DRMMR'S POT-GROWN 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



PLANTED TOO DEEP. 



Jl^" Pot=Qrown Plants set out this summer will produce a FULL CROP of fruit next June. -®a 



Our facilities for growing Strawberry plants at our Nursery and Trial Farm, at Riverton, N. J., enable us to test all recently 

 introduced and promising new varieties with the view of offering only such as show decided merit. 



^T][/ff!^ f^JT^ ^TTTPH/fTT'l^^ ^^'^ pot-grown Strawberry plants are ready for shipment the latter part of July, 



and can be supplied as late as October in such varieties as are unsold at that time. 

 It is better, however, to procure the plants in August or September, as earlier plantings will develop larger and more vigorous 

 plants and produce a greater crop of fruit next year. 



Directions for Garden Culture. 



To cultivate Strawberries for family use, we recommend a thorough prepara- 

 tion of the ground by spading or plowing. Work into the soil a liberal 

 quantity of well-rotted manure. Use also our brands of ground bone and 

 wood ashes. Plant in rows two feet apart ; the plants fifteen inches apart 

 in rows. Pinch off all runners. Cultivate frequently. In December 

 cover the entire bed an inch deep with straw or long litter from the stable. 

 In late March remove litter from crowns of the plants, but not from the 

 alleys. Use sufficient straw about plants to keep the berries clean. This 

 is the " hill " system of strawberry growing, and is especially adapted to 

 summer and autumn planting. It involves the most work, but produces 

 finest berries and largest crop from a given area. 



The " matted row " plan, more especially suited to spring planting, is 

 used by all market gardeners, and is adapted to family gardens also. It is 

 substantially as follows : Prepare the ground as above. Set the plants in 

 rows three feet apart, and fifteen inches apart in rows ; permit runners to 

 form and take root ; cultivate the alleys continually, as close to the plants 

 as possible, finally making alley and row each about eighteen inches in 

 width. Keep the bed wholly free of weeds. Cover in winter, as above, 

 and in March uncover crowns of plants. Use plenty of mulching, so as 

 to keep berries clean and ground moist and cool. 



Perfect and Imperfect or Pistillate Flowers. 



Varieties marked pistillate have imperfect blossoms. They include many of the most 

 prolific and desirable kinds. It is only necessary to plant perfect- flowered varieties 

 near them, in the proportion of one to four ; either one plant to four in the row, or one 

 row of perfect flowering plants to four rows of pistillate plants. 



TOO SHALLOW PLANTING 



PISTILLATE OR IM- 

 PERFECT BLOSSOM. 



BI-SEXUAL OR PER- 

 FECT BLOSSOM. 



Pot- grown versus 



Layer Plants. 



Potted plants may appear expen- 

 sive, yet when the labor necessary 

 to grow them into proper condi- 

 tion and the time saved in the re- 

 sult of the crop are considered, 

 they will be found much cheaper 

 than ordinary layer plants. They 

 may be planted after a crop of 

 early summer vegetables has been 

 harvested, and a crop of fruit 

 secured in eight or ten months 

 after planting. 



We forward by express, at the 

 purchaser's expense. The plants 

 are packed compactly, and as 

 light as possible, and we recom- 

 mend purchasers to have their 

 orders forwarded in this manner. 

 No charge for boxes or packing. 



Layer Plants. 



POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANT. 



A full list of layer plants will be 

 announced in September. They are 

 not so desirable as pot-grown plants, 

 and will not produce as large a crop 

 of fruit next spring ; but they are 

 cheaper and more available for 

 extensive plantings. Under proper 

 autumn treatment they will pro- 

 duce quite satisfactory results 



Note. — A "layer" strawberry 

 plant is one that has taken root by 

 its own effort, whereas a "pot- 

 grown ' ' plant has been aided by 

 human skill in making strong and 

 compact roots. The " pot-grown " 

 plant is stronger to begin with, and 

 its growth is not checked by trans- 

 planting it. 



