ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1926 



Remember 



Before deciding to put off trying some strawberries, remember: 



1. A comparatively large income can be had from a small acreage. Premier, 

 Big Joe, Chesapeake and other good varieties (page 17) on rich land well- 

 cared for, should yield at least 3000 or 4000 quarts per acre. Can you sell them at 

 20c per quart? Your growing costs including plants, labor and fertilizer should 

 not be over $100 to $200 per acre. If you work them yourself and have stable 

 manure available, the cash outlay can be cut in half. The above figures as to yield 

 and growing costs are no more than a reasonable expectation. You can figure your 

 chances for a good profit, depending largely of course on the probable market. 



2. No previous experience is necessary. Follow cultural directions on pages 

 8-9, watch and talk with your neighbors if any of them grow strawberries success- 

 fully and use ordinary horse sense. If there is some point not covered in this Berry 

 Book, write us. We will answer personally and help you if we can. 



Mr. Wm. S. Hauze, of Carbon County, Pa., says, "You will find enclosed 

 money order for $12.00, for 2000 Premier Strawberry Plants. Will state I had 2000 

 Premier Plants of you in 1923 and had the finest berries in this section, and it was 

 my first experience with berries at that. Hope I will get the same service again." 



3. Any good garden soil or one that will make good yields of other crops will 

 grow strawberries successfully. 



4. Little money is needed to start. Besides the plants, a dibble or trowel for 

 planting and a hoe and cultivator for working are all the equipment needed, 

 once the ground is plowed. 



5. The returns from Strawberry Growing are quick and come early in the 

 season. No other fruit produces a full crop in 13 or 14 months after planting 

 and no other fruit crop comes as early in the spring. 



6. A Second Crop almost equal to the first can be had at very little addi- 

 tional expense. 



7. Women Berry Growers are often among the most successful. No other 

 crop is so adapted to being handled by women entirely as strawberries. Even 

 where they are not running the berry business alone women take an active part 

 in the work. It gives them a break in the routine of housework and affords an 

 excellent opportunity to earn some extra money. 



8. Berry growing can be made a family business. A farmer with a family can 

 utilize the labor of his family at light, interesting work, and at a business which 

 will pay well. The work is healthy, the pay is good, and the children can work in 

 the open air and with their parents. 



9. The boys and girls can be kept on the farm more easily by getting them 

 interested. A small patch of strawberries of their own will afford an opportunity 

 for pleasant work in the open where industry and diligence will be well rewarded. 



10. Real Estate Values are increased by growing intensive crops like straw- 

 berries. So much can be done on a small piece of ground, that often rich high 

 priced land in and near cities and larger towns can be profitably planted to 

 strawberries. 



11. As an intercrop between fruit trees, strawberries excel. The space can be 

 utilized and made to pay with strawberries, while the trees are getting into bearing. 



