HoAf^^je^ EVERBEARERS 



Are Returning Big Dividends to Both the Commercial 

 and the Home Garden Grower 



111 many cases the everbearers are the most useful and valuable of strawberries. No home 

 garden can be complete without them. The small amount of additional attention they require is 

 repaid many times in fresh delicious berries all through the late summer and fall. Any one 

 who takes pride in their garden will find great pleasure in having large, attractive strawber- 

 ries, out of the regular season. Be sure to have at least one of the everbearers in your gar- 

 den this year. 



The Market Gardener and the commercial berry grower may find the everbearers a valuable 

 addition to their regular list. The prices of Strawberries during the late summer and fall 

 are always high for good grade fruit, thus one who has moist springy soil which contains au 

 abundance of humus or has the facilities for irrigation, would be in a position to realize good 

 profits with everbearers. As with all strawberries, the everbearers require an abundance of 

 moisture if they are to develop the fruit to a large size, this should be kept in mind when se- 

 lecting the site for an everbearing field. Only moist, springy soil, which contains sufficient or- 

 ganic matter to conserve the moisture, should be used, vmless you have irrigation. With irri- 

 gation any fertile, well drained soil will be suitable. 



1. "Varieties — Mastodon and Gem are the best varieties for commercial growing. The oth- 

 ers are all of better quality and flavor but are not as productive or the fruit as large. 



2. Plants and Planting — As the everbearers are under the dual strain of making growth 

 and producing fruit, the plants should be strong and vigorous and should be planted just as 

 early as possible. This enables the plants to become developed earlier and will produce more 

 and better fruit. 



3. Blossoms — All blossoms should be removed until the plants become well developed, this 

 is usually about the middle of July. If blossom removal is continued longer the fruit will 

 be larger but total yield will be materially reduced. 



4. Training — For largest size and heaviest fall production the hill system, in which all 

 runners are kept off, will develop very large individual plants and all the effort of the plant 

 goes into the production of fruit instead of the production of runners. This necessitates con- 

 siderable hand labor but the results usually justifj^ the additional care. The plants should be 

 set ]5 inches apart in rows 2 to 2^ feet apart. The spaced row gives very satisfactory yields 

 and good sized fruit. The plants are set 15 inches apart in rows 3 to ZYi feet apart, the first 

 runner plants are encouraged to root and are spaced diagonally from the mother plant. After 

 these are developed all runners are removed as they appear. AVe have seen some very good 

 fall crops from everbearers grown in matted rows when the plants were not too dense and the 

 weather during the late summer and fall, was favorable. However, with very dense rows and 

 with insufficient moisture we have seen them not worth picking. For the matted row plants 

 are set 15 to 18 inches apart in rows ZYi feet 



apart. If everbearers are grown in matted 



rows, care should be taken that they do NOT j,^,, .,^ 



become too densely set. ^^L. ^.M 



AN EVERBEARING GARDEN 

 FOR THE HOME No. 1 



100 GEM 



Catalog price $3.00 a>Z.ZO 



Fruit 90 days after set, producing large 

 tasty berries through the late summer and 

 fall and a good crop the following spring. 

 Everyone needs the everbearers in the 

 garden. 



Purchaser to pay transportation 



With suitable soil and good marketing facilities, 

 the Everbearers will return big profits for com- 

 mercial growers. The grower above has found 

 'them his most profitable varieties. 



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