GEM AND MASTODON 



Strictly as an Everbearer for the production of berries in late summer and fall and 

 judging from our own experience over many years as well as most of the letters received 

 from customers, 



GEM IS A MUCH BETTER EVERBEARER THAN MASTODON 



Not only will Gem produce more berries in late summer and fall, but they are better 

 berries, brighter, more attractive, more uniform in shape and equally as good in size and 

 quality. This is not always true as probably one-fourth of the reports we get rate Mastodon 

 better than Gem. 



Mastodon makes a larger, stronger, more rugged plant than Gem, making it better able 

 to stand unfavorable conditions at and after planting time. Gem, favorably started, will make 

 many more plants, though smaller ones, than Mastodon. 



Mastodon, with its sturdy plants, almost never "lets you down" completely as Gem could 

 do if conditions were very unfavorable. 



As a spring cropper, Mastodon is not as good as many regular spring varieties, but is 

 always better than Gem and is really a pretty fair spring variety. This ability to produce 

 a good spring crop is good insurance for some return in case conditions do not favor a good 

 fall yield. 



Which to choose — Gem or Mastodon? 



If your main concern is for summer and fall berries, as many and as nice as possible, 

 choose Gem. Get the plants set early in as good a garden spot as you have. 



If your main concern is for just berries — with a good chance at fall berries, but with an 

 assurance of a good crop in the spring, choose Mastodon. Price list for both varieties, 

 page 31. 



There are other Everbearing varieties, all good under conditions that suit them, Green 

 Mountain, Streamliner, Gemzata, Champion, Evermore. Due to a very unfavorable growing 

 season in the summer of 1947, as well as to unavoidable late setting, these varieties made 

 very few new plants. We do not have enough plants to offer any of them as our entire crop 

 will provide barely enough stock plants to provide a supply for next year. We regret our 

 inability to supply these, but can only say that if we can have only two, we are glad they 

 are Gem an d Mastodon. 



M^ Since writing the above a re-check of our Mastodon plants shows that we will not have 

 any of this variety to sell this year. Late setting and a hot dry summer reduced our crop to 

 barely enough for our planting stock. Gem is the. only everbearer we can offer this season. 



