THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



fertilized and carefully prepared the ground 

 and set the plants, and the way they grew 

 and multiplied was a marvel; and such a 

 swamp of large, fine-looking plants I had 

 that fall was worth going some distance to 

 see. And as I had plenty of space where 

 other wonderful varieties had failed, I soon 

 had them turned under, the ground care- 

 fully prepared, and then set my latest 

 venture. 



The next spring when they did not 

 bloom I was a little suspicious that there 

 was a "nigger in the fence" somewhere, 

 but in order to give them a good trial let 

 them stand that season until the next 

 spring. I would not let them make any 

 more plants, and how they did grow! 

 The next season I watched them with 

 anxious care until after all the other va- 

 rieties had bloomed and set their fruit, 

 when I ga\e them my final inspection and 

 not a bloom could I find. That was the 

 last straw, I went to the tool house and 

 got the mattock and in about fifteen min- 

 utes that patch looked as though a large 

 band of San Joaquin tuley rooters had 

 camped there for a week. I said to my- 

 self "You old Reuben! when are you ever 

 going to know anything.?" and I made up 

 my mind right there that I never would 

 buy plants or handle any plants that did 

 not come from some old reliable strawberry 

 grower. Since then I have the satisfac- 

 tion of knowing that the varieties I get do 

 well under some conditions and are not of 

 the never-bearing variety. I am willing 

 that plant growers shall do this testing and, 

 if they pronounce them extra-good, I will 

 try them and see how they will do for me. 



Will say in closing that the value of the 

 aid of your publication to one just starting 

 in strawberry raising represents the differ- 

 ence between failure and success; the dif- 

 ference between one or two years of ex- 

 perimenting and its losses and a year or 

 two with a reasonably good income; the 

 difference between learning a trade from 

 a good mechanic and picking it up your- 

 self. That is what I think of The Straw- 

 berry and its value as an instructor. 



Ahwahoee, Calif. 



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■^^E are under obligations to W. Atlee Burpee 

 ''^ & Co. for several very fine post-cards illus- 

 trating the grounds of this well-known firm of 

 seed growers, whose name stands for progressive 

 horticulture everywhere. Not only does the 

 Burpee company grow seeds, but their Scotch- 

 collie kennels are among the best in the world. 

 Their beautiful grounds just out of Philadelphia 

 are as nearly ideal as anything we have in Amer- 

 ica. Burpee has done much to give rural life 

 dignity and culture, and his success, therefore, 

 is not only financial, but adds to the moral and 

 esthetic riches of the country. 



'T'HE nameof J. G. Harrison & Sons of Berlin, 

 * Md., is one that for many years has been 

 synonymous in the public mind with integrity 

 and square dealing. With more than a thousand 

 acres given over to nursery stock, this company 

 covers a wide range of the horticulturist's needs, 

 and we take pleasure in welcoming them to the 

 advertising pages of The Strawberry. 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT 



Advertising in this department costs 3 cents a word. Numbers and initials count as words. 

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AGENTS WANTED, CHANCES, ETC. 



MEN AND WOMEN— If you sell vrniin powder, usiiii; 

 spare time, you will never be without, money. No 

 pmiltry vermin, roaches, ants, waterbugs, ete., can exist 

 when' usi'd. Big inducement. Write for proposition. 

 Vermin Powder Co., Scranton, Pa. 4 



C&l ^ A TO $.300 a month to "pushing" uL^-nts (eith.-r 

 «i? 1 "-Jv/ sex). Steady employment in your own Inctil. 

 ity, $400 and upwards to high class state or general 

 aixents. A chance of a life-time. Write for fnll particulars 

 to Jas. Charles, Richmond, Ind. 7 



PAUL BROTHER'S VIOLET INK, send 25 cents for 

 recipe for making it. It sells in the city for two dol- 

 lars for pints. Costs 8 cents. Buy recipe andmake money 

 out of it. Stamps taken. Asa O. Pence. Convei-se, Mian.i 

 f'ountj-, Ind. :^ 



^yE want one lady or gentlemaq to take orders and de- 

 » » liver for us. rapid seller, highest quality goods, sales 

 in almost every house. Best of pay and no money required 

 to carry on the work. We will send a proposition as soon 

 as we hear from you, also sample pair of 6-inch shears for 

 '2'A cents — stamps or silver. Write at once. United Shenr 

 Co., Westboro. Mass. tf 



W ILL YOU considerinvestiny $100, $1,000. or$10.0(;0 

 in safe and profitable business, H to 14 per cent rir 

 more assured; If so, wTite us. C. W. Munson & Son, 

 Boxfi44. Toledo. O. 'A 



BOOKS AND MAGAZINES 



DO YOU WISH to secure copies of the first volume of 

 The Strawberr>'? If you do we are now in position to 

 supplv them, A notice inserted in the .Tannar>' issue offer- 

 in.' $i for a volume has brouirht offers of several sets. 

 Only one was needed to fill the order. We shall fill all 

 requests in thfi order received. They cost us $2 a set. 

