THE BIG JOE "FOR BIG PROFITS" (Per) 



Big Joe is a medium to late large fancy berry. A 

 strong hardy grower and does well on most soils and 

 nearly all sections of the U. S. 



Big Joe is one of the first extra large berries to 

 ripen, thus it can be readily seen that it always meets a 

 ready demand at top of market prices. No varieties 

 grown average a better price than Big Joe. Not a long 

 season variety, as it comes a week after Premier and is 

 gone before Premier is. But while it lasts it produces 

 the quarts. We have known of several instances where 

 it produced from 15,000 to 20,000 quarts per acre. For 

 Home use or Market, you cannot afford to miss Big Joe. 

 Quality good enough for a king. And ships well to dis- 

 tant markets. Buy your plants from A BIG JOE SPEC- 

 IALIST, who grows them by the millions. Our strain 

 of Big Joe is unsurpassed. 



GOVERNOR RITCHIE (Per) 



Early, Productive and of Good Quality. 



Governor Ritchie hails from Somerset County, Md., 

 and was introduced by one of the largest strawberry 

 growers in that County. Three years ago we were asked 

 to visit the farm where it was in fruit and compare it 

 with the Premier and other early varieties. We cer- 

 tainly were pleased with the showing. 1925 we planted 

 out a trial plot which fruited on our own grounds the 

 past season, again it made a favorable showing with 

 others of the best early sorts. In season it is one of 

 the very earliest, in plant growth I have never seen any 

 variety more ideal. Plants are taller than any variety 

 on our list, foliage clean of all spots and not a sign of 

 fungus or disease, makes plenty plants for a good fruit- 



ing row and ones strong enough to hold the fruit well 

 off the ground. I cannot see how any plant could pro- 

 duce any more fruit per plant than does the Ritchie. 

 Fruit is well colored all over, perfectly firm and of the 

 very best quality. I surely believe that in a few years 

 that it will become a standard variety in all sections as 

 it is now in the county where it was originated. We 

 have grown a fine supply of these plants and will be 

 pleased to furnish them to any of our customers want- 

 ing to test an early variety and believe that they will 

 be highly pleased with it. One of the parties who has 

 been growing it for three years stated that he had not 

 found any variety for his soil that would produce as 

 many berries, and that he had received the very highest 

 prices at the loading stations. The Introducer sold 

 every plant he had to spare to the growers in his County 

 the last two years at $10.00 por 1000. The buyers of 

 these plants knew what they were getting as they had 

 seen the plants in fruiting season. Don't fail to try 

 Governor Ritchie, it may be just the berry you are 

 looking for. Prices very reasonable for such a valuable 

 new variety. 



NIC OHMER (Per) 



Nic Ohmer, is a medium late popular in the western 

 part of the country, also docs well in various other sec- 

 tions. It has been on the market a long time, and lots 

 of growers will have no other late sort. Quality ranks 

 with the very best, fruit medium to large and firm. 



THE JUDITH (DeLues) (Per) 



De Lues Judith is a perfect flowering variety, mid- 

 season. Strong hardy grower and very productive of 

 good quality fruit large in size. Hails from New York 

 State, where it is a growing favorite. 



LEADING EVERBEARING VARIETIES 



LUCKY STRIKE (Per) 



Has always been our fav- 

 orite everbearing strawberry. 

 There are none that can 

 touch it in quality. For this 

 reason one of our customers 

 named it the Aristocrat of 

 the everbearing family. 



Fruit is a rich bright red, 

 firmer than any other fall 

 bearing variety, with a qual- 

 ity all its own. Produces 

 heavily early in season dur- 

 ing July and first part of 

 August, takes a month's rest 

 and produces another heavy 

 crop in October and first half 

 of November. Makes a good 

 number of plants, but like all 

 other everbearing varieties 

 should be grown in hills only. 

 Even in matted rows the 

 fruit will average much lar- 

 ger than Champion or Pro- 

 gressive, and when in hills, 

 will compare favorably with 

 the best spring varieties. 

 Produces another good crop 

 in early spring. 



WORLD'S CHAMPION (Per) 



We believe this to be an improved strain of Pro- 

 gressive, in appearance of fruit and plants it is almost 

 the same, the only difference it seems is in the size of 

 the fruit. It is sure to produce a full crop of fruit dur- 

 ing the summer and fall months when weather condi- 



tions are favorable, either in hills or matted rows, but 

 does best in hills. Fruits a full crop in the spring, but 

 fruit is usually small. 



Same description applies to Progressive. 



MASTADON (Per) 



Mastadon made a great showing on our grounds this 

 year, and we are more than pleased with it. In size it 

 has them all beat. It is fair in quality, and firm enough 

 to be a good commercial variety. Like all other ever- 

 bearing strawberries it should certainly be grown in 

 hills. Plants should be set in rows three and half feet 

 apart and plants set eighteen to twenty inches apart, 

 and a circle runner cuter used to cut off all runner plants 

 that make outside this circle. If grown this way, they 

 will certainly prove a gold mine. 100 plants properly 

 grown will furnish a good size family all the berries 

 they can use. And 1000 plants will give the Madam 

 and children lots of spending change, an acre or two will 

 soon pay for a nice home and make anyone independent. 

 We have grown a good supply of plants on our rich new 

 soil for our customers who want to give them a trial, 

 and have priced them within the reach of all. Like 

 Lucky Strike we will sell these in dozen lots to those 

 who just want to test them out or have only small space. 



We have been exhibiting the Mastadon at the County 

 Fairs this summer and have taken every first prize of- 

 fered. Nothing in the exhibition halls has attracted as 

 much attention as these Mastadon strawberries, and we 

 have been booking orders all summer from those who 

 have seen the fruit. If every one of our customers had 

 seen with their own eyes these big delicious Mastodon 

 this summer, it would take 5,000,000 plants to fill our 

 orders this time. At this writing we are receiving fifty 

 cents per quart for every quart we have to sell and can- 

 not fill our orders. 



Last but not least — you get a full crop of extra large 

 berries the following spring. 



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