ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1925 



Big Joe — A Proven Money Maker 



Before Deciding — Consider 



Before deciding whether or not you will grow strawberries consider that : 



1. A comparatively large income can be had from a small acreage. Premier, 

 Big Joe and Chesapeake on rich land well cared for should yield 3000 or 4000 

 quarts per acre. Can you sell them at 20c or more per quart? If so, there is $600 

 to $800, with growing costs including plants, labor and fertilizer at not over $100 

 to $200 per acre. If you work them yourself and have stable manure available, the 

 cash outlay can be cut in half. 



2. No previous experience is necessary. Follow cultural directions on pages 

 8-9, watch and talk with your neighbors if any of them grow strawberries and use 

 ordinary "horse-sense". We will be glad to help in any way we can. If there is any 

 point you don't understand in this Berry Book, write us and we will answer 

 personally. 



3. Any good garden soil or one that will make good yields of other crops will 

 grow strawberries successfully. 



4. Little money is needed to start. Besides the plants, a dibble or trowel for 

 planting and a hoe or cultivator for working are all the equipment needed, once 

 the ground is plowed. 



5. The returns from Strawberry Growing are quick and come early in the 

 season. No other fruit produces a full crop in 13 or 14 months after planting 

 and no other fruit crop comes as early in the spring. 



6. A Second Crop and sometimes a third almost equal to the first can be had 

 at very little additional expense. 



