. It cultivates easily and 

 is loose. It conserves the moisture. It 

 absorbs heat better. It ripens fruit earlier 



PRAYING TINE 



Why carry loads of water to spray? Do the » 



; work more effectu:illy. qnckly an-l easily by 1 



applying the insect poison direct with the J 



ACME POWDER GUN J 



It puts the powder rl^ht to the spot— under 



and all about the lea%es and stems. Bu^s, >. 



worms and insects can't esciipe; and ju^t a C 



puff to the plant does the business. If your % 



dealer hasn't It, send 91.00 and his name— we jf 



Tiill thip P.iwder Gun, cluirii'-s pant. Handles "^ 

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book for particulars, sent free. ^ 



POTATO IMPLEMENT COMPANY, 

 Box63l Traverso City. MIchlgani 



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fdJ;^ViL'[^l 



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your fruit with a pood spray 

 pump means dollars to you. 

 The Eclipse earns big'prutits 

 and lasts for years, we in- 

 vented the 



ECLIPSE 



SPRAY PUMP 



after experiment ing for 

 years in our tnvn orchards 

 with the common sprayers. 

 We have it illustrated in 

 our 4U-pag'e catalog— send 

 for it to-day— it's nrimlul 

 of useful and interesting' 

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 and fruitman. 

 MORRILL & MORLET 

 Benton Harbor, Mioh. 



POWER SPRAYERS 



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CHAMPAIGN. ILLINOIS 



The "Kant-Klog" Sprayers 



Something New. Gets twice the re- 

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 Agents wanted. Booklets free. 



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