Introduced in 1934, Gem is now accepted as one of the 

 most valuable of the everbearers. 



We have been growing Gem since 1934, and it has been our experience that Gem is con- 

 sistently a better producer and generally more profitable than any other Everbearer we have, 

 and we have had many reports from growers who have had the same experience when growing 

 Gem, either in the home garden, for local market, and also when grown commercially. 



The bright, attractive color and smooth, uniformly large size of Gem. with their better 

 than average quality, will meet the requirements of an Everbearer for the home garden or 

 local trade, and this, plus their exceptional firmness and ability to hold their light color until 

 very overripe, will please the most critical commercial grower, even though his market may 

 be at considerable distance. 



We are sure you will like Gem, and that if you have grown Everbearers successfully, you 

 will find Gem even more profitable, we recommend Gem as one of the best Everbearers for 

 either commercial or home garden planting. 



GROWTH — Gem makes a very vigorous growth, setting an abundance of medium size plants that 

 may need thinning when grown on rich soil. The foliage is very healthy, showing no more leaf spot 

 than Mastodon. 



PKODUCTIOX — Are fully equal to Mastodon in production. Last spring the crop was fully up to 

 Mastodon, fruiting in mid-season with Catskill and Big Joe, the fruit was of good size, very regular 

 and attractive. In late summer and fall production, Gem out-produced Mastodon in the first 

 piclviugs, during early October Mas- 

 todon took the lead but in the late 



pickings during the lasT of October -^-.^^ 



and early November, Gem was again 

 ahead. Thus we believe there is 

 little choice between the two from 

 the standpoint of productiveness. 



riR3IXESS— Gem is fully as firm 

 as Mastodon and the skin is quite 

 tough, will carry very well. With 

 us their carrying quality is superior 

 to any of the other everbearers. 



SIZE — Gem berries all run quite 

 large in size, are almost round and 

 very uniform as you will note in 

 the picture above. They do not have 

 as many berries on eacli fruiting 

 stem as does Mastodon but size up 

 all the berries well and you hardly 

 ever find a very small or cull berry. 



COLOR — The appearance of the 

 berries is very pleasing, are a bright 

 red, much lighter than Mastodon 

 and carry a very high gloss, which, 

 coupled with their light green cap 

 and uniformly large size will quick- 

 ly break down any sales resistance 

 in a prospective buyer. 



QUALITY AND FLAVOR— As Gem 



is a verj' heavy pollen producer the 

 fruit is all exceptionally well de- 

 veloped. The flesh of a firm, even 

 texture with no hard or tough core. 

 In our opinion the flavor is super- 

 ior to Mastodon and somewhat sim- 

 ilar to that of Progressive. 



GE3I 

 A Brigrht Red Berry Very Smooth and Uniform 



LUCKY STRIKE -^ ^^^^ everbearer for home garden or local market, has a somewhat bet- 

 ter flavor than Mastodon but the fruit is not as large or as firm but is 

 much larger than Champion. Makes plants very freely and is a vigorous grower, a persistent 

 yielder all through the summer and fall. The spring crop is not as heavy as Mastodon. Some 

 growers prefer it to Mastodon because of its better flavor and to Champion because of its larg- 

 er size. 



CHAMPION ^^^ everbearer with a real wild strawberry flavor. The fruit is small but is 

 very sweet and full flavored, a dark glossy red, attractive in spite of its small 

 size. For the home garden, where size is not important Champion is ideal. A good producer 

 all during the summer and fall. The spring crop is poor. If you prefer quality to large size 

 Champion will meet your requirements. 



PROGRESSIVE. Same as Champion. 



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