30 ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES — 1928 



Everbearing Strawberries 



Did you know that — 



You can have plenty of fine, high quality strawberries in your garden this 

 summer? 



The best varieties of Everbearing strawberries will start producing plenty of 

 fruit only a few weeks after the plants are set? 



They will continue bearing from mid-season until freezing weather, often 

 being found in good condition beneath the leaves after snow has fallen? 



They are just as easy to grow as regular spring bearing varieties? 



Every farm and suburban home where a little plot of ground is available for 

 a garden should grow a few everbearing strawberries. Plants of the best varieties, 

 under good conditions, will bear a quart or more for every plant set, and just a 

 little work will enable every family to have fresh strawberries for use on the 

 table, for strawberry shortcake and for the many other delicious ways in which 

 strawberries are used. A few Everbearing plants should be included in every 

 order. 



It has been demonstrated to us a number of times against our own first judg- 

 ment in the matter that Everbearing strawberries are a profitable commercial 

 crop in many sections. Many of our customers have for several years been making 

 good money from them. We know of one planting in this neighborhood where 

 several hundred crates have already been shipped at a price averaging about 

 $4.25 at the farm for a 36-pint crate, and this with five or six weeks of the fruiting 

 season still to go. We want to suggest in this connection that pint baskets be 

 used rather than quarts, and in the instance we speak of regular six gallon peach 

 crates are being used with three layers of berries, 12 pints to each layer. This 

 really makes a fine crate for shipping these fall berries. We believe there is a good 

 opportunity, especially in the Middle and Northern States, for a considerable 

 extension of the Everbearing business in all sections where there are considerable 

 numbers of people, not necessarily very large cities. 



The one essential to growing Everbearing berries successfully is a good garden 

 soil that will hold moisture fairly well even when the weather is dry. A very 

 severe drought would check the yield of Everbearing plants considerably. If 

 planted where they could be under irrigation or watered in other ways, commer- 

 cial success with Everbearers would be more certain. 



One thing that has probably slowed up the commercial and even the home 

 garden development of Everbearing strawberries has been the large number of 

 inferior varieties, as for example, the Superb and Americus. Superb is a good 

 spring bearing variety, but as an Everbearer, while it produces a few large, fine, 

 handsome berries, it does not produce enough of them to make it worth while. 



Americus produced very high quality berries, but not enough of them. Va- 

 rieties that we have tried out and, under our conditions, found to be not up to 

 the standard we now have in Everbearers are as follows: Superb, Americus, 

 Peerless, Rock Hill, Perfection, Ideal, Lucky Boy, Jewel, Kasota, and others. 

 They are all inferior to Progressive, Champion and Mastodon. We want our 

 friends to grow only the best, and we believe fully that the best so far available 

 in Everbearing varieties are the three mentioned. 



PLANTS ALL RIGHT 



St. Clair Co., 111., April 2, 192 7. 

 I received the strawberry plants all right. 



WM. R. McBRIDE. 



HE LIKES OUR ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



Whiteside Co., 111., April 18, 1927. 

 Enclosed find money order for $12.00 for which please ship at once, by express, 2,000 Mary 

 Washington asparagus roots, one year old. Just got the 6,000 plants I ordered some time ago, 

 which were the best and largest roots I ever bought. Did not have enough to plant out my bed. 

 Strawberry plants came through in fine shape. Please send me as good roots as my other order and 

 give this your prompt attention. JAMES FORDER. 



