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INDEX AND PRICES OF 



HENDERSON'S POTGROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



These are much superior to the ordinary ground layers usually sold, as there is no loss of fine roots in taking them up consequently 

 transplanting 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 considered the best of existing sorts. The plants will be ready about August 1st, and if set out any time before September 15th 

 hey should grow into fine plants and bear a full crop of luscious fruit the next season. 



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Note: P means Pistillate. 

 P.F . means Perfect Flowering. 



Abington. Medium Early — P.F 



Americus. Fall Fruiting — P.F. 10c. each. 



Barrymore. Mid-season — P.F 



Bederwood. Early — P.F 



Brandywine. Mid-season to Late — P.F. 



Bubach. Mid-season — P 



Cardinal. Mid-season — P 



City of Chester. Mid-season — P 



Chipman. Early to mid-season — P.F. . . . 

 Chesapeake. Mid-season to Late — P.F. 



Climax. Extra Early — P.F 



Commonwealth. Very Late — P.F 



Corsican. Mid-season — P.F. 



Early Ozark. Extra Early— P.F 



Fendall. Mid-season to Late — P.F . . . . 



Fremont Williams. Late — P.F 



Gandy. Late— P.F 



Glen Mary. Mid-season — P.F 



Great Ruby. Mid-season to Late — P. . . 

 25 Plants of one variety 



Doz. 



100 



1000 



Page 



$.60 



$4.00 



S35.00 



8 



1.00 



8.00 





9 



.50 



3.50 



30.00 



8 



.50 



3.50 



30.00 



9 



.50 



3.50 



30.00 



9 



.50 



3.50 



30.00 



9 



.60 



4.00 



35.00 



10 



.60 



4.00 



35.00 



10 



.60 



4.00 



35 . 00 





.60 



4.00 



35.00 



4 



.60 



4.00 



35.00 





.75 



5.50 



50 . 00 



10 



.60 



4.00 



35.00 



10 



.60 



4.00 



35.00 



10 



.60 



4.00 



35 . 00 



11 



.60 



4.00 



35.00 



11 



.50 



3 50 



30.00 



11 



.50 



3.50 



30.00 



11 



.60 



4.00 



35. CO 



11 



Note: P means Pistillate. 

 P.F . means Perfect Flowering. 



Heritage. Mid-season to Late — P.F. . 



Marshall. Mid-season — P.F 



Mascot. Mid-season — P.F 



Michel's Early. Extra Early — P.F... 



Missionary. Early — P.F 



New York. Mid-season — P.F 



Nick Ohmer. Mid-season — P.F 



Norwood. Medium Early to Mid-season 



P.F 



Progressive. Fall Fruiting — P.F. 10c. 



each 



Reliance. Mid-season — P.F 



Sample. Late — P 



Sharpless. Mid-season — P.F 



Success. Early to Mid-season — P.F . 

 Steven's Late Champion. Late — P.F 

 Uncle Jim. Mid-season to Late — P.F. 

 Willard. Mid-season to Late — P.F.. . 



Wm. Belt. Mid-season — P.F 



will be supplied at the 100 rate; 250 at the 1000 rate. Purchasers to pay expressage. 



Doz. 



100 



.60 



4.00 



.60 



4.00 



.60 



4.00 



.50 



3.50 



.60 



4 00 



.50 



3.50 



.50 



3 . 50 



.60 



4.00 



1.00 



8.00 



.50 



3.50 



.60 



4.00 



.50 



3.50 



.50 



3.50 



.60 



4.00 



.60 



4.00 



.60 



4.00 



.50 



3.50 



1000 



35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 30.00 

 35.00 

 30.00 

 30.00 



35 . 00 



30 . 00 

 35.00 

 30.00 

 30.00 

 35 . 00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 30 . 00 



ABOUT SHIPPING STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



Have your plants sent by express. They will reach you in 

 etter condition than by Parcel Post and the cost in most cases 

 , less when bought in quantities of one hundred or over. 



