Pot-grown plants set out this summer will produce a FULL 
CROP of fruit next year. 
Our | facilities for growing Strawberry Plants at our Nurseries at Riverton, N. J., enable us to produce early in the season strong 
pot-grown plants of greatest vitality. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT Our pot-grown Strawberry Plants are usually ready for shipment the latter part of July 
and can be supplied as late as October. It is better, however, to procure the plants 
in August or September, as earlier plantings develop larger and more vigorous 
plants and produce a greater crop of fruit next year. 
We forward by express, at the purchaser’s expense. The plants are packed compactly, and as light as possible, and we recom- 
mend purchasers to have their orders forwarded in this manner. We make no charge for boxes or packing. 
DIRECTIONS FOR GARDEN CULTURE To cultivate Strawberries for family use, we recommend 
a thorough preparation of the ground by deep spading or 
plowing. Work into the soil a liberal quantity of well-rotted 
manure. Use also our brands of ground bone and wood ashes. Plant in rows two feet apart; the plants fifteen inches apart in 
rows, Pinch off all runners. Cultivate frequently. In December cover the entire bed an inch deep with straw or long litter from 
j' the stable. In late March remove litter from crowns of the plants, but not 
from the alleys. Use sufficient straw about plants to keep the berries clean. 
This is the ‘hill’? system of strawberry growing, and is especially adapted 
to summer and autumn planting. It involves the most work, but produces 
finest berries and largest crop from a given area. 
The ‘‘matted row” plan, more especially suited to spring planting, is 
used by all market gardeners, and is adapted to family gardens also. It 
is substantially as follows; Prepare the ground as above. Set the plants 
in rows three feet apart, and fifteen inches apart in rows, permit runners to 
form and take root; cultivate the alleys continually, as close to the plants 
as possible, finally making alley and row each about eighteen inches in 
width. Keep the bed wholly free of weeds. Cover in winter, as above, 
and in March uncover crowns of plants. Use plenty of mulching, so as to 
keep berries clean and ground moist and cool. 
Pot-Grown versus Layer Plants. Potted plants may appear ex- 
pensive, yet when the labor necessary to grow them into proper condition 
and the time saved in the result of the crop are considered, they will be 
found cheaper than ordinary layer plants. They may be planted after a 
crop of early summer vegetables have been harvested, and a crop of fruit 
secured eight to ten months after planting. 
Layer Plants. A full list of layer plants will be given in our 
Autumn Catalogué, which we issue in September. They are not so desir- 
able as pot-plants, and will not produce as large a crop of fruit next 
spring; but they are cheaper and more available for extensive planting. 
Under proper autumn treatment they produce quite satisfactory results. A ‘layer’? strawberry 
plant is one that has taken root by its own effort, whereas a ‘‘pot-grown’’ plant, having all fine fibrous 
roots confined in pot, is not checked in growth by transplanting. 
POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANT. 
RIGHT WAY OF PLANTING. WRONG WAY OF PLANTING, TOO SHALLOW PLANTING. PLANTED TOO DEEP. 
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