STRAWBERRIES 



"THERE SHOULD BE A STRAWBERRY FIELD ON E\^R1 FARM." 



THEY REPRESENT A LOW INVESTMENT COST AND ARE KNOWN AS THE FARMERS' GREATEST 



EARLY MONEY CROP 



1956 PRICES FOB STKAWBEKKIES AGAIN PROVE 

 THE WISDOM OF MAINTAINING YOUR PRODUCING 

 ACREAGE. NUMEROUS FARMERS POINT WITH PRIDE 

 TO FACTS OF THEIR STRAWBERRIES CLEANING 

 THEM $1,000.00 PER ACRE. SOME $2,000.00 AND SOME AS 

 MUCH AS 53.000.00 PER ACRE. 



THE STRAWBERRY will long be remembered as a bright 

 spot in every FARM INCOME for 1950. Even those poorly 

 cared for fields brought in the dollars. All of this goes to 

 prove they are one of the dependable crops for the Parmer to 

 grow, and they sure can help out big bringing in that early 

 money. Sure they are some trouble to grow but most all crops 

 that pay well are some trouble to produce. With chemical 

 weed and grass control getting better each year and VIRUS 

 FREE PLANTS of most of our better varieties as well as 

 the new varieties which are resistant to redstele root rot, it 

 lust isn"t too much trouble to have a nice bed of strawberri- 

 es. AND YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THEM 

 EITHER IN YOUR GARDEN OR LARGER ACREAGE. 

 PLANT BOUNTIFUL RIDGE GROWN STRAWBERRY 

 PLANTS THIS YEAR. THEY ARE BEST BY TEST. 



THE GENT:RAL PLANT SUPPLY FOR 1957 



We are located in one of the most concentrated Strawberry 

 plant producing areas in the U. S. and also one of the largest 

 producing areas for fruiting fields. It is natural the Nur- 

 serymen try to and have tept up their plantings so as to 

 make the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula a sure and dependable place 

 where you can get your plants year after year. Our own 

 plantings and our neighboring nurserymen have maintained 

 their normal plantings during spring 1956. We, as nursery- 

 men, distributing plants all over the U. S. naturally do 

 everything possible to have the best planting stock for you 

 wherever you may be located. We possibly change land 

 where our plants are produced more often than any other 

 Nursery in this area, because we consider it essential to 

 growing good plants. Our soils are treated, Fertilizers con- 

 taining Chlordane are applied at proper time, all our fields 

 are dusted regularly with Parathion for control of insects 

 that spread the Virus and other plant diseases. After mak- 

 ing the rounds of our many fields for a personal inspection 

 along with the State Inspector we can say that we have some 

 of the finest plants this year that we have ever grown and 

 a normal supply of most all varieties AND MANY VARIE- 

 TIES GROWN ENTIRELY FROM VIRUS FREE FOUN- 

 DATION STOCK. YOU WILL LIKE OUR PLANTS THIS 

 YEAR AND THE RESULTS THEY GIVE. PLAN AND 

 PLANT THIS YEAR. 



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A field of our plants Krown from VIRUS FREE STOCK 

 :»s they looked .August 1st, 1956. Thy are representative 

 of the flne plants available at Bountiful Ridge for the com- 

 ing year. Bearing the "Stamp of Quality" they will bring 

 results. 



Strawberry Culture 



1. Location, Soil and Preparation. Adequate soil moisture 

 is essential to growing good strawberries : whether the type 

 soil selected holds moisture well. Also take care that "the 

 contour of the land is such that frost pockets will not form 

 late in the spring to freeze out the blossoms. Sites which are 

 not affected by late frosts are considered the best for straw- 

 berry culture. Plow and prepare the soil the same as for 

 truck crops. Never plant in newly plowed sod land, however, 

 as white grub worms are always present in this tvpe of soil 

 and will do a lot of damage to the plants after "being set. 

 The soil should be high in humus for best results. Rye and 

 crimson clover make splendid crops to turn under as a natur- 

 al humus soil builder. However in using these, the land 

 should be plowed far enough ahead so that cover crops have 

 time enough to decay before the plants are set. 