 Please remit $2.25 to cover posta^'e. The Kellogg Pub- 

 lishing Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 



COLD STORAGE 



1 COLD STORAGE PLANT will often pay for itself in 

 -A a single season. Fruit growers without a modern 

 fold room are handicapped. Write for d*'scription of the 

 (iravity Brine System, stating size you are interested in. 

 and for purpose wanted. Madison Cooper Company, No. 

 100 Court St., Watertown, N. Y. tf 



DOGS, PETS, ETC. 



CtHOICE Fox Terrier Puppies for sale. They are nicely 

 ' marked and sharp as tacks. No better house or rat doir 

 ever lived. If you want a standard bred Fox Terrier at $4 

 for females and $5 for males, write at once. I (.-uarantee 

 satisfaction. Arthur Dicken, Route 7, Bellevue, Ohio. 5 



FOR SALE— half blooded Scotch collie male pup 2 

 mon'hs old. Color, brindle. Price $5.00. R. L. 

 Keith, Franklin Grove , 111. 4 



FARMS AND LANDS FOR SALE 



STRAWBERRY LANDS. M n of national reputation as 

 strawberrj- growers who are entirf'ly unbiased claim 

 that there is iio re ion where strawberries grow to greater 

 perfecrion than in this vicinity. We can S'^ll you this fer- 

 tile land at $10.00 per acre and some choice land within 

 3 miles of the city limits of Superior, the second largest 

 city in Wisconsin, for $25.00 per acre. We have no 

 drouths or floods in this region. A perfect climate. Easy 

 terms. Special inducements to strawberry growers. No 

 money down at all if you settle this spring. We have un- 

 excelled markets. Write at once for the special bargains. 

 Each inquirj' \vill receive careful attention. Clover Belt 

 Land & Loan Co. , Solou Springs, Wis. 3 



STRAWBERRY FARMS and Country Homes in the Tide- 

 ._ water section of Virginia. Some beautiful waterfront 

 properties. Wilcox and Goodeuow, Norfolk, Virginia. 7 



HOUSE PLANS 



C10ING TO BUILD? Send stamp for particulars or 53 

 J cents for handsome book of Califomia Bungalows. 

 Most cosy and inexpensive of America's Homes. R. M. 

 Lambertii & Co. , Dept. J, Los Angeles, Cal. 3 



MUSIC 



MUSIC TEACHERS and School Teachers! Double your 

 income by studying, by mail, Courtright System Mus- 

 ical Kindergarten. "Materials for school and all instruc- 

 tions. Fifty DoUiirs. Lillian Prudence Courtright, 150 

 Lenox Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut. 3 



RESURRECTION MORN' ' (By Parker). Greatest Easter 

 Snug ever \\Titten. More popular than "Holy City". 

 Introductory price, 15 cents (thirty davs only). Parker 

 Music Co., 113 West 40th St.. N. Y. Catalogue free. 3 



PLANTS AND ROOTS 



MAGOON STRAWBERRY. The grandest hern." on the 

 Coast. Should be gi-own in hills. Twenty-five cents 

 perdozen; by mail only. R. W. Turaer, Gresham. Ore. 3 



MICHIGAN and Cobbler Potatoes, millions of vegetable 

 and strawberry plants. Danish Cabbage Seed at $2per 

 lb., postpaid— i*ash. F. M. Pattington, Scipio\ille. N.Y. 3 



CTRAWBERRIES — Some 200.000 strong, well-rooted 

 ^^ plants. No. 1 stock. Must lie sold by Ma>^20; Thirty 



varieties of the best, 

 descriptive catalogue. 



IMces reasonable. Send for mv 

 C. W. Graham, Afton, N. Y. 3 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS THAT GROW." Best va- 

 rieties; also Raspbern,', Blackbeny, Gooseberr>-, Cur- 

 rant, and Grape plants, Asparagus Hoots and Seed Potatoes 



Page 75 



in asBortmsnt. All stock warranted true to name and of 

 grade represented. 40 page catalojj:ue with \i'tr duebill 

 free to each inquirer, C. E. Whitten, Box 27, Bridgmun, 

 Mich. 3 



rpoR Potted Plants and Garden Howers: Acme Flower 

 X Food. Clean, odorless, and a tnily wonderful grower. 

 Greiit tor plants under glass. A trial will co!i\infe you. 

 Trial box 15 cents, box three times as large 30 cents, post 

 paid. Big thing for agents. Acme Specialty Company. 

 Department B. Erie, Pa. 3 



POULTRY, EGGS, ETC. 



A WINNER.' My White Wviuulottc l^ilb-t . by Lambert, 

 scored UfiV- Stock and eggs from Dustou strain for 

 sale. Kar>*l Wright, Conneaut, Ohio. 5 



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ANTAM EGGS. America's Best. Send 2 cent stamp 

 for circular. A. A. Fenn. Box 20. Burlingtwu, Wis. .t 



BARGAINS, stock or eggs. ThorouL^hbred Poultry, 

 Ducks, (Jeesc. (i,000 prizes, circular free. Ciiarlrv 

 Smiley. Milli-an. Ind. 



