THE STRAWBERRY MAY 1907 



then water and then some more water. 



Make up your mind that you will keep 

 the runners off the first year. This will 

 mean business, for it "beats all" how 

 strawberries do seem to wanf to send out 

 runners. They are just like all good busi- 

 ness houses in that respect, and they know 

 it pays, but what we want the first year is 

 strength. After we get that we may look 

 for berries. 



Finally, keep the weeds down, or they 

 will down your pretty plants. 



Binghamton, N. Y. 



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T OOK out for the bogus seed and plant 

 '-' men. One fraud practiced for many 

 months on amateur gardeners, recently 

 was exposed by a young woman of New 

 York, the exposure leading to a man 

 named Reiber obtaining the limit of one 

 year and $500 fine. This impostor ad- 

 vertised, in a gorgeously colored catalogue, 

 a marvelous new flower that had been 

 "discovered in Japan, American rights 

 bought for $50,000. A very small quan- 

 tity of the seed will be available this sea- 

 son and we shall dispose of it to early 

 comers at $1 the package." Hundreds 

 of amateurs sent their dollar but none of 

 the seeds (.'') grew. Miss Reineix, after 

 one failure, decided to investigate and 

 sending for a second package submitted 

 this to a professional florist. He pro- 

 nounced the contents of the packet to be 

 palm leaf fans broken into seed-like frag- 

 ments and not seeds at all. 



AS spring advances, most of our readers are 

 ■''■ taking an active interest in garden, farm and 

 lawn. This is as it should be, for now is the 

 time to make final plans for the setting out of 

 trees, shrubs, etc. , and the planting of vegetables 

 and flowers. Those who contemplate setting 

 out young trees should give special care to the 

 selection of hardy, vigorous stock which has 

 been properly started. In this connection we 

 take pleasure in directing attention to the ad- 

 vertisement of Arthur J. Collins, the well- 

 known nurseryman of Morristown, N. J. , in this 

 issue. We advise those who are interested and 

 have not already done so to write at once for 

 Mr. Collins' attractive, interesting booklet en- 

 titled "For Horticulturist and Gardener," which 

 is fully illustrated with many views of trees, 

 fruits, flowers, etc. This book is a veritable 

 mine of information and will be of great assist- 

 ance in making spring plans. 



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WHAT NEXT! One of our advertisers, 

 "^ Mr. R. F. Bieber, General Manager of 

 the famous 1900 Washer Co. of Binghamton, 

 N. Y., is so enthusiastic over the work done by 

 his wonderful Gravity Washer that he makes a 

 wide-open, unlimited offer to let the machine do 

 all the family washing for a month on free trial. 

 Mr. Bieber has sold a great many washers and 

 everybody who has tried the Gravity Washer 

 has been so delighted with the work it does that 

 he says he will be glad to send out washers on 

 free trial to any reliable reader of our paper. He 

 feels sure that anyone who lets the Gravity 

 Washer do four big washings as a trial will 

 n-ant to keep it. So he not only takes all the 

 risk of the full month's free trial, but even pays 

 the freight. 'V'oli need not send him anv 



money in advance or sign any bonds or make 

 any deposits. It washes the clothes by gravity 

 power; all there is for the hands to do, when 

 once the washer is set going, is to guide its 

 movements, which is nothing more than play 

 for a child. The hard part of the washing is all 

 done by the machine itself. It does a washing 

 so quickly that you can hardly believe your own 

 eyes. Washes a big tubful of dirty clothes 

 spotlessly clean in six minutes! It washes fine 

 lace curtains without tearing them. Yes, and it 

 will even wash carpets! Mr. Bieber states that 

 any responsible person wishing to let the Gravity 

 Washer do a month's washing as a free test can 

 get a machine on free trial, without being obli- 

 gated to keep it unless perfectly satisfied. He 

 also says he is not particular whether parties 

 who decide to keep the washer pay for it by the 

 week or by the month. He lets the buyer choose 

 the way most convenient. He says: "Pay me 

 out of what it saves you." You can get full 

 particulars of this liberal free trial offer and 

 "Pay as it Saves for You" plan of selling by 

 sending your name and address to Mr. Bieber. 

