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Henderson's Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants 



SET OUT THIS SUMMER 

 WILL BEAR A FULL CKOP OF BERRIES NEXT SPRING! 



HENDERSON'S 



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 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 Straw- 

 berries, but only such as may be considered the best 

 of existing sorts. 



HENDERSON'S 



Pot -Grown Strawberry Plants 



will be ready about August 1st, 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 season, being a clear gain of one year over the 

 " ground layer " plants, which is certainly worth much more than the 

 slight difference in first cost. 



Send in your orders at once, as we will fill orders in the rotation they 

 are received. Our first crop of plants will be ready about August 1st. 

 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. (Pur- 

 chaser pays transit charges on express shipments). 



STAMINATE OR 

 PERFECT FLOWERING 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE. 



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 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 runners. In the middle of December 

 cover the beds to a depth of 3 inches with salt meadow hay, straw or leaves. In April 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. 



PISTILLATE OR 

 IMPERFECT FLOWERING 



The blossoms of strawberries are either staminate (perfect flowering) or are destitute of stamens and are termed pistillate (im- 

 perfect flowering). Pistillate varieties must.have a row of some perfect flowered sort flowering at the same time 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 

 pollenized the pistillate varieties are usually the most prolific. 



Our leaflet " STRAWBERRY CULTURE," mailed free to tliose requesting it when ordering Strawberry Plants 



