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A few short years agp we advertiJid vigorous, heal^y straw^^ei 

 strong crowns %icj well developed root^. careililly labeled ^aLfid pac^l^ td^I 



good growing 

 standards now 



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 t^gstilfe still, necessjairy .J>ft; they^aW 

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WINNING PLANTS 



For four str^iight >edis, in good seasons and bad, our strawberry plant beds have 

 been outstanding^. 'We give credit t'.. the fact that we have followed the lessons of 

 scientific researcl), which in the last six years has done more to improve planting stock 

 for the benefit of 'the average grower thaji in the previous fifty years. Here are some 

 of the things growers .must do if they ^^nt to lead the way in producing the best 

 strawberry planting stocks to be had: / 



1 . The use of planting stocks from virus free sources. 



2. Twelve to fourteen dustings to kill the aphis which is the carrier of virus organisms. 

 Virus free stock must be kept virus free. 



3. The isolation of this stock from varieties where virus free plants are not yet available 

 and from other fields of ordinary plants in the community. 



4. Provide a screen house from which constantly a basic stock of indexed virus free 

 plants may come. 



5. Heat treatment of planting stock to kill nematodes, both root knot and meadow 

 nematodes, which have been present and weakened plant growth very much in the 

 past. This treatment consists of complete immersion of the plant in hot water at 127 

 degrees Fahrenheit for two minutes. This is a dangerous procedure and is not recom- 

 mended to the berry grower. Your plant man should do it for you. 



6. Double soil fumigation at a cost of about $100.00 per acre, to reduce or eliminate 

 nematodes in the soil. 



7. The use of abundant plant food. We use about 1500 lbs. per acre to keep them 

 growing at their best. 



8. A minor element mixture is added to the fertilizer to avoid the possibility of any 

 weakness resulting from any minor element deficiency. 



9. Cholorodane is added to the fertilizer to kill ants, cutworms, grubworms, etc. which 

 might kill or weaken the plants. ' 



1 0. Constant inspection to make sure that planting stock is free from red stele and that 

 the soil in which they are to be planted is also clean. 



For best results from your own 

 efforts in growing berries we 

 hope you will use planting stock 

 grown under the preceding rigid 

 schedule, USE ALLEN'S WIN- 

 NING PLANTS. 



You as a berry grower cannot 

 afford to do all of the above but 

 you should insist that your plant 

 grower do them for you. By re- 

 newing your planting stock every 

 year or two you can realize most 

 of the benefits from the above 

 program. 



