STRAWBERRIES 



"THERE SHOULD BE A STRAWBERRY FIELD ON EVERY FARM" 



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



EARLY MONEY CROP 



The year l'Jo~ again proved the wisdom of producing and 

 marketing high quality strawberries. The growers who had 

 good berries found the market good and they made a nice 

 profit. Many cleared as much as S3.000 per acre and felt the 

 strawberry deal a bright spot in their farm income. 



Year in and year out, strawberries are one of the most de- 

 pendable crops the farmer grows. The early money which 

 can be derived from them is available from few other sources. 

 Sure, they are some trouble to grow but most all crops which 

 pay well are some trouble. With chemical weed control a 

 reality, plants with VIRUS-FREE VIGOR available in most 

 all of the varieties, and many outstanding varieties resistant 

 to as many as three types of red stele root rot, growing nice 

 fruiting beds and producing good crops is just not too much 

 trouble. BOUNTIFUL RIDGE VIRUS-FREE PLANTS 

 WILL BRING YOU RESULTS. WHETHER PLANTED IN 

 GARDENS UK LARGE COMMERCIAL ACREAGE BOUN- 

 TIFUL RIDGE GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS ARE 

 BEST BY TEST. 



The General Plant Supply for 1958 



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 kept 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. We and 

 our neighboring nurserymen have maintained their normal 

 plantings during the spring of 1957. We, as Nurserymen, 

 distributing plants all over the U. S. naturally do every- 

 thing 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, 

 we can say that we have some very nice plants this year. 

 Some varieties may be in short supply due to the severe 

 drought which hit this area during the growing season. We, 

 however, have our plantings spread out sufficiently so that 

 our overall supply was not cut as much as it might have 

 been. Most of our plantings of last spring were from VIR- 

 ES-FREE PLANTING STOCK. YOU WILL LIKE OUR 

 PLANTS THIS YEAR AND THE RESULTS THEY GIVE. 

 PLAN AND PLANT THIS YEAR. 



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This photo, taken September 20, shows one of our fields 

 >f plants for this spring: shipment. Stelemaster are on the 

 right and Streamliner on the left. 



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 type 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 SVi - 4 feet apart, spacing the 

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

 variety. Everbearing varieties should be planted 12-16 inches 

 apart. For planting in rows 3% feet apart and 18 inches 

 apart in the rows, it requires 8,000 plants per acre and in 

 rows 4 feet apart ond 18 inches apart in the row it requires 

 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 do 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, they 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 

 plants are watered, place the plants where they will be 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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR ANY STRAW- 

 BERRY PLANTS YOU ORDER AND TOl'R STRAW- 

 BERRY PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED INDENPENT- 

 ENT OF OTHER STOCK ORDERED IN ALL CASES. 

 We do this because of the perishable nature of straw- 

 berry plants so do not feel alarmed if you 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 ACCORDING 

 TO YOUR DIRECTIONS AS NEAR AS POSSIBLE, SO 

 PLEASE STATE DEFINITELY WHEN YOU WISH 

 VOIR PLANTS SHIPPED WHEN SENDING YOUR 

 ORDER. 



Our Complete Detailed Culture Directions Will Be Sent Upon Request 



VIRUS FREE PLANTS 



Virus Free plants have had a great deal of publicity in recent years and it is well for 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 symptoms. 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 30 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 ehlorodaue additive in our fertilizer in order to give you, our customer, the best possible 

 stock available for your planting needs. 



The varieties listed in this catalog as VIRUS FREE have been grown from VIRUS FREE FOUNDATION STOCK and 

 cared for as listed above. These plants will carry a tag issued by the MARYLAND STATE HORTICULTURAL DE- 

 PARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AS BEING REGISTERED ESSENTIALLY VIRUS FREE. 



BUY AND PLANT BOUNTIFUL RIDGE STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR GREATER SUCCESS. 



