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You may not have ^^Acres of Diamonds'' in your back- 
yard but you can easily have ^^Rows of Jewels," those 
sparkling red jewels that are beautiful to behold, tempting 
to taste, economical to eat, volumnous with vitamins, superb 
for sharing and profitable to produce. 
Fresh luscious strawberries should be grown in every 
home garden . Anybody— any normal person— beginner or ex- 
perienced, can grow strawberries successfully. With the sim- 
ple directions on pages 24 to 27 you should have no trouble. 
Anywhere — strawberries are grown successfully in 
every state in the country, plus Alaska and Canada on the 
north and Mexico and Cuba on the south. 
Kent Co., Texas, Dec. 17, 1950. ''Am en- 
closing snapshot of my strawberry patch. I do 
not think the picture does justice to my beautiful 
plants. Basil C. Cairns. 
Suffolk Co., Mass., Jan. 25, 1951. "I am a 
boy 1 1 years old, living in a congested city area, 
but with a small patch of land that I used for my 
strawberry bed. From the first day that I put my 
plants down to the day I sheltered them from the 
winter it was a joy and a hobby I enjoyed very 
much. My mother, as well as myself, took great 
pride in serving fresh strawberries from my small 
patch. I do want to say I felt it no work and effort 
to take care of the berries, but it proved to offer 
something to keep me interested and busy." 
Kenneth DeCarolis. 
Allegheny Co., Pa., July 21, 1951. "Have been 
very satisfied with your plants as growers and 
bearers. Have purchased just for a garden plot 
several times in the last 18 years; have eaten all we 
could, made preserves and canned a few; in fact, 
they lasted until the new ones came every year." 
Mrs. Marie Laudini. 
Newport Co., R. I., May 1, 1951. "Please 
accept my sincere thanks for the strawberry plants 
splendidly packed and not dry. I have your catalog 
here before me and as I look I wonder if even you 
realize how very much pleasure you have given to 
the many people who have enjoyed this most enjoy- 
able of fruit from your plants. I am 86 years old but 
still work in my garden every day." 
John M. Sloane. 
