PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— POT GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 1 



POT-GROWN 



TRAWBERRY 



PLANTS. 



Henderson's 

 POT-GROWN 

 Strawberry 

 Plant. 



WE GROW our Strawberry Plants in Pots. 



'T'HEY will be ready on and after July 25th, and if set out any time before September 15th, they will grow into fin? 



' plants and bear a full crop of luscious fruit the next spring, being a clear gain of one year over the " ground 



layer " plants usually supplied by others, which is certainly worth much more than the slight difference in first cost. 



Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants are much superior to the ordinary ground layers usually sold, as there is no 

 loss of fine roots in taking them up, and they can be shipped safely to distant parts of the United States and 

 Canada, and be transplanted at any season, and It scarcely checks their growth; the earlier the pot-grown plants 

 can be planted after August 1st, the larger they will grow and the more they will produce the next spring. 



We do not offer a long list of varieties in Strawberries, but only such as may be fairly considered the best 

 of existing sorts. 



^3P~Send in your order at once, as we will fill orders in the rotation they are received. Our first crop of 

 plants will be ready about July 25th. Small lots of plants can be mailed at the prices quoted per dozen, but as we have 

 to wash the ball of earth from the roots to reduce the weight and postage, it is advisable to have larger quantities go 

 by express, so the earth may not be disturbed. (Purchaser pays transit charges on express shipments.) 



£ J- J> BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE. J> J> J- 



Strawberries require rich, well-tilled soil, the plants should be set ij inches apart, in rows 2 

 feet apart; ioo plants will plant 4 rows, jo feet long; an acre requires 14,520 plants if set at the 

 above distance, but for horse cultivation they should be set 2 feet apart, in rows j feet apart requir- 

 ing 7, 260 plants for an acre. Firm the plants well in the soil, keep thoroughly cultivated and cut 

 off all runners. In the middle of December, cover the beds to a depth of J inches with salt meadow 

 hay, straw or leaves. In April, or as soon as the plants show an indication of growth push the 

 covering away from the plants to allow them to come up through. This " mulching " protects the 

 plants from the cold in winter and the heat in summer, keeps the fruit clean and prevents the 

 growth of weeds. 



PERFECT versus IMPERFECT 



<* •* <* Flowering Strawberries. 



The blossoms of strawberries are either bi-sexual 

 (perfect flowering) or are destitute of stamens and are 

 termed pistillate (imperfect flowering.) Pistillate varie- 

 ties must have a row of a perfect-flowered sort, planted 

 every nine or twelve feet apart among them, or, better 

 yet, every third or fourth plant in the row, to pollenize 

 their blossoms. When properly fertilized the pistillate 

 varieties are usually the most prolific. - 



BI-SEXUAL. 



Complete cultural instructions mailed free, to those requesting them, on receipt of order for strawberry plants-, 



