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which adapt themselves to all soils and 

 latitudes, hence the importance of plant- 

 ing those which experienced fruit growers 

 have tested and found profitable. A straw- 

 berry having all the good qualities has 

 not, and perhaps never will be dis- 

 covered; still in choosing it is well to 

 purchase plants having as many good 

 points as possible. This we claim for 

 Michel's Early. It is claimed to be the 

 earliest in cultivation. It makes perfect 

 flowers and fruit. Very prolific. Price, 

 60c. per 100, $5.00 per 1000. 



Pure Improved Hoffman Strawberry. 



If an experienced grower or commis- 

 sion merchant was asked what variety of 

 strawberries, owing to its size, brilliant 

 coloring and perfect shipping qualities, 

 brought uniformly the highest price on 

 the market there could be but one 

 answer — Hoffman. But under sloven 

 culture this splendid variety has been 

 suffered to run down in old diseased fields 

 and to get badly mixed with other 

 inferior plants. Therefore it is not easy 

 to get pure stock. Kept pure and bred 

 up by selection and careful, clean cul- 

 ture, like ours has been, it is about the 

 cleanest, healthiest, thriftiest growing 

 plant that we ever saw. It stands drought 

 well, the berry seeming to be composed 

 more largely or solid matter than other 

 varieties. Hence its unsurpassed firm- 

 ness and high value as a shipping berry. 

 We do not recommend Hoffman for the 

 North. But to Southern growers needing 

 an extra early, ultra firm, very large and 

 brilliantly colored berry to captivate the 

 eye of the dealer, retailer and consumer, 

 we say plant Pure Improved Hoffman, 

 It has a special value to growers who 

 have to ship a long distance to market 

 without refrigeration. Its great firmness 

 enables it to carry fresh and bright a 

 very long distance without ice. Price, 

 75c. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 



Lady Thompson Strawberry. 



The marvelous vigor and immense pro- 

 ductiveness of this berry, its ability to 

 adapt itself to all soils and all climates; 

 its apparent indifference to heat, drought 

 or flood, has rendered strawberry grow- 

 ing profitable over vast regions where 

 most other varieties could not be grown 

 with profit, if at all. Instead of deterior- 

 ating, as a variety lacking in virility 

 inevitably does, it grows better year by 

 year, though we have never known it to 

 fail to bear enormously. It is also a far 

 earlier variety than is generally believed. 



It is an exceedingly easy plant to live 

 and is quick to grow off, rain or no rain. 

 Hence its great value, especially for fall 

 planting. Price, 75c. per 100, $6.00 per 

 1000. 



Klondyke Strawberry. 

 We have a fine stock of this valuable 

 new variety grown from plants derived 

 direct from the originator. We know 

 them to be the absolutely true and pure 

 Klondyke. Price, 75c. per 100; $6.00 per 

 1000. 



Number of Strawberry Plants Required 



to Plant an Acre. 

 11,000 to acre, 4 ft. rows. 

 11,500 to acre, Sy 2 ft. rows. 

 14,000 to acre, 3 ft. rows. 

 12 in. apart in row. 



12,000 to acre is the average number in 

 this vicinity. 



Where 11,000 plants are put on an acre 

 they are more easily cultivated with a 

 horse, and the fruit is likely to be larger. 



Blackberries. 



Early Harvest. — Large and very sweet. 

 Ripens fully two weeks before the earli- 

 est of the old field berries. Is not a Dew- 

 berry, but a regular bush. Strong one 

 year old plants, 25c. each; $2.50 per 

 dozen. 



Olives. 



Picholine. — A variety much esteemed in 

 California for its rapid growth and early 

 bearing. 15 to 18 inches high, $1.00 

 each; 24 to 30 inches, bushy, $1.50 each. 



PECANS. 



It is now an established fact, admitted 

 by all that have given any attention to 

 the subject that Pecan trees are by far 

 the most prolific of all fruit trees to plant. 

 As a proof of this we call to your notice 

 the fact that we usually paid $183 for the 

 crop of one tree. Those who planted 

 some of our budded trees 10 to 12 years 

 ago are now getting returns of from 

 $5.00 to $10.00 per tree annually. These 

 returns will regularly increase as the 

 years go by. 



To attain these results the best varie- 

 ties should be planted. 



Your only safe-guard against fraud is to 

 buy your trees from responsible parties 

 only. The best time to plant is as soon 

 after the leaves fall as possible. About 

 the middle of November. Planting may 

 be done up to the time growth starts in 

 the spring, about 1st of March. 



Try Steckler's New Calico Bush Butter Beans. 



