THE W. F. ALLEN Co., Salisbury, Md. Sik 
Everbearing Strawberries 
ET PLANTS in early spring and they will start fruiting the same sum- 
mer, only a few weeks after the plants are set. Under favorable condi- 
tions, each plant set will produce during the summer and fall almost 
a quart of delicious berries. They are as easily grown as other varieties. 
No family, whose members like berries, should be without some of the 
everbearing strawberries in the home garden. They yield big dividends in 
health and satisfaction. ? 
The essentials in producing the berries satisfactorily are about the same 
as for growing other varieties. Pick good land that has plenty of moisture, 
get good plants of the proper varieties, set plants early, and keep the blos- 
soms cut off until about July 20th. If plants have grown vigorously and 
plenty of moisture is present, it is O.K. to let the blossoms go somewhat 
earlier. If water is available when needed, it will be a big insurance to 
getting a nice crop of summer and fall berries. 
It is noticeable that in all everbearing varieties we often have plants that 
just won't make runners, but “head up” in a big stool. Nearly always such 
plants produce a tremendous crop of berries. This inclines us to the view 
that in the home garden where space may be limited it might be best to set 
plants fairly close and keep all the runners cut off to encourage fruit pro- 
duction. Anyway, we suggest trying a few plants that way to try it out 
under your own conditions. 
Everbearing berries produce their best crop during summer and fall of 
the same year plants are set. It is not, as a rule, advisable to carry them 
over for a second fall crop. 
For the home garden Everbearing Strawberries are an established suc- 
cess, but are they profitable commercially? Our answer is that it depends 
on your conditions. Try them out first in a small way. If you find you can 
grow them well—good enough so that each plant set will yield a quart of 
berries over the season, and if you have a good market, your chances for 
worth-while profits are good. Both factors are important, large yields of 
nice berries and a market that will pay 20 to 30 cents per quart for the fruit. 
Numbers of our customers have written us that they are making money with 
everbearers. We have some fine plants, but we recommend large scale plant- 
ing only for those who have tried them out first. 
CHAMPION and PROGRESSIVE 
These varieties are identical. Progressive was the first everbearing straw- 
berry that produced enough fruit to make them worth while even for the 
home garden. Champion for several years was thought to be different and 
somewhat better. This, we believe, was due to the invigorating effect of a 
change of soil and climate, which we mention on page 3. Progressive is the 
oldest name, so most growers had that first. When Champion was intro- 
duced, they bought plants with, of course, some change in soil and climate. 
The plants’ and berries both looked identical with Progressive, but they 
seemed to be a little more vigorous growing and a little more productive 
the first year. After that, they “ieveled off’ and no difference was apparent 
in any respect. At any rate, all our plants are grown from our original 
Champion stock and if there is any improvement we have it with the better 
variety. 
Champion and Progressive usually make runners freely, but sometimes 
they “head up” and do nothing but bear fruit. The berries are borne in 