 Address your letter or postal to the General 

 Manager of the 1900 Washer Co., Mr. R. F. 

 Bieber, 510 Henry-St., Binghamton, N. Y. 



A GOOD THING to have before you when 

 •'* selecting a sprayer is the new complete 

 catalogue of The E. C. Brown Co. This com- 

 pany is an extensive manufacturer of all styles 

 and sizes of sprayers, operating one of the largest 

 plants in the country devoted entirely to this busi- 

 ness. They sell direct to the user at money-sav- 

 ing prices, and the quality of their line is too well 

 known to need comment. The Brown sprayers 

 are known as the "Auto-Sprays" and are used 

 and endorsed by the U. S. Government, and 

 many of the State Experiment Stations, to say 

 nothing of thousands of fruit-growers and gen- 

 eral farmers all over the country. To thui 

 who have heavy spraying work before them ut 

 want to recommend an investigation of the 

 Auto-Spray No. 28. This is a traction- power 

 outfit, which combines great power with re- 

 markable simplicity of operation and economy 

 in the use of solution. It is equal to the very 

 largest operations, with power to spare, and the 

 best of it is that it costs nothing to generate this 

 great power. The power is produced by gear- 

 ing the pump to the wheels of the truck. It is 

 built to last a life-time, and so simply con- 

 structed that the inexperienced find no difliculty 

 in operating it. Send a postal for their free 

 catalogue. Address The E. C. Brown Co., 

 61 Jay St., Rochester, N. Y. This catalogue 

 is more than a catalogue — it is a book of ready 

 reference in anything pertaining to spraying, 



pOR nearly forty years the house of Wells- 

 *■ Higman Co., St. Joseph, Mich., has stood 

 for high-class goods and a square deal in fruit- 

 package matters. New processes of manufac- 

 ture, improved packages, up-to-date methods in 

 every way, have been the constant aim of this 

 company, with the result that age has only 

 served to strengthen their hold upon the trade, 

 and old customers are their best customers. 

 Get acquainted with this company by sending 

 for their printed matter. 



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DAPER is coming to occupy an important 

 *■ place in the fruit-package interest, and "the 

 basket with the rim," made famous and popular 

 by the Mullen Bros. Paper Co., of St. Joseph, 

 Mich. , is everywhere recognized as an invention 

 of large value. Strong, durable, light, and al- 

 ways ready for business, this berry box is winning 

 hosts of friends every year and extending its 

 field by leaps and bounds. Mullen Bros, will 

 be glad to tell you all about the box if you will 

 send them your address. 



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[fruit packages] 



THE PACKAGE 



SELLS THE FRUIT 



l^EEP this in mind when ordering your 

 *^ packages for the coming season. 

 Remember that we have been making 

 Fruit Packages over a quarter of a cen- 

 tury and know how to make them right. 



We use the best timber we can get, 

 make it up with modern machines, and 

 the result comes as near package perfec- 

 tion as can be attained. 



Order early wherever you buy, but 

 don't forget our Trade Mark. 



We make all kinds of boxes and baskets. 



Send for catalogue and price list. 



THE PIERCE-WILLIAMS CO. 



SOUTH HAVEN, MICH. AND JONESBORO, ARK. 



MANUFACTURED BY THE 



COLB r:: HINKLEY CO.. 

 BERTON HARBOR, MICH. 



BERRY BOXES 

 BERRY CRATES 



In flat or made up. All kinds of 

 BASKETS 



BEST GOODS 



RIGHT PRICES 



Send postal card for catalogue 



Colby-Hinkley Company 



BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN 



Fruit Packages of all Kinds 



Before ordering your supplies 

 write for our 

 Descriptive Catalogue 

 and Price List. 



BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO.. 

 Erie Co. Berlia Heights, Ohio. 



AND HALLOCK 

 BOXES 



BERRY BASKETS 



Also Beekeepers* Supplies sold at a reduced price and 

 shipped from Central Michig-an. Send for 32-page cata- 

 logue free. W. D. SOPER, Jackson, Micb. 



When ^Vriting: Plense Mention The Strawberry 



