16 LEAMON G. TINGLE, PITTSVILLE, MD. 
The New Ranere Raspberry 
The following was clipped from a leading daily paper: 
To A. Ranere, an enterprising local Italian farmer, belongs the credit of plac- 
ing on he market a new red raspberry, that is,as one man put it, “‘the berry 


that is making Hammonton famous. >” ” All last season peop ole enjoyed the luscious 
berries, from ear ly to late, —the latter borne upon ‘‘ ‘spurs’ * which the plants send 
up. Our local nurserymen are Bebe large orders for the plants. 
he following sworn statement will give an idea of what can be raised on a 
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During the season of 1917, from one and one-quarter acres ot the new Ever- 
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bearing Ranere Red Raspberry, 1, George W. Swank, harvested and sold 15,502 
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pints of berries for $962.42; my net receipts being $526.59, as follows: 
Dedu icted Rae cartage, commis- 
sions ana expressage. .$185. 22 
Deducted for harvesting 
15,502 pints at1 1-2 cts. 232.53 
Deducted for packing 
258 1-3 cratesat7cents 18.08— 4385.%3 
Net receipts from 1 1-4 acres ....$526.59 
Net receipts for one acre........ 421.27 
In addition to the above, there were 151 pints lost in transit, claims for which 
are pending with the express company; and fruit was eaten freely on our table, 
and occasionally supplied to neighbors, of which no account was kept. The plants 
continued to bear after we stopped picking, ripe fruit being taken from the patch 
on the third of November. 
The plants were set in 1909 and 1910. Ninety bushels of pigeon manure were 
used in 1912, at a cost of thirty cents per bushel. Enough young plants were sold 
from the acre and a quarter in 1912 to more than pay the fertilizer bill and cost of 
cultivation. 
Attached hereto is an exact copy of the daily reports of the commission mer- 
chants, verifying the above summary. 
State of New Jersey, County of Atlantic: 
The undersigned, George W. Swank, being duly sworn according to the law, 
doth depose and say that the foregoing statements are correct and true. 
GEORGE W. SWANK. 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of February, A. D. 1913. 
WILBER R. TILTON, Notary Public. 
Surplus Strawberry Planis 
Sometimes we have a lotof plants left of some variety that there has been 
little call for. These may be of the more expensive kinds that we have charged 
three times what you will have to pay for them. Towards the close of the season, 
we may be glad to get rid of them at a much reduced figure. We agree to putin 
only gocd kinds, but cannot guarantee any particular variety when you order. 
Vhen ycur order is filled, the varieties will be labled SO Jou will know what you 
ret: Price of sur (plus Strawberry plants, 100, 25c; 500, $1.; 1,€C0, $2. 
SBipping Sirawberry Planis in the Fall 
My sales of Strawberry plants curing fall of 1914 went far beyond my expec- 
Most plant growers refuse to dig any plants fetece the first of Novem- 
ber, because for every plant big enough to sell others are destroyed that would 
be good ones later. Our soil and conditions bei ing eee eee ecapted for an early 
growth, we usually begin shipping abcut October Ist. If you are interested in 
fall planting you should have a copy of my Fall price-list, w hich will ke reedy to 
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mail about September Ist each year. 