The safe arrival is guaranteed in good condition of strawberry 

 plants sent by express where transit does not exceed three days. 

 Pot-grown strawberry plants are ready about August 1st. 

 Vegetable plants ready between June 15th and August 1st. 

 We ship them by express only. See page 13. 



Regarding Celery Plants see page 12. 



Plants we do NOT deliver free by express. We make no 

 charge for packing but in all cases the buyer must pay the 

 carrying charges. We always add extra plants to help defray 

 express charges. We do not ship plants C. O. D. for goods. 



Parcel Post. — We deliver strawberry plants free by Parcel 

 Post in the U. S. at dozen prices, if so ordered, but we have to 

 take the soil from the roots to lighten the weight, thus much of 

 the value of being grown in pots is lost. As we get no receipt 

 from the postmaster for packages unless insured, purchasers must 

 remit 5c. extra if thev want insurance. 



STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



BY PETER HENDERSON. 



THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION.— Strawberries will 

 grow on almost any soil, but it is all-important that it be well 

 drained, either naturally or artificially; in fact, this is true for 

 the well-being of nearly all plants, as few plants do well on soils 

 where the water does not freely pass off. 



Thorough culture requires that the soil should be first dug or 

 plowed, then spread over with at least three inches of thoroughly 

 rotted stable manure, which should be dug or plowed under, so 

 far as practicable, to mix it with the soil. If stable manure 

 cannot be had, artificial manure, such as ground bone dust, etc., 

 should be sown on the dug or plowed ground, thick enough to 

 nearly cover it, then harrowed or chopped in with a fork, so that 

 it is well mixed with the soil to at least six inches in depth. 

 This, then, is the preliminary work before planting, to insure a 

 crop the next season after planting — in nine or ten months. 



POT-GROWN PLANTS.— The plants must be such as are lay- 

 ered in pots (see cut) page 2 and 3 and the sooner they are planted 

 out after the 25th of July, the better, although, if not then con- 

 venient, they will produce a crop the next season even if planted 

 as late as the middle of September; but the sooner they are 

 planted the larger will be the crop. 



HOW TO PLANT. — They ma}' be set from pot layers either in 

 beds of four rows each, fifteen inches apart, and fifteen inches 

 between the plants, leaving two feet between the beds for path- 

 way; or be set out in rows two feet apart, the plants in the rows 

 fifteen inches apart; and if the plants are properly set out (care 

 being taken to firm the soil around the plant, which is best done 



by pressing the soil against each plant with the foot), not one 

 plant in a thousand of Strawberry plants that have been grown 

 in pots will fail to grow. 



HOW TO CULTIVATE.— For the first three or four weeks 

 after planting nothing need be done except to hoe the beds, so 

 that all weeds are kept down. Be careful to do this once in 

 every ten days; for if the weeds once get a start, it will treble 

 the labor of keeping the ground clean. In about a month after 

 planting they will begin to throw out runners, all of which must 

 be pinched or cut off as they appear, that by the end of the growing 

 season (1st of November) each plant will have formed a com- 

 plete bush one foot or more in diameter, having the necessary 

 matured " crowns " for next June's fruits. 



COVERING IN WINTER.— By the middle of December the 

 entire beds of Strawberry plants should be covered up with salt 

 meadow hay (straw, leaves or anything similar will do as well) 

 to the depth of two or three inches, entirely covering up the 

 plants and soil, so that nothing is seen but the hay. By April, 

 the plants so protected will show indications of growth, when 

 the hay around each plant is pushed a little aside, to assist 

 it in getting through the covering, so that by May the fully 

 developed plant shows on the clean surface of the hay. This 

 " mulching " as it is called, is indispensable to the best culture, 

 as it protects the plants from cold in winter, keeps the fruit 

 clean, keeps the roots cool by shading them from the hot sun in 

 June, and at the same time saves nearly all further labor after 

 being once put on, as few weeds can push through it. 



