Straiuberry Plants of Quality 



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WM, BELT 



Large Size, Fancy and High Quality 



Some Thoughts on Buying Plants 



I believe it will pay you to buy your plants not only because I have plants to sell but 

 there are some advantages in buying them that I submit for your consideration as I believe 

 these will bring you greater profits than the saving you make by digging your own, namely: 



1.— The convenience of having plants there ready to set at the most favorable time so 

 as to take advantage of the first good days of spring. Early planting pays and is one of the 

 surest ways to success in growing strawberries for about 99 per cent of the early set patches 

 arc successful. 



2.^The money you would receive from the plants during the two years that you could 

 fruit them. 



3. — The trouble and expense of digging and cleaning your own plants often with un- 

 experienced help, from ground that is hard and sticky so that the roots would be broken off in 

 digging and the soil would not come off without a great deal of shaking causing loss of time 

 at the season of the year when every good day counts. 



4.^ — Then you lose the invigorating effect that comes from a change in climate and soil 

 as these often show a marked gain. 



5. — Many of the best strawberry soils are heavy and the plants are short rooted and will 

 not do as well especially if the season is dry and then the plants can not be set as quickly or 

 as well as the plants I can furnish you which are grown on sandy soil especially for plants and 

 have long bright roots, are nicely trimmed and evenly bunched. 



