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Pot-grown plants set out this summer wfll produce a FULL 

 I 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. 



TIMEl OF SHIPMENT ^"^ P^'-gfown strawberry Plants are usually ready for shipment the latter part of July 



— and can be supplied as late as October. It is belter, 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 '^° cultivate strawberries for family use, we recommend 

 ;;2^^;^^^^^^^^;^^2ZZZ:^^^^^III^^I^^:z:^:z:=^^^^^r^^Z ^ 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. Cultiv.ite 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 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=Qrown 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 Catalogue, 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 



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sprmg; but they are cheaper and more availal)le lor extensive plantmg. 

 Under proper autumn treatment they produce quite satisfactory results. A "l.iyer" 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. 



WKONG WAV OF PLANTINC;. 



TOO SHALLOW PLANTING. 



PLANTED TOO DBBP. 

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