Are Returning Big Dividends 



to Both the Commercial and the 



Home Garden Grower 



In many cases the everbearers are the most usefnl and valuable of strawberries. No home 

 garden can be complete without them. The small amount of additional attention they require is 

 repaid many times in fresh delicious berries all through the late summer and fall. Any one 

 who takes pride in their garden will find great pleasure in having large, attractive strawberries, 

 out of the regular season. Be sure to have at least one of the everbearers in your garden 

 this year. 



The Market Gardener and the comm.ercial berry grower man find the everbearers a valu- 

 able addition to their regular list. The prices of Strawberries during the late summer and fall 

 are always high for good grade fruit, thus one who has moist springy soil which contains an 

 abundance of humus or has the facilities for irrigation, would be in a position to realize good 

 profits from everbearers. As with all strawberries, the everbearers require an abundance of ! 

 moisture if they are to develop the fruit to a large size, this should be kept in mind when se- 

 lecting the site for an everbearing field. Only moist, springy soil, which contains sufticient or- ^ 

 ganic matter to conserve the moisture, should be used, unless you have irrigation. With irri- 

 gation any fertile, well drained soil will be suitable. 



1. Varieties — Ma.stodop. and Gem are the best varieties for commercial growing. The 

 others are all of better quality and flavor but are not as productive or the fruit as large. 



2. Plants and Planting — As the everbearers are under the dual strain of making growth \ 

 and producing fruit, the plants should be strong and vigorous and should be planted just as 

 early as possible. This enables the plants to become developed earlier and will produce more 

 and better fruit. 



3. Blossoms — All blossoms should be removed until the plants become well developed, this 

 is usually about the middle of July. If blossom removal is continued longer the fruit will be 

 larger but total yield will be materially reduced. 



4. Training — For largest size and heaviest fall production the hill system, in which all 

 runners are kept off, will develop very large individual plants and all the effort of the plant 

 goes into the production of fruit instead of the production of runners. This necessitates con- 

 siderable hand labor but the results usually justify the additional care. The plants should b€ 

 set 15 inches apart in rows 2 to 2^ feet apart. The spaced row Ogives very satisfactory yields 

 and good sized fruit. The plants are set 15 inches apart in rows 3 to 3^2 f^et apart, the first 

 runner plants are encouraged to root and are spaced diagonally from the mother plant. Aftei 

 these are developed all runners are removed as they appear. We have seen some very gooc 

 fall crops from everbearers grown in matted rows when the plants were not too dense and the 

 weather during the late summer and fall, was favorable. However, with very dense rows anc 

 with insuflScient moisture we have seen them not worth picking. For the matted row plant; 

 are set 15 to 18 inches apart in rows 33^ feet apart. If everbearers are grown in matted rows 

 care should be taken that thej^ do NOT become too densely set. 



FINE PLANTS 



March 23, 1938 



Stra-vvberry plants came this morning. They are 



fine plants. — Mr. B. M. Rhodes, Jackson Co., W. Ya. 



April 25, 1938 

 Received the Dorsett berry plants Saturday, and 

 set them out Monday, and I was very much pleased 

 with them. Thank you for your promptness, and 

 all the information you have ffiven me. — Mr. C. 

 W. Moore, Cuyhoga Co., Ohio. 



HARDILY I.OST A PL,AXT IN 2,500 



March 25. 193 

 Am sending check for another order of straw 

 berry plants. Will say the order of Premier an 

 Catskill plants I received last year grew off th 

 best I ever had. I hardly lost a plant of the 2,50 

 I set.— Mr. Otis Wells. Hamilton Co., Indiana. 



May 1. 

 Received the berrv plants promptly and in 

 condition. — Mr. R .M. Thornburg, Berkeley 

 W. Ya. 



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