CANDY 
Very Late Varieties 
A fancy late shipping berry, large, solid, hand- 
some, moderately productive. Needs liberal fer- 
tilization. Berries often sell with Chesapeake. 
Makes plants freely but needs springy land for 
big crops. Gandy is an old favorite which many 
growers refuse to give up. Where it does well 
it is a real profit maker. "We recommend limiting 
of Gandy plants in the row to four to six plants 
per square foot and fertilizing in late summer. 
Gandy needs moist conditions for best results 
anywhere and with this treatment on moist soil 
or under irrigation Gandy would probably sur- 
prise even those who know it is a fine old berry. 
Our Gandy plants seem unusually vigorous this 
year. Price list, page 33. 
OThe latest berry we have, 
rem Berries average large in size, 
fairly good quality and nice ap- 
pearance. They often sell well because they 
come after other fancy late berries are past 
their prime. Price list, page 33. 
Pi Like Chesapeake, this variety 
earl blooms late and escapes frost. Pearl 
makes plants so freely that it often 
needs thinning. However, for fruiting, Pearl 
needs rich, moist ground and liberal applications 
of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer in late 
summer. The season is very late. Our stock 
of Pearl came from Michigan growers who praise 
the variety very highly. Also with us it re- 
sembles Gandy very closely and like Gandy it 
often brings top prices on the market. Price 
list, page 33. 
How to Grow Good Crops of Everbearers 
The same cultural practices that are used in growing good crops of standard 
varieties also apply to growing Everbearers. However, the fact that Everbear- 
ing varieties, to be successful, must not only make a good, strong, vigorous plant 
growth but must bear a crop of blossoms and berries the same year they are set, 
makes it desirable to pay even more attention to having conditions and prac- 
tices just right for them. For best results they should be planted on good soil, 
well manured, set early, using good plants, and given plenty of moisture and 
feeding. More details about the exact care desirable for them are given below. 
1. Set plants early while both plants and soil 
are in good condition. Strawberries start better 
if the soil is cool and moist and if they have not 
become too much devitalized by a heavy growth 
of leaves and blossoms before setting is done. 
2. Good strong plants should be used. One 
reason why Mastodon has done so well over a 
wide territory is because the plants run large. 
Gem makes a smaller plant than Mastodon, but 
when set early has been found superior in many 
places. 
3. Blossoms should be cut off until about July 
15th to 20th. As it takes about one month from 
blossoms to ripe berries, picking would start 
about August 20th. Cutting all blossoms until 
August 15th would probably increase the aver- 
age size of berries produced but would decrease 
total yield. 
4. The hill system is best. Lack of total pro- 
duction in the fall has been the chief criticism 
of Everbearers. Careful experiments show that 
removal of runners not only builds up stronger 
individual plants, but increases blossoms and 
fruit production. This checks with years of ob- 
servation that Everbearing plants in matted 
rows which have made few runners or none al- 
ways have the most berries. However, good re- 
sults are often obtained from matted rows unless 
they have been allowed to get very thick and 
crowded. If a matted row system is used it is 
recommended that each plant set be allowed to 
make only a few runner plants, say from three 
to six new runners per plant. These can be 
spaced from eight to jtwelve inches apart and 
will produce very satisfactory results. 
5. The second fall crop will be far better if 
the plants are not allowed to produce the regular 
spring crop. Blossom cutting which would be 
necessary is far easier if plants are grown by 
the hill system or in very thin narrow rows. This 
practice may not be profitable, however, so try 
it in a small way until you know. A heavy frost 
at blooming time which would materially cut the 
spring crop of Everbearers would be of consider- 
able benefit as far as the second fall crop is 
concerned. 
6. Mulching. Experiments indicate that sum- 
mer mulching increases total yield little or none. 
However, by helping keep down weeds it re- 
duces labor and by keeping berries clean and 
bright it increases the value of the fall crop. 
Mulching can be used much more effectively if 
grown in hills or in very thin rows. When used 
it should be applied about June 20th — July 1st, 
by which time most of the new runner plants, 
if any, will be started. From two to three tons 
of wheat straw, marsh grass, or other fine mate- 
rial should be used per acre. 
7. Fertilizer. Everbearing varieties which are 
expected to do so much so quickly need heavier 
fertilizing and more frequent applications than 
regular kinds. A heavy application of barnyard 
manure disced in, or on heavier soil plowed 
under before setting would be fine. Fertilizer 
as recommended on page 9 should be used at 
planting time, either under the plants or as a 
side dressing just after plants have been set. In 
addition two or three applications of tankage or 
nitrate of soda made at intervals of about one 
month will help greatly in the production of fall 
berries.. Great care must be taken to see that 
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