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



E-verbearing or Fall Bearing Strawberries 

 Their Advantages and Limitations 



As a class, the Fall bearing varieties do not produce berries 

 averaging so large as the June bearers. (The exceptions to 

 this are Mastodon and Lovett's All Season, to which reference 

 is made under Novelties on pages 7-8). To offset the smaller 

 size, the Everbearers surely yield berries over a longer season 

 and, where hill culture is practiced, the berries reach quite 

 creditable size. Moreover, broadly speaking, we feel that the 

 quality and especially the aroma of the Everbearers is just a 

 little above that of the average June berry. 



Our list of Everbearers has been cut down "to the bone," 

 a factor dictated by necessity on the basis of extensive ex- 

 periments. We see no use in continuing to offer old standards 

 that are superceded by more meritorious newcomers. On 

 moist, fertile soil our pot-grown plants of Everbearing va- 

 rieties frequently yield some fruit a few weeks after they are 

 planted. Clipping off the runners as fast as they appear (hill 

 culture) is the ideal way to make the plants yield record crops. 

 Likewise, if in the Spring, the blossoms are removed until the 

 last of June, the plants will be of greater vigor, resultingj^in 

 heavier crops in the Fall when, after all, the fruit is wanted 

 most. Where they are permitted to fruit during June, the 

 gardener will, of necessity, have to be satisfied with a lesser 

 yield during the Fall. 



Pot-grown plants, $1.25 per doz., $8.00 per 100, except 



as noted. 



It is always a pleasure to get letters such as this: 



Saranac Lake, N. Y., Aug. 3L 1925. 

 Again I wish to praise your wonderful plants; they are the finest I 

 have ever seen. 



The Early Jersey Giants are truly giant plants. Thanking you for 

 your prompt service. Edward W. Cady, Jr. 



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