Strawberry Gardens 
Every home should have a strawberry garden. They will pay in many ways — 
beauty— health — usefulness — pleasure. The bright shiny green of the leaves, the mass 
of white bloom, and the brilliant red berries make a picture as pretty as many flower 
gardens. A strawberry garden promotes health, not only because the fruit itself is 
healthy, but because the work of hoeing and picking is done out of doors under healthy 
surroundings. Many people like the berries best fresh off the vines, others prefer them 
sugared down or in strawberry shortcake. They are enjoyed in many ways as fresh fruit 
as well as canned and preserved for winter use. They not only help out with the diet but 
they are a real item in reducing the family budget. A strawberry garden brings pleasure 
by means of the things mentioned above as well as the satisfaction in showing them to 
and sharing them with your friends. 
On these pages we have quoted from letters of some who have such gardens. Read 
them. 
Cannot begin to supply the demand 
Wayne Co., Ohio, June 16, 1937. Last year I pur- 
chased 400 Fairfax plants of you. The berries which 
they are producing are wonderful, both in flavor and 
in their unusual size. Monday was our first picking. 
When we had finished I called a store. They had all 
they wanted. I went down town with a basket full, 
stopping first at the bank, then on to the store. The 
bank officials said they never saw such berries. The 
store that didn't want any, wanted all I had then, and 
every other day as long as they lasted. They are 
selling at a premium above other varieties. A woman 
of the town came yesterday for berries. She went out 
where they are growing and said she had seen pictures 
of berries in the catalog, but she never before saw 
berries as nice as the catalog pictures. I am simply 
swamped with orders, cannot begin to supply the de- 
mand. — Mr. E. J. Wright. 
Mr. F. D. Kilburn and family in his berry 
patch in Davis County, Iowa. The youngster 
looks as though he expected to enjoy the 
berries. 
12,000 Quarts Per Acre 
Montgomery Co., Md. Feb. 16, 1937. You will 
find enclosed my order for Fairfax and Dorsett straw- 
berry plants. For quality and productiveness these 
berries are the best I have ever seen. In my home 
garden I picked the past summer 300 quarts of berries 
from two rows of Fairfax, two of Dorsett and one of 
Mastodon, each 67 feet long and measuring just 1/40 
of an acre. This is at the rate of 12,000 qts. per acre. 
These berries were grown on sod plowed down in the 
late fall so conditions were not of the best. — Mr. John 
A. Markle. 
l}/2 Quarts Per Plant 
Jackson Co., Mo. March 25, 1937. I sent for plants 
two years ago last spring. I had the best strawberries 
that I ever raised. Dorsett and Fairfax were the 
varieties. I got nearly 1^2 quarts to the plant so I 
think it was very good. I am sending for more plants 
this year. — Mr. M. M. Tetu. 
Has Had Great Success 
Grainger Co., Tenn. June 19, 1937. I am writing 
about my strawberry plants. I ordered 400 a year 
ago from you and I sure have great success with them. 
The patch produced 140 gallons of the finest berries 
I ever saw. — Mr. W. M. Long. 
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