GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 113 



STRAWBERRIES FOR SOUTHERN GARDENS. 



strawberries are considered one of the 

 most profitable crops that any farmer or 

 gardener can grow. There is a g-reater 

 profit per acre for the money and time ex- 

 pended than can be made from any other 

 crop. Some growers have reported as hig-h 

 as $1,000.00 per acre and some even hig-her 

 than that. The usual profits run from 

 $300.00 to $1,000.00 per acre when the 

 proper attention is griven to them. 



There are many localities all over the 

 South where strawberries can be grown for 

 home market with splendid results, then 

 there is big- money in growing- tliem for the 

 Northern markets, and aside from this 

 every tiller of the soil, from those who 

 have a small garden in the back of their 

 city lot to the large farmer, should pro- 

 duce enough berries for their own table. A 

 few hundred plants, if there is not room for 

 more, will help wonderfully towards this, 

 but a larger patch is better. 



Commercial strawberry growing i s 

 flourishing throughout the South and there 

 is room for many more acres. This is a 

 nice, easy, clean crop to grow and handle 

 and is one that the women and children de- 

 light to work in. 



You should use the best plants for your 

 strawberry bed and we are prepared to sup- 

 ply you with the best plants grown. The 

 Klondyke is the leading Southern variety 

 and is the one that is and should be planted 

 most extensively. The Missionary is con- 

 sidered the best early Southern variety and 

 the Aroma and Gandy for late. These vari- 

 eties are the ones that should be used for 

 best results. Many of the old time varie- 

 ties have given away to these new and bet- 

 ter kinds. The best time to plant is from 

 October 15th to March 1st. The ground 

 should be well prepared and fertilized, the 



rows should be three feet apart and the 

 plants one foot apart in the row; they 

 should be well cultivated and all weeds and 

 grass kept hoed or pulled out. 



Senator Dunlap Strawberry. 



Every farmer should order some plants 

 at once for a home garden if not for home 

 market or commercial strawberry growing. 

 He should have all he needs for his own 

 table, if not more. If the strawberry bed 

 is overlooked by the head of the family the 

 wife should see to it that there are straw- 

 . berry plants ordered for a garden patch for 

 home use. Strawberries will grow and 

 tlirive anywhere in the South, then why be 

 without them? 



Per 1,000. 



Not 



Postpaid. 

 $3.50 



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4.50 



4.50 



Strawberry Plants. 



Per Doz. Per 100. 



Postpaid. Not Postpaid. 



Klondyke $ .15 $ .50 



Missionary 15 .50 



Aroma .15 .50 



Gandy 15 .50 



Michel's Early 15 .50 



Lady Thompson 15 .50 



Hoffman 15 .50 



Ocean City 15 .50 



Senator Dunlap .20 .60 



Excelsior 20 .60 



Special prices in large quantities. 



SOUTHERN GARDEN ASSORTMENT. 

 300 Plants, Postpaid, $1.75. 



For $1.75 we will send 300 strawberry plants, postage prepaid, to any post office in 

 the United States. In this collection will bfe 150 Klondyke, the best medium-early, 

 large-sized, sweet flavored berry; 150 Aroma, which is of enormous size, finest quality, and 

 stays in bearing late, long after other varieties are through. This selection contains 

 the best there is to be had in Strawberries to date. 



OUR ONE-DOLLAR ASSORTMENT. 

 150 Plants, Postpaid, $1.00. 



If you don't want as many as 300 plants, our One-Dollar Strawberry Assortment is 

 just the thing for you. Plants of exactly the same quality as in the Southern Garden 

 Assortment, the same varieties: 75 Klondyke, 75 Aroma, postpaid to any post office in the 

 United States for $1.00. 



All of otir Apple, Apricot, Peach, Pear, Plum and Persimmon Trees are 4 to 6 feet higli 

 and are Well Grown and Very Pancy Stock. 



