A berry garden should be a "must" 

 with every family who has a small plot 

 of ground available — your own or part of 

 a vacant lot next door. Experience is not 

 necessary in growing nice strawberries. 

 Beginners can grow them successfully 

 and profitably. 



The beauty, taste and healthfulness of 

 strawberries would rate them as a luxury 

 but actually it need not be so, because 

 they are so easy to grow and can be pro- 

 duced in such a small space. 



Strawberries are enjoyed in many 

 ways — fresh from the vines, sugared 

 down, in preserves and jam and in straw- 

 berry short cake, that delicious dessert 

 that ranks with apple pie as a national 

 favorite. Frozen berries provide a way to 

 lengthen the all too short berry season 

 and to enjoy that "fresh" flavor the year 

 round. Strawberries are not only a deli- 

 cious and healthful food but provide an 

 unsurpassed source of vitamin C. 



Superb for sharing. What more delight- 

 ful gift than a quart or two of these sparkl- 

 ing beauties? They'll make and hold 

 friends, even if they envy you a bit. 



Whether or not you have a budget 

 problem why spend money on lesser des- 

 serts with plenty of luscious berries 

 sparkling on the vines? 



Berries for all. 



Blue Earth Co., Minn. June 20, 1956. 

 "In 1955 I purchased 400 plants 

 and sold 380 boxes of berries. I 

 gave two crates to my married 

 daughter, put 24 qts. in the freezer, 

 , gave our church strawberry social 

 12 qts. We had several quarts for 

 the table and gave my pickers a 



quart each at each picking." MRS MYRON A 



GRANT. 



One quart for each plant. 



Jackson Co., Mo. June 16, 1956. 

 "On April 4 last year I ordered 

 your 400 plants assortment of 

 strawberries, consisting of 1 00 plants 

 each of Premier, Fairfax, Catskill 

 and Tennessee Beauty. We have just finished pick- 

 ing the last of our berries, a total of 401 quarts for 

 the season. That's a quart of berries for each plant, 

 not bad we think." R. D. BRUNSON. 



\\\^l /^ Pleased but Astounded! 



Dupage Co., 111. Jan 3, 1956. "A 

 year ago last spring we ordered 

 Y~^ f 200 plants of Sparkle. We lost only 

 \) / 1 plant and the remainder made so 



many runners we couldn't see the 

 original rows. Last spring we 

 picked 600 quarts over a five week period. Need- 

 less to say we were not only pleased but 

 astounded." MRS. RUSSELL LANDRETH. 



Allen Co., Ind. April 4, 1956. "Am sending an 

 order for only 150 plants this spring. Don't have 

 enough room for any more this year. If I could 

 plant an acre all my plants would come from 

 Aliens. Am still having fun growing big berries." 

 WILLIAM R. KRINN. 



Young and old like beiiies. 



Berger Co., N. J. May 6, 1956. "The 

 Catskills I got from you last season 

 were the nicest plants I ever saw, 

 and I've seen strawberries for 

 about 70 years. My mother used to take me in the 

 patch in the baby carriage." J. KEYSER. 



Berries to share -with friends. 



Hampshire Co., Mass. March 11, 

 1956. "A couple of years ago we 

 bought plants from your company 

 and they are by far the best plants 

 we ever had or have seen. We 

 don't sell our berries but give them 

 to friends and take baskets to folks 

 we know who are ill and the oh's and ah's would 

 please you no end. This makes us happy to give 

 strawberries in June as we give Christmas presents 

 in December. Some day I hope to have a freezer 

 so that strawberry giving can be a year round of 

 happiness." MRS. JOSEPH E. FOX. 



