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E. W. TowysE^n-> & Sons^ Strawherrti Plants 



CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 



THERE are so many different methods of 

 growln,s: StraAvberries that it is useless to 

 set down any special rule for our customers. 

 Most any soil that will {rrow j,'ood garden 

 truck -will produce good berries. Strawberries 

 usually grow well after garden crops, also Pota- 

 toes, Soy Beans and Cow Peas. It is best to 

 l)low land late in the fall or very early in spring, 

 and work over lightly with smoothing harrows 

 just before plants are set. 



Any method of setting plants is all right, just 

 so the roots are set straight and same depth 

 they were grown. Every i)lant should be practi- 

 cally level Avith the soil after being set out. 

 Often and very shallow cultiva- 

 tion is the rule, keeping all weeds 

 and grass out during the entire 

 growing season. 



FERTILIZATION 



If the soil is a g-ood rich garden 

 soil no fertilizer is required for the 

 newly set plants. If the soil is thin 

 we can recommend nothing better 

 than raw bone meal — -400 pounds per 

 acre broadcast in the drill before the 

 row is made up. 



Frequent applications of any good 

 fertilizer or fine barnyard manure 

 may be sprinkled around the plants 

 during the growing season. Chicken 

 manure is one of the best for top 

 dressing, but should be used spar- 

 ingly, or mixed with good rich soil, 

 as too much at one time will injure 

 the plants. Never use a fertilizer 

 with any potash in the mixture di- 

 rectly under the plants. This will 

 be sure to kill most of them. 



Potash mixtures may be applied 

 after plants are set out without in- 

 jury if not put directly on plants. 



PERFECT AND IMPERFECT 

 VARIETIES 



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Wh»n an imperfect flowering va- 

 riety is used for the main crop a 

 perfect flowering variety of the same 

 season ^should b<^ planted at least 

 every fourth to fifth row. This 

 method insures proper polinization 

 at fruiting time. For instance, if 

 you plant Townsend's Big Late, you 

 should set et'ery fourth row to Ford, 

 Townking, Chesapeake or some other 

 good late perfect flowering variety. 



Settingr Plants After Sod Ziand. If no other site 

 for the berry patch is handy, this may be done if 

 the sod land is plowed early in the fail and limed. 

 Allowed to stand in the rough during the winter, 

 most of the grub worms that live in the sod will 

 be winter-killed and the soil can be put in good con- 

 dition the following spring by plenty harrowing and 

 smoothing. Some grubs will be left, and you will 

 lose some plants, but I have known elegant crops 

 to be grown on such soil. 



Distance .Apart to Set Plants. Usually the rows 

 are made three to four feet apart, depending on the 

 variety and the cultural methods to be followed. 

 Many growers plant in check rows at this time 30 

 inches one way. 36 the other way, and set plant in 

 each check mark. And cultivate both ways for a 

 time, using the Kruegers circle runner cutter. 

 This is the least expensive way to grow berries, 

 and the fruit is always larger and firmer, as it 

 gets plenty sunshine and roots have more room to 

 gather moisture. The old standard way is usually 

 to mark rows three and a half feet apart, set 

 plants from 15 inches to two feit apart, depending 

 on the variety, and let the plants form a matted 

 row. This method requires lots of hand work in 

 pulling weeds during the growing season, as the 

 first plants formed are left to root and multiply 



An Imperfect BloBsom. 



A Perfect Blossom. 



the matted row. Some varieties do very well this 

 way — like Chesapeake, Town King. Big Joe, and 

 Pieniier. Other varieties, like Dunlap, Ford, Mc- 

 Alpine often make too many plants for the matted 

 row system, and fruit is smaller than it should be. 

 These varieties should be set wider in the row and 

 kept thinned out. 



TIME TO PLANT 



Early spring is the most logical, natural, and most 

 successful time to set Strawberry Plants. Don't 

 neglect to set some Strawberry Plants this spring — 

 thinking you can make it up by summer or fall 

 planting. It can't be done, unless you have some 

 plants growing on your own plantation that you 

 can transplant. 



Southern States can plant Strawberries with 

 safety all winter months. The Mid- 

 _ die States March and April, and for 



the Northern States April. 



Favorite 'Varieties for Worthem and 

 Middle States 



Premier for early Big Joe, Dr. 

 Burrill and Cooper, medium. Aroma, 

 Paul Jones, New York, medium to 

 late. For very late — Town King. 

 Chesapeake, Ford, Lupton, Pearl, 

 \Vm. Belt, Everbearing. Mastodon 

 and Lucky Strike. 



For the Southern States 

 For early berries — Townsend's 

 Missionary, New Prince, Klondyke. 

 For later berries — Aroma, Gandy, 

 Lupton, Big Joe. For everbearing — 

 Mastodon and Champion, 



There are many other good varie- 

 ties listed and should be tested out, 

 but the varieties named above are 

 the general favorites in the sections 

 named, 



WHY EVERY HOME SHOULD 

 HAVE A STRAWBERRY BED 



I have never yet met a person who 

 did not like Strawberries, Straw- 

 berries are much better gathered 

 fresh from the vines. Little money 

 is needed to start a bed. 



The small kiddies, and the women 

 folks will be glad to do most the 

 hoeing and pulling grass. 



The kids especially like this, as 

 they get all the big juicy berries 

 they can eat while they are at work 

 (when the big Everbearing varieties 

 are planted). 



Many women are making their 



own spending money by planting an 



Everbearing Strawberry Garden 



every year. Returns come in quick after planting, 



and the profits are big, 



Mrs, Carrie Townsend, of Maryland, made over 

 $500 last year from her Everbearing Garden — first 

 year. This year she has eight acres and is now 

 harvesting nearly a truckload of berries every other 

 day. Her profits will run into the thousands this 

 season. Mrs. Townsend used to be one of our 

 office girls. She quit her job and went into busi- 

 ness for herself. Needless to say that she started 

 with Townsend's plants. 



Good Strawberry patches help keep the boys and 

 girls on the farm. 



Any good garden soil will produce Strawberries 

 successfully. 



Nothing will help sell a farm like a good Straw- 

 berry patch. 



Plant Strawberries between the rows of young 

 trees. They will pay all the cost of bringing the 

 young orchard into bearing. 



If you are convenient to a good road you should 

 grow several varieties of Strawberries, enough to 

 cover the entire season from June 1st to November 

 15th; also other small fruits and flowers. 



The roadside stand makes a dandy market for 

 fruits and flowers, TRY IT. 



