DREER'S POT-GROWN 



STRAWBERRY 

 PLANTS 



Pot-grown plants set out 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 us to produce early in the season strong pot-grown 

 plants of greatest vitality. 



TIME OFSHIPMBNT 



POT-GROWN' STRAWBERRY PLANT 



BISEXUAL OR 

 PERFECT BLOSSOM 



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 recom- 

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

 make no charge for boxes or packing. 



Directions for Garden Culture T° '^"'^'^^'^ 



Strawberries 

 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. 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 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 in- 

 volves 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 hfteen 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 I,ayer Plants Potted plants may ajipear 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. 



RIGHT WAY OF PLANTING 



WRONG WAY OF PLANTING 



PISTILLATE OR 

 IMPERFECT BLOSSOM 



TOO SHALLOW PLANTING 



PLANTED TOO DEEP 



Books on the Culture of Strawberries and Other Fruits 



AH books sent postpaid at prices given 



Biggie's Berry Book. All small fruits are treated in this com- 

 plete little book $0 50 



Principles of Fruit Crowing. (Pro/. Baileii). Present.s the 

 most approved methods of American jrrowers 1 50 



Orchard Book. (Biiifiles). A concise work. Gives all neces- 

 sary details for culture of Apples, Pears, etc 50 



Small Fruit Culturist. (FiiHer). This book covers the whole 

 ransje of small fruits $0 50 



Strawberry Culture. (Fuller). Contains all information 

 necessary for anyone to grow their own Strawberries. 25 



