DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 



POT=GROWN 



Wrong Way of Planting 



Strawberry 

 BMante 



Pot=Grown plants set 

 out this summer will 

 produce a FULL CROP 

 of fruit next June. 



Planted too Deep 



Our facilities for growing Strawberry Plants at cmr Nursery and Trial Farm at Riverton enable us to test all 

 recently introduced and promising new varieties with the view of offering only such as show decided merit. 



*m .TIME OF SHIPMENT. < w*> 



Our pot-grown Strawberry plants are ready for shipment the latter part of Jul}-, and can be supplied as late as 

 October in such varieties as are unsold at that time. 



It is better, however, to procure the plants in August or .September, as earlier plantings will develop larger and 

 more vigorous plants and produce a greater crop of fruit next year. 



Directions for Garden Culture 



Too Shallow Planting. 



Right Way of Planting. 



To cultivate 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 involves the most work, but pro- 

 duces 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 ; cul- 

 tivate 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 w-eeds. 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. The}- 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 staminate or 

 perfect flowering plants to four rows of pistillate plants. Hints on varie- 

 ties adapted to purposes of fertilization will be found in each case where 

 fertilization is needed. 



Pistillate or Imper- 

 fect Blossom. 



Pot=Grown^ 



versus 



yer Plants 



Potted plants may appear 

 expensive, yet when the labor 

 necessary to grow them into 

 propsr condition and the time 

 saved in the result of the crop 

 are considered, they will be 

 found much cheaper than ordi- 

 nary layer plants. They may 

 be planted after a crop of early 

 summer vegetables has been 

 harvested, and a crop of fruit 

 secured in eight or ten months 

 after planting. 



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. 



No charge for boxes or packing. 



Bi-sexual or Perfect 

 Blossom. 



Pot-Grown Strawberry Plant. 



Layer Plants. 



A full list of layer plants 

 will be announced in September. 

 They are not so desirable as pot- 

 grown plants and will not pro- 

 duce as large a crop of fruit next 

 spring ; but they are cheaper, 

 and more available for extensive 

 plantings. Under proper au- 

 tumn treatment they will pro- 

 duce quite satisfactory results. 



NOTE. — A "layer" straw- 

 berry plant is one that has taken 

 root by its own effort, whereas 

 a ' ' pot-grown ' ' plant has been 

 aided by human skill in making 

 strong and compact roots. The 

 "pot-grown" plant is stronger 

 to begin with, and its growth is 

 not checked by transplanting it. 



