Garden Specials 



Home Garden 



Everyone slioiild have a Berry Garden. 

 With a little effort, one may have delicious, 

 fresh l)erries rij?ht from the vines, daily 

 thronijh a lonj? season and by planting some 

 overbearers yon can have them all summer 

 and fall. Order 200 to 500 plants today: this 

 many if given proper care will produce all the 

 berries you can use fresh, have plenty to pre- 

 serve and probably you will have several 

 quarts to sell to your neighbors, who will al- 

 ways bo more than glad to get them. 



Garden No. 4- 



Garden No. 1 



25 Fairfax (early) Special 



25 Big Joe (mid-season) CJ 1 n n 



25 Chesapeake (late) q> X . v^ V^ 

 25 Mastodon Everbearing Prepaid 



100 Plants. 



Catalogue Price $1.25 



Garden No. 2 



50 Dorsett (early) 

 50 Catskill (early) 

 50 Chesapeake (late) 

 100 Mastodon Everbearing 



Special 



$ 2.00 



Prepaid 



250 Plants. 



Catalogue Price $2.20 



NEW VARIETY SPECIAL 



100 Clermont (early) 



100 Culver (nild-scason) 



100 Camden (late) 



100 Catskill (niJd-season) 



100 Gem Everbearing 



Special 



$4.75 



Prepaid 



100 Empire All Red Everbearing 



600 Plants. Catalogue Price $5.00 



Garden No. 3 



100 Premier (early) 

 100 Joyce (mid-season) 

 100 Catskill (ni Id-season) 

 100 Chesapeake (late) 

 100 Mastoodn Everbearing 



Special 



$3 .oo 



Prepaid 



500 Plants. 



Catalogue Price $3.75 



WORTHWHILE SUGGESTIONS 



PLANTING — Early spring is the best and the 

 most suceossful time to sot strawberry plants. 

 Do not neglect spring planting expecting to plant 

 during the late summer or fall, with equal suc- 

 cess. 



PLANT EARLiY — You may plant your berry 

 patch in your best soil, using the very best plants, 

 fertilize properly and cultivate and hoe at just the 

 risrlit time, but if you do not plant early you Avill 

 fail to get the Lull results from tJiis otherwise cor- 

 rect culture. We cannot impress you too strongly 

 with the importance of early planting:. 



SOIL SELJKCTl ON— Strawberries are one of the 

 best paying crops. Give tliem a chance by select- 

 ing a good piece t)f ground tliat contains plenty of 

 liumus, holds moisture v.eli and has good drainage. 

 Use your best soil, it pays. 



SELECTING VARIETIES— Select heavy produc- 

 ing varieties of large, high quality fruit which are 

 adapted to your section and requirements. I'lant- 

 iug such varieties as will extend your season over 

 a long period. I'Ndiowiiig are a list of some of the 

 hetle.' varieties: Karly — Dorsett, Fairfax, highest 

 (luality, excellent siiippers; Premier, fine (luality, 

 fair shipper; DlakcMiiore, bost for the South; South- 

 land, for the Southern home garden. Mid-seas(»n — 

 l>ig .Fo<'. fine (juality, good shipper; .Toyce, light in 

 color, firm itrodiictive ; Abpr«leen, very productive, 

 for m>arby market. Catskill is very i)romising, 

 largo, productive and vigorous. Lati' — Chesapeake, 

 best late, fine (juality, very good shipper; Lupton, 

 good shii)pi-r, poor (juality: Wm. I'.elt, excellent 

 quality, for Northern section. Where it is desir- 



able to extend the season longer one of the very 

 late varieties may be grown, provided your soil is 

 suitable. Gandy, Pearl, .Mastodon — leading ever- 

 bearer for moie than a decade, good spring croi)- 

 pe.'. Gem a new everbearer that looks very prom- 

 ising, well Avorth a trial. 



It is best before planting heavily of a new var- 

 iety to determine its adaptability to your soil and 

 marker. 



EALSE EC0N03IY— Often in trying to cut down 

 expenditures a grower loses many times over what 

 he actually saves. Don't continue to grow old, 

 unproductive varieties just because you have them. 

 Then, before digging plants from your fruiting 

 bed consider the fruit these plants would have pro- 

 duced, the time and labor necessary to dig them, 

 the short, coarse roots they will likely have and 

 the delay in planting while you are getting your 

 plants ready. Then, too, a change of clim.ite will 

 alwa;V's have a very invigorating effect. If y(»ii 

 are following this practice and the results seem to 

 be fairly satisfactory, just order a few plants from 

 some reliable nursery to compare Avith your own. 

 AVe are very sure you will find that all the time 

 and labor you have si)ent in digging and cleaning 

 plants has been worse than waste(l. Give this a 

 trial anyway. 



REMOVING BL0SS03IS— This should never be 

 neglected. If the plants are jiermitted to fruit the 

 year set they \vill be greatly weakened and the 

 next season's crop materialy reduced. On ever- 

 bearers the bossoms should be kei)t off until the 

 plants are well established. 



M.ARKETING— Market carefully and wisely that 

 you may reali/.e the maximum returns from your 

 labor and investment. See page 



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