LOVETT'S NURSERY :: LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



Varieties Best for Various Purposes 



Throughout this catalog, we refer to the adaptability, pos- 

 sibilities and limitations of the various sorts. Where extra 

 heavy crops are desired, at a specific time, your choice should 

 be made from among the June bearing sorts. Where con- 

 tinuous crops are expected, the Fall or Everbearing sorts will 

 serve best. The characteristics that make a variety either a 

 great home garden or market sort are plainly set forth in 

 descriptions. When in doubt which to choose from among so 

 many, you will make no mistake in ordering collections of 

 our selection, as offered on pages 10 and 15. 



In the case of the June bearing sorts, we suggest to plant 

 at least three varieties : an earl)^, a midseason and a late. Not 

 less than a dozen of any one kind should be planted for a fair 

 test. The Fall or Everbearing sorts usually begin to yield 

 berries in from four to six weeks from date of planting. 



Culture Throughout the Season 



Of course, you haven't enriched your soil to fatten weeds! 

 Keeping these down by going over the bed once a week 

 with a good sharp hoe will also loosen the soil, preserve the 

 moisture, and stimulate growth. Mulching with clean straw 

 or hay will also prove beneficial, besides keeping the rain 

 from splashing the berries. 



In the Fall, after the ground becomes frozen, the bed 

 should be mulched with coarse manure. This will serve 

 the double purpose of preventing alternate thawing and 

 freezing of the soil (which is apt to cause the plants to heave) 

 and it will enrich the bed. In the Spring, this manure may 

 be dug into the surface of the soil. 



156 Water Street, New York, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1925. 

 Mr. S. H. Conklin, Export Commission Merchant, when placing an 

 order with us on Oct. 14, 1925, states in referring to a lot of Strawberry 

 plants which we sold him a year ago, and which were planted in Cuba: 

 I want the best selected plants suitable for growth in Cuba." My 

 client has had very good luck with those which you supplied for the 

 past two years. 



