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Here are the folks ^vho collect the profits — sometimes large, sometimes 

 small, hut hetter on the arerage than any other crop ^\e kno^v. 



1. Commercial G-roiyers who produce strawberries year after year as a 

 main money crop. 



2. Poultrymen, dairymen, yegetahle g-roivers and g'eneral farmers who find 

 strawberries ideal as a cash crop to work in with their main lines. 



3. Homeowners or small landholders, who are not full time farmers, like 

 strawberries as an extra money crop to make the best use of a small acreage 

 or part time. 



4. Beginners, whether "greenhorns" from the city or regular farm folks, 

 can grow strawberries profitably. It's being done right along — read some of 

 the letters. 



5. Young people, hoys or girls. Some are growing berries as a part of 

 vocational class projects — others because their parents have given them a 

 chance to have a crop of their own and money of their own. It's a fine starter 

 for youngsters as strawberries do pay. 



Paying Crops 



TirS'inia ^'orfolk Co.. :March 21. 194i:i. I have 



^ boixg-ht plants from your firm ever 



since 1S9S and they always proved 



fine. My Fairfax beds this year will have very 



large crops on them. Last year I picked around 



10,000 quarts of Dorsett to the acre. — Mr. TV. G. 



Xiven. 



PfMi-iis-flvJiTiin INIontg-omery Co., Feb. 19, 

 l:euu^Jl>clllltl ^Q^,, L^g^ ^.^^j. f^j, seven 



weeks we had practically no 

 rain. In spite of this I picked something- over 

 o.'.OO quarts from an acre of Catskill, Dorsett, 

 Fairfax and Big- Joe. I wired you for a rush 

 shipment and 40 hours from the tiine the order 

 was sent I had the plants in the g-round. Good 

 work. This vear I will set another acre. — Mr. 

 H. W. Flagg.' 

 ATn-rfTi TiiTnliiisi Duplin Co., April 12, 1940. 



:>ortn Laroiina ^^^^^ ^^^^^ Biakemore 



strawberry plants I or- 

 dered in 193S did fine. I picked 80 24-qt. crates 

 of them the year 1939. VTell pleased with your 

 plants. Finest I have ever grown. — Mr. E. L. 

 Rivenbark. 



\ew York '^3-oming-> Co., April 4, 1940. I 

 received your strawberry plants 

 in the spring- of 193S, very satis- 

 factory. They g-rew well and last suinmer I 

 picked over 2 700 quarts from the 1000 plants 

 Avhich I think is very good. I am sending- my 

 order for the spring-. — Mr. Lyle McConnell. 

 HisSOUri Jackson Co., April 7, 1940. I had 

 a wonderful crop last year and this 

 spring- looks g-ood with vour plants 

 Dorsett and Big- Joe. — Mr. M. M. 



of Fairfax 

 Teter. 



Indiana Hendrick 



Co., April S, 1940. We 

 were so pleased with the plants 

 ordered in 193S. They bore the nicest 

 berries in the country. "We received twice as 

 much for what we sold as anyone around us. 

 Could have sold a lot more if we had had them. 

 Everyone said they never saw such large fruit. 

 AVe sure have boosted your plants and berries. — 

 'Mv. Herbert Goodman. 



Ohio ^J^ai'ion Co., June 17, 1940. The berries 



I got from you a year ago are doing- fine. 



bearing- nice larg-e fruit in abundance. 



and the berry plants I received this vear are 



g-rowing- well. — Mr. Charles O. Weaver. 



Illinois ilacon Co., April 4, 1940. From 1000 



of your Premier plants set in 1937 I 



picked 83 twentj^-four quart crates in 



193S. These all sold for 13.50 per crate except 



the picking- on Decoration Day which broug-ht 



S3. 25. — Mr. E. R. Sigmon. 



Dollars and Sense 



From our '^6 years experience we offer the 

 following suggestions to help make your straw- 

 berry profits sure, large and consistent. 



1. Follow good cultural practices siicli as sug- 

 gested under ••Common Sense Metliods" pages 

 22 to 2.1. 



2. Select some of your best land for your 

 strawberry patches. The best paying crop de- 

 serves — and needs — the best land. 



3. Have berries every year — a year skipped 

 is sure to be the high price year. 



4. Set a good sized plot— 1.000— .5.000— 10,000 

 pkmts that you can handle properly — but no 

 more. Don't "'go crazy'' and overload because 

 of fine returns the previous year. 



5. Select the best varieties for your soil, 

 climate and market requirements. This berry 

 book describes varieties fairly. On page 34, 

 we "'pick the winners." 



6. Start with good plants, strong crowns, well 

 developed roots, true to name. 



7. Use every effort to have berries picked and 

 handled carefully. Careful picking is better 

 than grading after picking. 



S. Use clean, bright crates and boxes and 

 market as promptly as possible after picking. 

 Precooliug helps if facilities are available. 



9. Study possible markets and make use of 

 the ones that pay best. Wholesale produce 

 markets, local auctions, road.side markets, sales 

 to grocers, restaurants, hotels, etc.. .sales at 

 the farm hy the quart or by the load, are all 

 methods in wide use. 



10. Advertise. A brand or label to identify 

 a good pack, an ad in a local paper, a sign at 

 the farm, or a sample to the prospective buyer, 

 may be the means of increasing price or sales 

 volume of sood strawberries. 



