Making MONEY M STRAWBERRIES 



Strawberries can be grown consistently with as high a monetary return for 

 the investment as any crop there is. You must grow good berries which will pay 

 for the extra effort used in producing them. The price of strawberries is dependent 

 upon quality, and quality makes it easy to sell your berries at a nice profit. 



SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER 



1. Strawberries can be grown any- 

 where with fine varieties suitable for 

 every state. 



2. Strawberries are an excellent way to 

 utilize good land, especially in urban 

 areas, because a high income per acre 

 can be expected. 



3. Strawberries have a wide variety of 

 markets available — local stores, chain 

 stores, restaurants, processors, commis- 

 sion houses, roadside markets and 

 "Pick Your Own" projects. 



4. Strawberries require little machinery 

 with little capital investment. 



5. Strawberries are the first fruit crop 

 of the season. 



6. Strawberries under irrigation are 

 protected in the spring from frost dam- 

 age and the berries produced are 

 larger and better with ample moisture. 



7. Strawberries are excellent as a fam- 

 ily business or a commercial venture. 

 The work is suitable for older people, 

 women and children. 



8. Strawberries appeal to everybody. 

 No one can resist quality berries of- 

 fered at either retail or wholesale. 



SOME THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR 



1. Do not plant more strawberries than 

 you can care for. The profit in straw- 

 berries is in growing them well. 



2. Do all the things necessary to grow 

 good berries. Poor berries sell only 

 when quality berries are not available. 



"PICK YOUR OWN" 



As we have said for several years, 

 the "Pick Your Own" projects are in- 

 creasing every year. Fields will vary 

 from less than an acre to more than 20 

 acres, with the owner-grower having 

 his crop picked by his customers. Pack- 

 ages are in most cases supplied by the 

 grower so the harvesting operation 

 consists of supervising the customer- 

 pickers and collecting the money for 

 the fruit. Any location within a few 

 miles of a population center is a na- 

 tural for this type of berry growing. 



A person living in the city is able 

 through "Pick Your Own" to get a sup- 

 ply of completely fresh strawberries for 

 his own use with an outing that is 

 both work and fun. 



In most cases "Pick Your Own" has 

 the unique situation of providing an 

 ever-increasing market, as satisfied 

 customers tell their friends and, like 

 gossip, more and more people find out. 

 Usually "Pick Your Owners" have a 

 regular mailing list by which they let 

 customers of past years know what 

 variety will be available and when. A 

 small ad in the newspaper, a spot an- 

 nouncement on the local radio station, 

 or other means of publicity may be 

 necessary to bring customers for the 

 first time. After your reputation for 

 good berries is established they will 

 be back. 

 Boyle Co., Ky., Dec. 29, 1965. '"Our first strawberry plants produced extra well the first year, 

 and then last spring, the second crop did almost as well again. In fact, my daughter won 

 County Champion at the Boyle County Youth Fair and went on to claim the District First 

 Place and Grand Champion. Strawberries from your plants really sell well and we wouldn't 

 think of changing plants. Our hobby is indeed growing into a profitable one. We have old 

 and new customers waiting for our next crop of berries." Mrs. John Coulter, Jr. 



