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However, we have each year an increasing number of customers who write 

 us that, with small plots of land, they are making really large profits in growing 

 Everbearing Strawberries. Probably as others become more experienced in grow- 

 ing these varieties, and newer, better varieties are introduced, still more straw- 

 berry growers will find Everbearing Berries a real money-making proposition. 

 We are glad to know that so many of our customers and friends are making good 

 with them, as a commercial proposition, but our advice still is to try them out in 

 a small way first and increase your plantings gradually if you find they are going 

 to be profitable. 



Under good conditions, one Everbearing Plant set in spring should produce 

 about one quart of berries during the summer and early fall. They are grown just 

 as other strawberries except that, after planting in early spring, the blossoms 

 should be cut off until about the middle of July. Soon after they will commence 

 bearing and continue until freezing weather. 



We have tested most of the varieties of Everbearing Strawberries. Among 

 others, we have tried Superb, Americus, Peerless, Rockhill, Perfection, Ideal, 

 Lucky Boy, Jewel, Kasota and others. They are all inferior to Progressive and 

 Champion. One new variety, Mastodon, is very promising and is the best of the 

 new varieties. Following our policy of speaking the plain truth about all varieties 

 and offering only the best, we are growing for sale this year only three Everbearers 

 — Progressive, Champion and Mastodon. 



PROGRESSIVE 



Progressive is a variety that convinced most of the doubters. Many other 

 Everbearing varieties would bear only a very few berries during the summer and 

 fall, the quantity being dependent somewhat on soil conditions and weather con- 

 ditions. Progressive was the only Everbearer that did at all well in the South, for 

 a long time, and whatever the section, Progressive always bore some berries and 

 they were always good. The berries are medium in size not quite as large as we 

 used to get from Superb and Peerless, but vastly more productive and simply 

 delicious in quality. If kept picked closely, the berries are firm enough to stand 

 shipment short distances. Keep in mind that with the Everbearers you commence 

 picking your crop of berries only a few weeks after the plants are set. If you and 

 your family like strawberries for table use, you will certainly make no mistake in 

 ordering some Progressive or other Everbearing varieties to plant in your garden. 

 We have a fine stock of plants which we are offering at a very reasonable price. 

 Price-list page 35. 



CHAMPION 



This variety is hailed by many as the real Champion of all the Everbearing 

 varieties, and rightly so. We find, however, that it is very similar to Progressive 

 if not identical. There is no difference to be noted in the size, shape, appearance 

 and quality of the berries. The plant growth of one cannot be distinguished from 

 the other. The introducer and other berry and plant growers claims that it is more 

 productive than Progressive. Over a period of several years, we have seen very 

 little differen -e in this respect or any other. We have had somewhat larger crops 

 at times from Champion than from Progressive, but this was practically always 

 traceable to some advantage in setting and handling the plants. Our stock of 

 Champion was obtained directly from the introducer, so we have it pure. Most of 

 the claims about Progressive and Champion are that Champion is better in some 

 respect. Nobody has claimed that Progressive is better than Champion, so per- 

 haps, to be on the safe side, it would be well to make most of your order Champion 

 and have the best. 



MASTODON 



Mastodon is the only Everbearing variety which comes anywhere near 

 challenging the supremacy of the Champion. It is not the equal of Champion in 



