ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES — 1928 



Profitable crops from plants like these. 



Profit From Growing Strawberries 



It would be foolish for us to state positively that you can make $300 or $600 

 or $900 per acre growing strawberries. But we can state, based on reports of 

 our customers and our own experience, that there is a good chance for $300 to 

 $600 per acre profit and a possibility of considerably more if conditions are 

 favorable. Generally speaking, the profit per acre is lower where more than five 

 acres are handled than where a grower has a small, well cared for field on good 

 land, say }/i acre up to 4 or 5 acres. 



We have no special "Allen way" which we claim to be better than any other 

 to get the greatest profit out of growing strawberries. Our recommendations 

 consist only in ordinary common sense methods which any grower might largely 

 work out for himself with a few years' experience. Briefly, we believe strawberry 

 growing profits can be increased or maintained at a fairly high level by con- 

 sistently following a few simple directions. 



a. Select a good piece of land, fertile or well manured, and prepare the soil 

 thoroughly. 



b. Select varieties that will give big yields of large, high quality, handsome 

 berries. (See page 17). 



c. Be sure to get good, true-to-name plants of those varieties. (See page 12). 



d. Set the plants carefully and early. Early setting is just about as important 

 as careful setting. 



e. Give the plants good cultivation and fertilizer if needed. 



f. Pay close attention to harvesting and marketing so that greatest returns 

 can be secured. 



We can supply you good, true-to-name plants of the right varieties, and we 

 have tried to give some dependable information about growing them on pages 

 8 to 12. 



Broome County, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1927. From the 10,000 plants I bought of you in the spring 

 of 1925, I sold 116 bushels, the lowest price being $7.00 per bushel and the highest being $9.50. 

 We had some berries that averaged 20 berries to the quart basket. In all, we picked 121 bushels. 

 Some crop.— W. B. KEATOR. 



