

5^^ -:.;'^*^ 







"T 



^v. 



V 





;«lir \ 



V«»>? 



W0 



SP 





^ f 



f 







Mdstodon — most dependable everbearer. 



MASTODON 



Most popular of all the everbearers. It does well in 

 all the middle and northern states and as far south as 

 North Carolina and Tennessee. 



More people in more states grow Mastodon (and like 

 it) than any other Everbearer. Some of the others 

 may be much better or much poorer under varying 

 conditions but Mastodon almost never lets you down 

 completely. It makes a strong rugged plant growth 

 which can stand some abuse and still make a fair 

 showing. Like Premier and Catskill of the standard 

 sorts, Mastodon is the one everbearer that can be 

 most confidently depended upon. In this section. Gem 

 usually outyields Mastodon with the fall crop but in 

 summer and fall of 1946 Mastodon was the most fruit- 

 ful everbearer we had. 



Furthermore, it is a fine midseason berry for the 

 spring season entirely apart from its everbearing crop. 

 This makes Mastodon a safe variety to set. The 

 berries from either crop are large, bright red and of 

 good quality. Firm enough for nearby markets. "The 

 Mastodon plants I got from you have done very well. 

 In fact the berries were as good as any commercial 

 berries I ever tasted." So says Mr. I. M. House of 

 Cook Co., 111. You will like them, too. Price list. 

 pa;e 31. 



GEM 



Year in and year out Gem has given us the best 

 crop of any everbearer— although in fall 1946 Mastadoni 

 was better. We like Gem because the berries are . 

 pretty and bright and smooth and of uniform shape, 

 probably the nicest looking berries of any of the ' 

 everbiarers except Green Mountain. Good quality i 

 too, and firmer than Mastadon. 



Gem makes a smaller plant and is not as vigorous 

 a grower as Mastodon and will not stand as much • 

 abuse. The spring crop is not usually of great value . 

 Nevertheless, Gem is our choice of the everbearers 

 because of its Fall FruitfuUness. If we are going to 

 set everbearers we want late summer and fall berries.' 

 Gem usually bears them then. If it's just spring crop 

 berries we want, we would not plant any eveiheareis. ' 

 but Fairfax or some of the other fine spring kinds. 



"Was well pleased with the Gem plants I bought of 

 you two years ago. The first summer was hot and 

 dry so the plants couldn't do so much, but I got two ! 

 real good crops off them last spring and summer. The 

 quality was wonderful." So reported Alfred E. Eichler 

 of Montgomery Co., Maryland. Way up in Minnesota ^ 

 the March 1946 issue of Minnesota Fruit Grower told 

 of a variety survey which showed Gem by far the 

 most popular everbearer in that state. 



If you get good plants early, and set them in good 

 garden soil, Gem will prove to be really a jewel. 

 Price list, page 31. 



STREAMLINER 



A new Everbearer that is receiving the usual amount of "bally-hoo", the 

 sam.e as Champion, Mastodon, Gem, Evermqje, and others have received 

 in their early days. Except for a small test plot 3 years ago from which we discarded it as unsatisfac- 

 tory, we have fruited Streamliner only once in 1^146. With us in the larger trial it has proved to be 

 just another good everbearer. Moderately vigorous, this year more productive than Gemzata and Ever- 

 more, less productive than Gem and Mastodon. Berries large, good quality but rather soft. It looks now 

 as if plant catalogues are going to "layMt on" even thicker for Streamliner than they did for Evermore 

 and that is going some! A variety must be "something special" in its best environment to rate one-half 

 the good things said about Streamliner. Price list, page 31. 



