BISEXUAL OR 

 PERFECT BLOSSOM 



this summer will produce a FULL CROP of fruit next June. 



Our facilities for growing Strawberry Plants at our Nurseries at Riverton, N. J., enable ns to produce early in the 

 season strong pot-grown plants of greatest vitality. 



TIME OF SHIPMENT Our pot -grown straw- 



^^^^^^___^^;^_^^— -— ^-^— — — -^— — - berry 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 recommend 

 purchasers to have their orders forwarded in this manner. We make 

 no charge for boxes or packing. 



Directions for Garden Culture I'LtlVJ^Ll 



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. Cultivate 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 sufiBcient 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. 



as above. Set the plants in rows three feet apart, and fifteen inchesapartin 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 proporiion 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 I,ayer 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 have been harvested, and a crop of 

 fruit secured eight to ten months after planting. 



L,ayer 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-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 



It is substantially as follows: Prepare the ground 



WRONG WAY OF PLANTING 



PLANTED TOO DEEP 



TOO SHALLOW PLANTING 



RIGHT WAY OF PLANTING 



