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Plant Our Winter Covered Strawberry Plants For Greater Results. See Page 27. 



STRAWBERRIES 



An Early Profit-Maker For Every Farm 



IN THE YEARS OF LOW FARM INCOME STRAWBERRIES HAVE PROVEN THE GROWERS' 



MOST DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF INCOME. THEY REPRESENT A LOW INVESTMENT 



COST AND ARE KNOWN AS THE FARMERS' GREATEST EARLY MONEY 



CROP. THERE SHOULD BE A STRAWBERRY FIELD ON EVEY FARM. 



C TTT TTTRP An y good garden soil will produce 

 UUHUilL Strawberries successfully. Soil should 

 be rich in humus for best results. Never plant in new- 

 ly plowed sod land, for the white grubworm is sure to 

 do you damage. Rye or crimson clover make splendid 

 crops to turn under. In this way you put natural 

 humus in the soil and it will not require so much fer- 

 tilizer. Ground bone used at the rate of about 500 

 pounds or more to the acre, gives splendid results as 

 a fertilizer, although complete fertilizers such as 4-8-4 

 prove very satisfactory if worked into the soil thor- 

 oughly. Sometimes it is well to side dress the 

 plants after they have started to grow. The fruit 

 buds of the strawberry are formed in the fall of the 

 year, and the plant should be fed well during August 

 and September to insure a heavy crop of fruit. All fer- 

 tilizers applied in the spring merely stimulates the plant 

 growth and produces larger berries. We recommend a bal- 

 anced fertilizer for spring application. A liberal spread- 

 ing of barnyard manure is always desirable. If this is not 

 possible, be sure and mulch the beds with some straw 

 or other reasonably coarse litter to protect the plants during severe freezing weather. Remove litter from the 

 beds in spring and rake to the middles of the rows to help control weed growth and keep the berries clean while 

 ripening. We recommend that they be planted in' rows 3% to 4 feet apart, putting the plants from 15 to 24 inches 

 apart in the rows, depending on the variety. Putting the rows 3^ feet apart and plants IS inches apart in the 

 row requires about 8000 plants to the acre. Putting the rows 4 feet apart and plants 18 inches apart in the row 

 requires about 7250 plants to the acre. It is always desirable to plant on a slightly elevated row and continue to 

 build this up while hoeing and cultivating the plants to insure drainage. Liberal applications of manure, applied 

 after plowing and worked well in the soil, are the best things to build up the land ready for planting. 



We have developed our strawberry plant business till we are now shipping: plants by the million each season, 

 and our plants are grown on land that will produce clean-rooted stock. We are practicing the same policy of 

 grading and packing our strawberry plants as we are in the balance of our nursery, and you will find our 

 plants and methods of packing superior to manv other nurseries. IT DOES NOT PAY TO BUY CHEAP STRAW- 

 BERRY PLANTS, AND AT THE PRICE THEY ARE NOW SELLING IT DOES NOT PAY YOU TO DIG FROM 

 YOUR OWN BEDS AND LIMIT YOUR YIELD. Our plants are all grown on sandy loam soils and they can be 

 dug at most any time with their full root system. We are only listing what we consider the best, except for a 

 few new varieties which we are listing for trial, and we know they are worthy but we advise they be tried in your 

 section before planting heavy of them. Good plants are not plentiful this year. We have a supply of several mill- 

 ion, but if there is a normal demand there will develop a plant shortage. Our shipping season opens October 1st 

 and continues until May 10th each year. We shall do our best to serve you in a satisfactory way in whatever 

 strawberrv plants or other nurserv stock you might want to plant this spring. SPECIAL PRICES WILL BE 

 GIVEN TO CO-OPERATIVE BUYING ORGANIZATIONS AND CLUB ORDERS. 



