Mastodon is a good midseason berry for the regular spring crop, similar to Big Joe in both plant growth 
and fruit. It can be grown with some success in red stele soils, having more resistance to that disease than any 
of the other everbearers. Lack of consistent productiveness in late summer and fall has been and still is the 
weakness of all the everbearers. We believe one of the reasons why Mastodon continued so long as the most 
popular and widely planted variety is because a good crop of berries in the spring was sure even though the 
summer and fall crop was disappointing. 
Mastodon makes a strong vigorous growth with larger plants generally than any of the everbearers except 
the new Red Rich. It is very rugged and can take lots of punishment and still survive, '^ai any plant should be 
given extra good care if a good crop of berries is expected just a few weeks after the plants are set. In favorable 
seasons Mastodon is quite productive for the fall crop. The berries are fairly good in quality, rather attractive 
in appearance and firm enough to be shipped moderate distances. Mastodon is not as attractive as Gem, 
about equal in quality and not usually as productive in late summer and fall. They have a tendency to 
ripen unevenly with the underside green after the top has become fully red. Mastodon is not adapted as far 
south as Gem and Superfection but for years was the most popular and widely planted everbearer over the 
middle and northern states. Price List page 31. 
We are offering this great new everbearer this year for the first time. We had it under test during 1951. 
We can say without reservation that Red Rich makes the largest, strongest, most vigorous plant that we have 
ever seen with any everbearer. The berries are outstanding in quality. When we say it is as good or almost as 
good as Fairfax we can say no more, as we are "nuts" about Fairfax quality.' 
The tests we had on Red Rich were both in matted rows and in the sawdust mulch plots. In matted rows 
neither the Red Rich nor the Brilliant bore enough berries to be worth considering as everbearers. In the 
sawdust mulch plots all the Gem type berries (Gem, Superfection, Brilliant) bore just as well, perhaps- a few 
more berries, than the Red Rich but none of them could touch Red Rich in eating quality. Red Rich both in 
foliage and fruit resembles Fairfax greatly. Like Fairfax the berries are a rich dark red and the foliage is very 
beautiful; in fact, we think the foliage, flowers and fruit used as potted plants or for border plantings are more 
beautiful than many plants now used for such plantings. 
Reports that we have read about Red Rich all praise its high quality and vigor. One report from a horti- 
culturist in Illinois says that Red Rich is the outstanding everbearer in every way and that as far as he is con- 
cerned he would not even consider any other variety a close cumpetitor. We have plants direct from the intro- 
ducer of Red Rich. As the supply of this variety is still very limited not more than 500 plants may be purchased 
by any one customer. Price List page 31. 
RED RICH 