2. Time To Plant. In the Southern states from November 

 to April is considered the best time for planting. March and 

 April in the Central states, and for the Northern states. April 

 and May the best time. We cannot too strongly urge early 

 planting. Set the plants just as soon as the ground is work- 

 able in the spring. Should a cold snap follow, it will not 

 damage the plants if they are properly set. and by setting 

 early the plants will grow better and be more productive in 

 every way. 



3. Distance To Plant. We recommend that strawberry 

 plants be planted in rows 3% - 4 feet apart, spacing the 

 plants 15 - 30 inches apart in the row, depending on the 

 variety. Everbearing varieties should be planted 12 - 10 

 inches apart. For planting in rows 31,4 feet apart and 18 

 inches apart in the rows, it requires 8.000 plants per acre and 

 m rows 4 feet apart and 18 inches apart in the row it re- 

 quires 7,250 plants per acre. 



4. Care of Plants on Arrival. Set plants immediately on 

 arrival, if possible. However, if it is not convenient to d"o so 

 the plants should be removed from the package and dipped 

 in water to allow roots to plump up before setting. If the 

 plants become dried out in transit, thev should be placed in 

 water up to the crowns for at least 3 hours. When this is 

 done the plants should be set as soon as possible after being 

 taken from the water, but in no case should the tops of the 

 plant be wet when being set if the sun is shining because 

 very often the tops will scald and damage the plants ma- 

 terially. If you are not able to plant immediately after the 

 lilants are watered, place the plants where thev w'ill lie kept 

 cool and cover the plants with moss: or dig a V-shaped 

 trench, open the bundles, distribute the plants evenly in the 

 trench, and cover them even with the surface of the" ground 

 and firm the soil. In this manner they can be held until 

 such time as you are able to plant. 



NOTICE 



In order to facilitate the movement of our strawberry 

 plant orders, YOU WILL ALWAYS GET .A SEPARATE 

 ORDER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ANY" STRAW- 

 BERRY" PL.YNTS YOU ORDER .AND YOUR STRAW- 

 BERRY PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED INDEPEND- 

 ENT OF OTHER STOCK ORDERED IN .\LL CASES. 

 We do this because of the perishable nature of straw- 

 berry plants so do not feel alarmed if vou get one part 

 of your order and not the other at the same time. Our 

 STRAWBERRY PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED WHEN 

 DIGGING CONDITIONS PERMIT AND .\CCORDING 

 TO YOUR DIRECTIONS AS NE.AR AS POSSIBLE, SO 

 PLEASE STATE DEFINITELY WHEN YOU WISH 

 YOUR PLANTS SHIPPED WHEN SENDING YOUR 

 ORDER. 



Our Complete Detailed Culture Directions Will Be Sent Upon Request 



VIRUS FREE PLANTS 



1 recent years and it is well lor the planter to have a better 

 understanding of the meaning of VIRUS FREE PLANTS. Plants infected with virus are often abnormally yellow, stunt- 

 ed, are poor runner and berry producers, or more often exhibit a combination of the symptons. Virus free foundation stock 

 was attained only after a complex system of indexing was devised to determine the presence of one or more of the straw- 

 berry viruses. The virus free strains can be continued by controlling the vector, an aphid, with applications of parathion 

 1% (dust or spray) every 14 days from May to frost at the rate of 20 pounds of dust (or a proportionate amount of 

 spray) per acre. However, the fact that virus free plants are used does not eliminate the effects of other diseases and 

 insects already known to the plant grower, many of which are also controlled by following the above dusting or spray 

 program. 



We at Bountiful Ridge are maintaining a dusting schedule on our plants, growing in fumigated soil for the control 

 of nematodes, and using a chlorodane additive in our fertilizer in order to give you. our customer, the best possible 

 stock available for your planting needs. 



Those varieties listed as VIRUS FREE, grown from VIRUS FREE FOUNDATION STOCK, and cared for as stated 

 above are believed to be SUBSTANTIALLY VIRUS FREE. To our knowledge, no state or federal agency can issue a 

 certificate stating strawberry plants are virus free because of the complications involved in determining a large number 

 of plants VIRUS FREE. 



BUY AND PLANT BOUNTIFUL RIDGE GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR GREATER SUCCESS. 



