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Strawberries. 



Strawberries give the greatest yield and the largest berries when grown in rich, wellTprepared soil; hence n> 

 pains should be spared in preparing the bed carefully before planting, by digging or ploughing deeply and turn- 

 ing under a hberal coating of well-rotted stable manure. Harrow or rake down finely, and if at this time a top 

 dressing of ground bone can be applied, it will be found a great benefit at fruiting time. Before planting, the 

 roots of the plants should be shortened about one-third, which will cause them to emit a profusion of new fibres. 

 In planting, expose the plants as little as possible to the wind or sun. Do not plant very deeply, but be sure and 

 press the soil firmly about the roots. Should the weather be warm, shade valuable plants for a few days with a 

 handful of coarse litter, etc., over each plant. For hill culture in the family garden, set in rows two feet apart 

 and the plants fifteen inches apart in the rows, cutting off all runners as they appear. For field culture, where they 

 are to be worked by horse and cultivator and permitted to form matted rows, plant in rows three feet apart with 

 the plants one foot apart in the rows, requiring 14,520 plants per acre. 



The after culture consists in keeping the soil mellow and free from weeds by frequent hoeing or cultivation. 

 At the approach of winter, cover the entire bed with salt-meadow hay or other loose, light materiaL When the 

 plants "start" in spring, rake the mulch from oft the plants sufficiently to perm.it them to push through it and 

 leave it on the surface about the plants, to protect the fruit and keep it clean and also keep the soil moist and 

 cool. 



The blossoms of all strawberries in cultivation are either hermaphrodite (perfect) or pistillate (imperfect),, 

 and the varieties named in this catalog have perfect blossoms, except those marked with the letter P, which are 

 pistillate. It is best always to plant at least three varieties — early, medium and late — to expand the season of fruit- 

 ing to its full limits. 



SILVER COIN STRAWBERRY. 



ShO'.un on colored PloAe. 



large strong fruit stems that hold the enormous crop well from the ground, 

 staminate. 



Silver Coin has been thoroughly tested for several years. For the past two years 

 fruited in commercial field culture beside Wm. Belt ana other popular varieties, yielding 

 dollars to one from any other variety from space of equal extent. Doz., 50c; 100, $2.50; 1000, 



The Strawberry for everybody to 

 p'.ant. It is a midseason variety 

 that excels by far, all others in. 

 uniting desirable properties. its 

 salient points are its exquisite 

 color, luscious flavor and great 

 productiveness. The berries are 

 not only large, but very nearly all 

 of them are large, even those that 

 ripen at the end of the season; and 

 they are the most uniform in size 

 and shape of any variety I have 

 ever grown — being bluntly conical 

 and just about as regular in size 

 and form as Pippin apples. The 

 color is a brilliant flame red — sim- 

 ilar to the popular Gandy — so brill- 

 iant and attractive in fact, that 

 it sells in market at sight for nve 

 to ten cents a quart more than the 

 other large varieties usually growm, 

 retaining its brilliancy until the 

 fruit decays. The quality is rich, 

 sugary and delicious, surpassing all 

 varieties of its season, with the 

 possible exception of McKinley. 

 Last but not least, the texture is 

 very firm; hence it is unexcelled 

 as a shipper and keeper. The plant 

 is of strong, vigorous habit with 

 large spotless foliage that never 

 rusts, mildews nor blights. It has 

 The blossom is large and vigorously 



it has been extensively 

 n profit more than twO' 

 $20.00. 



Tioga Co., Pa., May 2, 1909. 



The Strawberries I just received from you were 

 the best I ever bought. Chas. Bulbxet. 



Catuga Co., X. Y., April 14, '09. 



The Strawberry plants got of you in '05 did immensely 

 welL John* Tuohio. 



Jefpeesox Co., Pex>-., Jan. 17, 1910. 

 My land lays facing the east and gets the all day sun 

 and it is dry and sandy, but tho.-?e Strawberry plants 

 I bought from you, some twelve or fourteen years ago,, 

 do all right; they produce enormius crops of berries, 

 as fine as I ever saw. I had three highly prized varie- 

 ties of another nursery and got no berries from them, 

 although I gave them the same treatment as those from 

 you. G. W. SWAKTZ. 



