DREER'S POT-GROWN 



STRAWBMRRY PLANTS. 



8@» Pot=Grown Plants set out this summer will produce a FULL CROP of fruit next June. -®a 



Our facilities for growing Strawberry plants at our Nursery and Trial Farm, at Riverton, N. J., enable us to test all recently 

 introduced and promising new varieties with the view of offering only such as show decided merit. 



nriM^E OP' ^J-frPATT^l^T^ '^"^ pot-grown strawberry plants are ready for shipment the latter part of July, 



and can be supplied as late as October. It is better, however, to procure the plants 

 m August or September, as earlier plantings will develop larger and more vigorous plants and produce a greater crop of fruit next year 



Pot-grown versus 



Layer Plants. 



Potted plants may appear expen- 

 sive, yet when the labor necessary 

 to grow them into proper condi- 

 tion and the time saved in the re- 

 sult of the crop are considered, 

 they will be found much cheaper 

 than ordinary layer plants. They 

 may be planted after a crop of 

 early summer vegetables has been 

 harvested, and a crop of fruit 

 secured in eight or ten months 

 after planting. 



We forward by express, at the 

 purchaser's expense. The plants 

 are packed compactly, and as 

 light as possible, and we recom- 

 mend purchasers to have their 

 orders forwarded in this manner. 

 No charge for boxes or packing 



POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANT. 



Layer Plants. 



A full list of layer plants will 

 be given in our Autumn Cata- 

 logue, which we issue in Sep- 

 tember. They are not so desir- 

 able as pot-grown plants, and 

 will not produce as large a crop 

 of fruit next spring ; but they 

 are cheaper and more available 

 for extensive plantings. Under 

 proper autumn treatment they 

 produce quite satisfactory results. 



Note. 



A "layer" strawberry plant is 

 one that has taken root by its own 

 effort, whereas a "pot-grown'' 

 plant, having all the fine fibrous 

 roots, confined in the pot, is not 

 checked in growth by transplant- 

 ing. 



WRONG WAY OF PLANTING. 



PISTILLATE OR IM- 

 PERFECT BLOSSOM. 



Directions for Garden Culture. 



To cultivate Strawberries for family use, we recommend a thorough 

 preparation of the ground by spading or plowing. Work into the 

 soil a liberal quantity of well- rotted manure. Use also our brands of 

 ground bone and wood ashes. Plant in rows two feet apart ; the 

 plants fifteen inches apart in rows. Pinch off all runners. Cultivate 

 frequently. In December cover the entire bed an inch deep with straw 

 or long litter from the stable. In late March remove litter from crowns 

 of the plants, but not from the alleys. Use sufficient straw about 

 plants to keep the berries clean. This is the "hill" system of 

 strawberry growing, and is especially adapted to summer and autumn 

 planting. It involves the most work, but produces finest berries and 

 largest crop from a given area. 



The " matted row " plan, more especially suited to spring plant- 

 ing, is used by all market gardeners, and is adapted to family gardens 

 also. It is substantially as follows : Prepare the ground as above. 

 Set the plants in rows three feet apart, and fifteen incTies apart in 

 rows ; permit runners to form and take root ; cultivate the alleys con- 

 tinually, as close to the plants as possible, finally making alley and 

 row each about eighteen inches in width. Keep the bed wholly free 

 of weeds. Cover in winter, as above, and in March uncover crowns 

 of plants. Use plenty of mulching, so as to keep berries clean and 

 ground moist and cool. 



Perfect and Imperfect or Pistillate Flowers. 



Varieties marked pistillate have imperfect blossoms. They include many of the 

 most prolific and desirable kinds. It is only necessary to plant perfect-flowered 

 varieties near them, in the proportion of one to four ; either one plant to four in the 

 row, or one row of perfect flowering plants to four rows of pistillate plants. 



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PLANTED TOO DEEP. 



TOO SHALLOW PLANTING. 



BI-SEXUAL OR PER- 

 FECT BLOSSOM. 



