LEAMON (;. TINCiLK, PITTSVILLE, MARYLAND 15 



Fall-Bearing Strawberries 



Another year has proven that fall-bearing strawberries are the most valu- 

 able addition to the strawberry world that has ever been known. All over the 

 country people are beginning to realize their possibilities, and those who a year 

 or two ago were skeptical are now enthusiastic. 



Remember, you take no chances in planting these berries, for they are a 

 proven success, and while the price that can be had for the fruit may not 

 always be as high as it is now, still it will be years before they are so exten- 

 sively planted that there will not be big money in growing them. 



The price of fall-bearing plants is so reasonable that you cannot afford to 

 be without them. Outside of the labor of keeping the blossoms off the first 

 >ear, their care is no different than that given the spring sorts, and the returns 

 they will give you the first year alone will be worth ten times the money and 

 labor expended on them. 



If you desire to raise fruit for market these fall-bearing varieties will give 

 you an opportunity to sell when the strawberry supply is limited. Fall-bearing 

 strawberries have opened up a new field for the commercial grower. 



They are no harder to grow than the "June only" kinds. For full crops 

 in autumn, it is best to remove all blossoms until about the first or middle 

 of July. In all other respects they should be given the same treatment as other 

 varieties of strawberries. 



Americus '^^^ plant of the Americus is very healthy and a strong grower; 

 the berry is medium to large in size, firm, uniform shape, bright 

 red through and through. The plant when loaded with berries is a beauty. The 

 berries have the wild strawberry flavor, and I consider it the best flavored 

 of all strawberries. I have the nicest lot of Americus plants that I have 

 ever grown. 



Peerless ^ ^®^ ever-bearing variety introduced by Samuel Cooper, of New 

 York. Mr. Cooper also introduced Superb, and in comparison he 

 says: "Peerless is better than Superb, being a more vigorous grower, more 

 productive of somewhat larger fruit and fully equal to Superb in quality." 

 After fruiting Peerless one season I find it all Mr. Cooper claims for it, 

 especially in the quantity and size of the fruit. If you are growing Superb, try 

 a few Peerless. 



Progressive ^ wonderful fall-bearing strawberry and considered the best 

 ^ by many growers. The spring-set plants not only produce a 



big crop of berries the same season, but the runner plants commence to bear 

 fruit as soon as set, and quite often you will find a runner plant full of blossoms 

 and be Ties before it has made any roots, and in this way Progressive yields a 

 crop of fruit the first year that is truly wonderful. The fruit of the Progressive 

 is of good size, smooth, of good color and appearance. The plant is a good 

 grower and healthy. 



Standoat This would be the best of the fall-bearing strawberries if it 

 '^ would only make more plants; the berries are large, and it is 



one of the most prolific of them all; very fine flavor and firm. For the "hill 

 system" of growing, it is ideal after you once get the plants. I have only a few 

 hundred of the plants, and will supply you as long as my stock lasts. 



SuDerb Some growers consider the Superb the best of the fall-bearing 

 ^ sorts, but I find the Progressive the best with me. The Superb is 



not as good a grower as the Progressive, but is ideal for the hill system of 

 growing; nor does it produce as many berries, but the berries are of large 

 size and very handsome. It resembles the Chesapeake so much that some 

 persons have mistaken it for the Chesapeake. The Superb is not only a good 

 fall-bearing sort, but one of the most profitable varieties to plant for a regular 

 season crop. 



