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HARRISONS' NURSERIES 



If you grow Strawberries for market, always use care and neatness in packing your fruit. 

 The 32-basket crate shown here is the best container 



Strawberries 



FOR HOME-GARDEN 

 OR MARKET FIELD 



Within a radius of 40 miles of Harrisons' Nurseries more Strawberries are 

 grown in a commercial way than in any other section of the entire world. When 

 we talk about Strawberries and Strawberry plants, we feel that we speak with 

 authority and knowledge. 



The crop of 1917 was about normal, both in yield and selling price. This 

 year (1918) the crop was less, for the reason that much land has been patrioti- 

 cally devoted to other crops. But the fruit was extra fine, and the price made 

 the growers happy. Klondyke sold as high as $6.70 a crate; Gandy brought 

 $7.90, and Missionary and Chesapeake brought about $6 at the high point. 

 An average of $4.40 for Klondyke and Missionary, and $5.50 for Gandy would 

 be an entirely fair statement. 



Here's a pointer, Mr. Farmer. Why not start an apple orchard next spring 

 with peaches or early apples (Yellow Transparent, Oldenburg, or Wealthy) as 

 fillers, and Strawberries as an intercrop? First it's Strawberry money, then 

 peach or early apple money, and then late apple money. See? 



Land intended for Strawberries should be put in first-class condition before 

 the plants are set. Plant in the spring. The matted row is the only practical 

 commercial system. The hill system is suitable for gardens, where the plants 

 are for recreation and entertainment rather than for the value of the berries 

 they produce. When planting by the matted-row system, put the plants in 

 rows about 4 feet apart and 15 inches apart in the rows. Let them make runners 

 all summer, and by fall you will have a thick row as wide as you permit the 

 runners to set crowns. North of southern Pennsylvania mulches are necessary 

 to protect plants from cold, as well as to keep the berries out of the dirt, but 

 south of that the straw is not necessary for winter protection. 



A hundred plants will make a patch for a family of four — but there won'tbe 

 any surplus fruit. Better set five hundred plants, and have fruit for preserving 

 or to sell to your neighbors. If the berries are not disposed of when freshly 

 picked they may be preserved or canned for winter use. No waste here, you see. 