DICKEN'S WHITE ROCKS have tine, shape, si/.«- an i 

 (•(dor. I ba\(' some choice matiUL's for this season, if 

 you want birds of (]nality. Book your onler with Dick"-n 

 for White Rock Egt-s; none betteratany price. Ten chicks 

 guaranteed from each settini:. 15 eg'fts. $2.00. Arthur 

 Dicken, Route 7, Bellevue, Ohio. 5 



I^^GGS. Best strain ^\"hite Plymouth Kocks. pure white, 

 J large birds, prolific lavers. E. .1. Kirby, Covert. 

 Mich. * 4 



E(tGS make monev and Rose Comb White Leghorns. R- 

 C. Black Minorcas and Partridge Plymouth Kocks 

 make the eggs. Hiuh class stock. Per setting. $2.50- 

 Fewcockerels cheap." Frank Stevens, Sycamore, Illinois. 3 



15 



ROSE COMB Brown Leghorn Eggs, 75 cents. Henry 

 Tiedemann, Hammond, Ind. 



Qn'^'^^^E'^^^^- 2.000 Birds. Hatching Eggs a spec - 

 fjyj ialty. I'ogs, Ferrets. Pigeons. Hares, etc. D«-. 

 scriptive colored 00 page book 10 cents. List free. J. A. 

 Bergey. Box 37, Telford. Pa. 3 



ORPINGTONS. S. C. Buff and White. Blue Ribbon Win- 

 ners, score to 95. Eggs, one setting, $3.00. Two, 

 $5.00. Guaranteed to produce winners. Frank Crowell, 

 Granger, Minn. 4 



PIGEONS. Mated Homers— choice stock. Misses M. E. 

 and H. M. Smith, R. F. D. 3, Wheaton, 111. 3 



PURE BRED POULTRY and Eggs of twenty kinds for 

 sale. Barred and Buff Rocks. Pekin Du.-ks. Bronze 

 Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, Bees and Pox Hounds a special- 

 ty. Enclose stamp for catalogue. J. FredFoy, Redfield. 

 la. -1 



PURE bred Pekin ducks for sale. (J50 selected breeders, 

 Rankin-Hallock strain, fine birds. Eggs by 100 or 

 1,000. Golden West Duck Ranche. Joliet. HI. 4 



RC. B. Leghorns. Ever\- bird in pen laying in Deccui- 

 . ber. 15. $1.50; 2ud" choice, $1.00. A. L. (iould, 

 Gilman, Illinois. -^ 



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Ind. 



OSE COMB WHITE and Rose Comb Browni Lc •h(n-u 

 Eggs, 15, $1.00; 30. $2.00. Jack Cook, Bluflft(U^ 



ROYAL BLUE BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS; Eg-s f.»r 

 sale. A good hatch guaranteed . George W. Watson . 

 Eldorado, Illinois. 4 



RHODE ISLAND REDS. Light Brahmas. White Barred 

 Rocks, White Leghorns and Wyandottes. Hardy, 

 prolific, farm bn.'d pure stock. For 'Birds' ' at moderate 

 prices or "Eggs to Hatch" at 10 cents each wi-ite Walter 

 Sherman. Berry Patch. Newport. R. I. 5 



ROSELAWN POULTRY YARDS will furnish eggs f(tr 

 hatching fi-om the following varieties of fancy fowls: 

 Toulouse. Embden and White (Jhiiia Geese at 20 cents each; 

 Indian Runner Ducks. $1.2.'»: Pekin and Black t'ayuL'a 

 Ducks at $1 per settini: of IH eg'.'s; also Rose Comb Bbick 

 Minorca and Black Tailed .Tapanese Bantam Ei:gs at $1 .50 

 per setting of 15 eggs. I. F. Alexander, Prop., Convoy, 

 Ohio. ^" '^ 



STANDARD-BRED Piize-winuing Barred Plymouth Rocks 

 and S. C. Brown Leghorns. Eggs for hat*_hing from 

 both breeds. Young stock for sale. James W. Hcnidon. 

 119 Wood Avenue, Three Rivers, Mich. 4 



riiWENTY-FIVE Breeds Geese, Ducks and Chickens. 

 A Catalogue free. Largest poultry farm in the north- 

 west. Great Western Poultry Farm, Rural Route No. 4, 

 Mapleton, Minn. 4 



-lT"^HITE W^WNDOTTES— 1 have them, bred to lay and 

 W to show from the famous Dustin strain. Eggs $1 fur 

 13; $5 for 100. H. F. Hallett, Ashfleld. Mass. 3 



SECTIONAL CRATES 



riTt'FTS' SECTIONAL CR.\TE. Neat in appearance. 

 -L Well ventilated. No di\ision racks. No mashed fniit. 

 Displays fniit to best advantage— investigate. Free cat- 

 alogue". Manufactured by Elmer G. Tufts. Aurora. Ind. 5 



WATCHES 



QfT CENTS mailed to us ^vill get you by return mail the 



OO Best Dollar Watch nutde. Stem wind and stem set 



and guaranteed for 1 m-ht. .\. Smith, Jeweler, 151 St. Jo« 



j St.. Three Rivers, Mich. U 



