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VERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 





LUCKY STRIKE (Everbearing Strawberry) 



% Lucky Strike has again 



^ % won against all competition 



^k % -» in the Everbearing straw- 



M ■ iJ^^"^ berry world. Lucky Strike 

 ■*< ^ is truly the Aristocrat of all 



Ever - Bearing Strawberries. 

 Xot only surpasses all oth- 

 ers in quantity of fruit this 

 season but stands out su- 

 preme in quality. The Mas- 

 todon, which was sent out 

 last spring by a number of 

 Michigan growers, with great 

 claims for size, beauty and 

 productiveness, was tested 

 by the side of the Lucky 

 Strike, given same careful 

 attention in every respect, 

 and has failed to make even 

 a creditable showing, and 

 about one-tenth as many ber- 

 ries per plant. 



Worlds Champion stands 

 second on our list, and has 

 again made a wonderful 

 record. No one can cor- 

 rectly describe Lucky Strike. 

 It must be seen and tast- 

 ed to fully appreciate all 

 its good qualities. Lucky 

 Strike is as easy to grow as a standard variety, except 

 the blossoms must be removed twice during the plant- 

 ing season in order to let the plant get a good start. 

 By July 15th in most sections a full crop may be ex- 

 pected on Spring set plants, and if frequent cultiva- 

 tion is given and the soil kept inriched by frequent ap- 

 plications of manure (Chicken manure with acid phos- 

 phate and wood ashes is good) by spreading between 

 the l ws and cultivated in a full crop of berries will 

 contii <.i all summer and fall, unless weather conditions 

 preverr in the way of drouths. We have never know r n 

 Lucky -trike plants to fail to produce a full crop on our 

 grounos in the nine years we have had them under test. 

 And every year they have beaten all competitors in 

 every way shape and form. Our only regret is that we 

 cannot grow enough of these plants to supply the de- 

 mand. At this writing September 1st. we are more 

 than half sold on our present stock. 



In order to make them go as far as possible, we will 

 sell only in six and dozen lots, until we can get a good 

 stock of plants. 



Mr. Albert Miller of New York writes: — I paid you 

 five years ago $5.00 for five Lucky Strike plants I con- 

 sider this the best buy of my life. I have tried a dozen 

 other ever bearing sorts. Nothing I have seen comes 

 near your Lucky Strike. 



Mr. Goodell of Mass., writes: — Lucky Strike, is a 

 winner for you and for me, I cannot see how you can 

 be so modest in your discription of such a wonderful 

 variety, when your competitors are making so much 

 fuss about worthless varieties, and near worthless. Your 

 name will go down in history as being the Introducer 

 of the greatest variety of strawberries. 



LUCKY BOY (EB.) 



In some sections of the country we find that Lucks 

 Boy is the best of the everbearing. In other sections, 

 it fails to produce in the summer and fall, but in every 

 case it is one of the most prolific of the spring crops. 

 Lucky Boy should be grown in hills only. Fruit is ex- 

 tra large and extra fine in quality. We have picked over 

 one quart per plant at one time, of fine large berries, 

 when grown in hills. A New Jersey grower wrote us 

 that he picked 350 quarts from 102 plants, first year 

 plants were set. It is a Cooper seedling, and seems to 

 be at its best in N. J. 



WORLDS CHAMPION (EB.) 



From the hundreds of reports received again this 

 season, we would think there was no doubt but what 

 the Wordls Champion was the leading everbearing 

 strawberry, and we believe that it is to date; but it 

 would not be the case if there was sufficient Lucky 

 Strike E. B. plants to place them in the hands of as 

 many growers as there are Champion. Lucky Strike is 

 the Aristocrat of them all, and time will prove it; but 

 until the time arrives for sufficient plants to be grown 

 and disseminated, we must look to the Worlds Cham- 

 pion for the most of our supply. 



The Champion is great and fills a long gap between 

 the spring varieties and its own season. Plant in rich 

 soil, give shallow and frequent cultivation, keep blos- 

 soms off until July 1st, and then let them fruit, but 

 keep the hoe and cultivator going until killing frost. 

 You should have a good crop of berries all the time 

 from July 20, until hard freezes. There is no crop more 

 profitable for the home than an everbearing strawberry 

 garden. We could fill this book with testimonials re- 

 ceived from our customers since we have been selling 

 these plants. A few hundred plants in a well kept gar- 

 den often pay more than $1.00 per plant first year; and 

 $1,000.00 per acre is often reported. 



PROGRESSIVE (EB.) 



The Progressive was the first real everbearing to be 

 introduced, and is still planted probably more than any 

 other everbearing today. It is a sure cropper of me- 

 dium sized berries of extra good quality, and is one of 

 the best for the extreme South. Does best under hill 

 system or narrow matted row. A few hundred plants 

 will furnish a large family all the berries they can use 

 for family use, and some to sell. And an acre will go 

 a long way in paying the family expenses. 



Mrs. Geo. Harmon, of Ala., writes us that from 2500 

 Progressive plants set last spring, she received over 

 $600.00 in cash. Mrs. Gardner, of Maine, sold $150.75 

 worth of berries from 1000 plants set last spring. 



Ever Bearing Varieties That We Have 

 Discontinued 



Perfection — too soft and too poor in quality. 



Jewell — Small in size and very poor in quality. 



Superb — Does not fruit in summer enough to be 

 classed as an everbearer. 



Mastodan — Made such a poor showing will not cat- 

 alog it this year. 



We have several new seedlings under test, some are 

 showing up well, but wish to make further test before 

 offering them for sale. 



