POT-QROWN 



TRAWBERRY 



PLANTS, 



WE (SHOW our StrawBerry Plants In Pots. % 



npHEY 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 yea*- .yver the 

 "ground layer" plants usually supplied by others, which Is certainly worth much more thcii the slight 

 differences in first cost. 



Pot-Urown 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, 



■ nd be transplanted at any sea.son, and it scarcely checks their growth; the earlier the pot-grown plants can b* 

 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 •( 

 existing sorts. 



l^iT" Send in your orders at once, as we will fill orders in the rotation they are received. Our first crop ot plants 

 will be ready about July 25th. Small lots of plants can be mailed if 10c. per dozen is added to the prices to cover 

 postage 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. 



Jt jk jt, BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE .^ ^ jt 



Strawberries require rich, well-tilled soil, the plants should be set 15 inches apart, in rows 2 feet apart ; 100 plants 

 will plant 4 rows, 30 feet long ; an acre reqiures 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 7.200 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 H inches with 

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



■ way 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. 



BI-SEXL AL. 



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 varieties 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 

 poUenize their blossoms. When properly fertilized the pistillate 

 varieties are usually the most prolific. 



PISTIU-\Tn. 



Conplet* cultural Instrnctlont mailed free, to thos* requesting them, oa receipt of order for Strawbciwy Plant*. 



