We like Gem much better than Mastodon. With us here in Maryland it produces 

 more late summer and fall berries. Compared with Mastodon the Gem berries are at least 

 equal in size, quality and flavor. They are firmer, brighter, more uniform in size and shape, 

 more attractive in appearance, and sell better on the market than Mastodon. Gem 

 berries are usually as bright and attractive as Blakemore. 



Although Gem is much better here for the last summer and fall crop, it is no where 

 near as good for the spring crop as Mastodon. This may account largely for the greater 

 general popularity of Mastodon. 



Gem plants are usually not as strong and rugged as Mastodon but our Gem stock 

 this year has had special attention so that the plants are unusually robust for that variety. 

 If set reatonably early we think no one will have any trouble making this Gem stock live 

 and grow and produce. If Gem plants start making runners too freely these should be cut 

 or pulled off to encourage fruit production. 



The friends of Gem speak up. 



"The Gem plants I put out last spring did wonderfully well. 

 We picked berries in the fall even up into late November". 

 Mr. B. A. Tagg^rt, Cumberland County, N. J. February 23, 

 1942. 



"Please send me 1,000 Gem Everbearing strawberry plants 

 about April 20th. I bought 700 Gem from you last year and 



they certainly produced wonderfully. We picked berries until 

 the latter part of October". Mr. £. H. Lopus, McKean Co., Pa. 

 March 21, 1942. 



"We are now having nice shortcakes from the Gem and 

 Mastodon plants we set out this spring". Mr. Joseph LaPointe, 

 Clinton Co., N. Y. August 18, 1942. 



You will want some of our superb stock of sturdy Gem plants this year. 

 They are jam-packed vinth vigor and vitality and are ready to respond rapidly 

 to reasonable care and attention. Price list, page 31. 



Qfkf^ffmffm This new everbearer, a cross of Gem X Wayzata, has caught our fancy. We don't want 

 to "get out on a limb" about Gemzata but it seems from three years' observation, to be 

 living up to most of the good things we say about Gem, to outdo Gem in some ways. It is 

 a somewhat stronger grower than Gem and more productive of larger berries. It equals Gem in quality but 

 the berries are not quite as uniform in shape or as smooth, bright and attractive in appearance, but it is close 

 to Gem on those points. If you are interested in Everbearers you will certainly want to try Gemzata. Price 

 list, page 31. 



