GREEN MOUNTAIMlMASJOpON 
A FINE NEW EVERBEARER 
FOR COLD CLIMATE5 tr HEAVY 50IL 
The Most Popular 
EVERBEARER 
Green Mountain was originated and intro- 
duced by the Aiken Nurseries in Vermont. It 
has made a fine record there for productiveness 
and profit, producing good crops in both the 
first and second years. The plant growth is 
more vigorous than any other Everbearing 
variety we have grown. It makes large, strong 
plants like Mastodon and almost as many plants 
as Gem. The berries are medium to large in 
size, have a bright red glossy skin and promi- 
nent yellow seeds, which make them very attrac- 
tive. The quality is very mild and sweet; the 
texture is firm and somewhat dry, making them 
excellent for shipping. We have found Green 
Mountain best on fairly heavy soils. It does not 
start bearing quite as early in the summer as 
Gem, Champion and Wayzata, but it has proved 
to be as heavy a producer as any with us. It 
has been equalled by Gem, but in a long, mod- 
erate fall or autumn would probably outyield 
gem because its productiveness is greatest late 
in the season whereas Gem starts early and un- 
less heavily fertilized lets up a little as freezing 
weather approaches. Green Mountain is a pat- 
ented variety, the patent being held by the in- 
troducers. It is understood when you purchase 
plants of this variety that you purchase the right 
to the fruit crops produced and to propagation 
of plants for your own use but not to sell nor 
give away. We are selling Green Mountain 
under special arrangement with the introducers 
and we recommend it for heavier soil types and 
for latitudes from Virginia north. Price list, 
page 33. 
Heavy yields, fine quality and good appear- 
ance make Green Mountain a valuable new 
Everbearer 
Mastodon is the first good Everbearing variety 
that had commercial possibilities. It was Tery 
extensively advertised and was sold and planted 
over a wide territory. The ruggedness of Mas- 
todon plants and the vigor of its^ growth partly 
account for the uniformly good results that were 
obtained with it. For this reason Mastodon be- 
came and still remains the most popular and 
widely grown Everbearing variety. The berries 
average large in size, attractive in appearance, 
good in quality and are firm enough to ship 
moderate distances. Under certain conditions 
other varieties have proved superior. Gem, in 
a number of states, widely separated; Green 
Mountain, in the heavier soils and colder 
climates of New England; Wayzata, under in- 
tensive care in Minnesota, Wisconsin and other 
Northwestern states. However, Mastodon is the 
universal variety, like Premier in the standard 
kinds, which has given uniformly good results 
and is a safe one to plant. Price list, page 33. 
Loads of Good Sized Berries 
Baltimore Co., Maryland, June 11th, 1936. The 
Mastodon we bought from you last year are 
doing- fine, yielding loads of berries of good size. 
— Mr. Joseph L. Handles. 
All Lived and Produced Abundantly 
Suffolk Co., N. T., November 3rd, 1935. Last 
spring I purchased 100 plants of Mastodon Ever- 
bearing strawberries from your nursery. Not 
even one has died. I had never expected to have 
all of them live and produce so abundantly. So 
far they've produced three crops (cycles) and 
are still going strong even though there have 
been two heavy frosts. The measurements of 
some berries which are still ripening on the 
plants are 1% inches in diameter and exactly 
2 inches in height. — Dorothy Aslaksen. 
Finds Mastodon Fine-Flavored and As Large 
As Premier 
Rockingham Co., Va., March 28th, 1936. Mas- 
todon Everbearers purchased from you surely 
gave me a surprise. Have tried other varieties 
of Everbearers with no satisfaction. They were 
always small and inferior fruit, but Mastodon 
get out first week in April began bearing in July 
and continued to give fine large fine-flavored 
fruit equal in size to our best Premier. Picked 
last on November 6th for on that night we had 
an ice storm that froze the blossoms with which 
they were yet filled for continuance. Sold 
enough berries to pay for plants and trouble 
tending them and had family shortcake every 
week all summer, from 100 plants purchased. T 
am including in this letter money order for 
$7.00 for which please send me 1,000 Mastodon 
plants just like those of last year. Have noticed 
in a few catalogs that some quote them for a 
little less this spring, but I want your plants 
now that I know the type and character of those 
you propagate. — Mr. C. A. Watkins. 
Mastodon Berries Gigantic in Size 
Big Horn Co., Wyo., March 12th, 1936. En- 
closed is my order for 12,000 Mastodon plants. 
We only lost about fifty of the 10,000 we got 
from you last year. Our berries were gigantic; 
in size and won popular acclaim wherever seen. 
— Mr. W. H. Douglass. 
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