FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY, 1 878 - 1928 



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Strawberries (Continued) 



face feeder. A top dressing of ground bone 

 will be found a great benefit at fruiting time. 



For hill culture in the family garden, plant 

 in rows two feet apart and the plants a foot 

 apart in the rows, cutting off all runners as they 

 appear. If to be allowed to grow in matted 

 rows, set the plants in rows three feet apart and 

 the plants one foot apart in the rows. 



Lovett's Special Selection of Highest Quality 

 Varieties for Exacting Home Gardeners 

 POT-GROWN Plants 



Were you to ask us our personal preference 

 in berries producing high quality fruits in gen- 

 erous quantities we would unhesitatingly recom- 

 mend the following: 

 20 Joe — An ideal mid-season. 

 20 Lupton — Very best late season. 

 20 Premier — An early, succeeding nearly every- 

 where and of excellent quality. 

 20 Wm. Belt — A long bearing, early mid-season. 

 20 Mastodon Everbearing — See this page. 



Special — A total of 100 pot-grown plants, a 

 retail catalog value of ^13.30, for only ^10.00. 

 This is absolutely the greatest value we have ever 

 offered. 



EARLY JERSEY GIANT 



Without question the earliest fruiting variety, 

 combining size, attractive color and superb fla- 

 vor in an extraordinary degree. It is the larg- 

 est of all early varieties, regardless of class. The 

 very large, brilliant scarlet-crimson berries are 

 of simply delicious flavor. So rich is their aroma 

 that a fair-sized dish of ripe berries will per- 

 fume a room. The beautiful berries are of 

 conical form, with a pointed tip. Plants are 

 strong growers and heavy yielders. Layer plants, 

 dozen, 75c; 100, ^2.00. Pot-grown plants, dozen, 

 ^1.25; 100, ^8.00. 



JOHN H. COOK 



"The Variety for Everybody's Garden" 



Among second early varieties there is no 

 heavier cropper. In growth, constitution and 

 other worthwhile qualities we consider it one of 

 the best of the many Van Fleet hybrids. Equally 

 valuable for home use or market, its somewhat 

 irregular shape is easily offset by the delicious 

 flavor which very much resembles that of wild 

 Strawberries. John H. Cook most nearly ap- 

 proaches our idea of an ideal berry. Layer 

 plants, dozen, ^1.00; 100, ^2.50. Pot-grown 

 plants, dozen, ^1.50; 100, ^10.00. 



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SPECIAL OFFER 



We will send a dozen each (36 in all) of the three wonderful Van Fleet Hybrids, Early Jersey 

 Giant, John H. Cook and Edmund Wilson (all pot-grown), for $4.00, or 25 of each for $7.50. 



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HOME GROWN STRAWBERRIES ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN MARKET FRUIT 



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