PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK. — POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
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TRAWBERRY 
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WE GROW our Strawberry Plants in Pots. K <3 
HPHEY will be ready on and after July 25th, and if set out any time before September 15th, they will 
grow into fine 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 
scarely 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 
" cream " of existing sorts. 
I^fTSend in your order at Once, as we 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 weight and postage, it is advis- 
able to have larger quantities go by express, so the earth may not be disturbed, (purchaser pays transit 
charges on express shipments.) 
BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE. 
Strawberries require rich, well-tilled soil, the plants should be set ij inches apart, in rows 2 feet 
apart ; 100 plants will plant 4 rozvs, 30 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 3 feet apart requiring 7,260 
plants for an acre. Firm the plants well in the soil, keep thoroughly cultivated and cut off all rnnners. 
In the middle of December, cover the beds to a depth of 3 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 IHPERFECT 
...Flowering Strawberries. 
The blossoms of strawberries are either bisexual {per- 
fect flowering) or are destitute of stamens and are termed 
pistillate {imperfect flowering.) Pistillate varieties must 
have a row of a per feet -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 the 
most prolific. 
BI-SEXUAL. 
PISTILLATE. 
Complete cultural instructions mailed free, to those requesting them, on receipt of order for strawberry plants. 
