PISTILLATE OR 
IMPERFECT BLOSSOM 
BISEXUAL OR 
PERFECT BLOSSOM 
Pot-grown plants set out this summer will produce a FULL SROP of fruit next June. 
Our facilities for growing Strawberry Plants at our Nurseries at Riverton and Moorestown, 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 pro- 
cure 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 recommend purchasers to 
have their orders forwarded in this manner. We make no charge for boxes 
or packing. 
Directions for Garden Culture To cultivate Straw- 
berries for family 
use, we recommend a thorough preparation of the ground by 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. Culti- 
vate frequently. In December cover the entire bed an inch deep with 
straw or long litter from 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, Eo 
and is especially adapted to summer and autumn planting. It involves the CROWN 
most work, but produces finest berries and largest crop from a given area. - : & petal 
The ‘‘ matted row’’ plan, more especially suited to spring planting, BER 
is used by all market gardeners, and is adapted to family gardens also. It BEEN 
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. : 
Perfect and Imperfect or Pistillate Flowers Varieties marked pistillate have imperfect blossoms. They include 
many of the most prolific and desirable kinds. It is only necessary to plant perfect-flowered varieties near them, in the proportion of 
one to four; either one plant to four in the row, or one row of perfect- flowering plants to four rows of pistillate plants. 
Pot-Grown versus Layer Plants Potted plants may appear expensive, 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 has been harvested, and a crop of fruit secured in eight to 
ten months after planting. 
Layer Plants A full list of layer plants will be given in our Autumn Catalogue, which we issue in September. They are not 
so desirable as pot-grown 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. 
WRONG WAY OF PLANTING PLANTED TOO DEEP TOO SHALLOW PLANTING RIGHT WAY OF PLANTING 