NOTICE: In order to facilitate the movement of our strawberrv plant orders YOU WILL ALWAYS GET A 

 SEPARATE ORDER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ANY STRAWBERRY PLANTS YOU ORDER AND YOUR 

 STRAWBERRY PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED INDEPENDENT OF OTHER STOCK ORDERED IN ALL 

 CASES. We do this because of the perishable nature of Strawberrv plants so do not feel alarmed if you get one 

 part of your order and not the other at the same time. YOUR STRAWBERRY PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED 

 WHEN DIGGING CONDITIONS PERMIT AND ACCORDING TO YOUR DIRECTIONS AS NEAR AS POSSI- 

 BLE SO PLEASE STATE DEFINITELY WHEN YOU WISH YOUR PLANTS SHIPPED WHEN SENDING 

 1'OUE ORDER. 



EARLY VARIETIES 



One million Bountiful Ridge Grown plants in this 

 field. Living examples of vigor and thriftiness — they 

 will give results wherever planted. 



The NEW BLAKEMORE 



The Central East's Greatest Early Commercial Berry 

 Now Offered In A Yellows Resistant Strain 



AFTER SEVERAL YEARS TESTING THE U. S. D. A. RELEASED STOCK PLANTS TO PLANT GROW- 

 ING NURSERIES SPRING OF 1937. OUR PLANTS DID UNUSUALLY WELL PRODUCING MORE NEW 

 PLANTS THAN ANY OTHERS RELEASED IN THIS SECTION AND NOT A SIGN OF YELLOWING OF THE 

 FOLIAGE OR DISEASE OF ANY KIND. AT THE REQUEST OF THE U. S. D. A. WE SENT PLANTS FROM 

 OUR BEDS TO MOST ALL THE BERRY PRODUCING SECTIONS AS STOCK PLANTS. WE MADE A LIB- 

 ERAL PLANTING OF OUR OWN AND TODAY HAVE A SUPPLY OF OVER ONE MILLION PLANTS OF 

 THIS NEW STRAIN BLAKEMORE. NO STRAWBERRY GROWER CAN NOW AFFORD TO PLANT THE 

 OLD TYPE BLAKEMORE AND THIS GREAT COMMERCIAL BERRY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE 

 GREATEST BERRIES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION. 



It is a very free plant maker and responds quickly to good treatment. It is an abundant bearer, the fruit 

 averages large and retains its bright attractive red color even after being picked several days. Quality is superior 

 to Missionary and Klondyke but not equal to Premier. It will ripen a few days earlier than Premier. The fol- 

 iage is healthy and vigorous. The plants hold up well during a drought. The berries are firm and unexcelled as 

 a long distance shipping berry and preferred by all Strawberry processing companies. 



PREMIER 



An old favorite and possibly the 

 world's greatest strawberry 



No strawberry ever introduced has brought the returns to the grower that the Premier has. and it still stands 

 unchallenged as a real money-maker. It has a record very hard to equal as an early market berry, and we cannot 

 say too many good things about it. Consider these important facts about Premier and you can readily understand 

 why we say this about it. Until the introduction of the P.lakemore it had no equal as a variety that would adapt 

 itself to most all soil and climatic couditions. whether the soil was sandy, clay loam or rocky: whether it was 

 planted in North Carolina, Mass.. or 111., you always had an abundance of new plants that were thrifty and disease 

 free. The land did not have to be rich. Of course, it will do better on good soils, but even on comparatively 

 poor soil Premier always makes a showinsr for you. It can be considered almost frost-proof. It has never failed 

 in a crop in this section since it was introduced. The berries average large and hold up well under heavy crops 

 and unfavorable seasonable conditions: it ripens over a comparatively long period, from two to three weeks: the 

 berries have an attractive bright red color and unusual quality that is only surpassed by Chesapeake and possibly 

 Red Gold. It is moderately firm and will carry well to markets up to three hundred miles and further if handled 

 properly. It is tlie best of the tried and proven early varieties. As an assurance of next year's income, plant an 

 acre or more of Bountiful Ridge grown PREMIER this spring. 

 HOWARD 17 Conceded by all eminent horticulturists to be the same as Premier. 



