WORTHWHILE SUGGESTIONS 



PLAXTiNG — EaTly spring is tlie best and tlie 

 most successful time to set strawberry plants. 

 Do not neglect spring planting expecting to 

 plant during the late summer or fall, witili 

 equal success. 



PLANT EAKLY — You may plant your berry 

 patch in your b^st soil, using the very best 

 plants, fertilize properly and cultivate and hoe 

 at just the right time, but if you do not plant 

 early you will fail to g^^t the full results from 

 this otiierAvise correct culture. We cannot im- 

 press you too strongly with the importance of 

 early planting. 



SOIL SELECTION— Strawberries are one of 

 the best paying crops. Give them a chance by 

 s^^lecting a good piece of ground that contains 

 plenty of humus, holds moisture Avell and has 

 good drainage. Use your best soil, it pays. 



SELECTING VARIETIES —Select heavy pro- 

 ducing varieties of large, high quality fruit 

 which are ailapted to jour section and require- 

 ments. Planting such varieties as will extend 

 your season over a long period. Following are a 

 list of some of the better varieties : Early — Dor- 

 sett. Fairfax, highest quality, excellent ship 

 pers ; Premier, line quality fair shipper; Blake- 

 riiore, best for the South ; Southland, for the 

 Southern home garden. Mid-Season — Big Joe, 

 tine quality, good shipper : Joyce, light in col- 

 or, firm, productive; Aberdeen, very productive, 

 for nearby market. Late — Ciiesapeake, best 

 late, fine quality, very good shipper; Lupton, 

 good shipper, poor quality; Wm. Belt, excel- 

 lent quality, for Northern section. Where it is 

 desirable to extend the season longer one of the 



very late varieties may be grown, provided 

 your soil is suitable. Gaudy, Pearl. Mastodon, 

 best everbearer, good spring cropper. 



It is best before planting heavily of a new 

 variety to determine its adapability to yotir 

 soil and market. 



FALSE ECONOMY— Often in trying to cut 

 down expenditures a grower loses many times 

 over what he actually saves. Don't continue to 

 grow old. unin-oductive varieties just because 

 you have them. Then, before digging plants 

 from your fruiting bed consider the fruit these 

 plants would liavf produced, the time and labor 

 necessary to dig them, the short, coarse roots 

 they will likely have and the delay in planting 

 while you are getting your plants ready. Then. 

 too. a change of climate will always have a 

 very invigorating effect. If you are following 

 this practice and the results seem to be fairly 

 satisfactory, just order a few plants from some 

 reliable nursery to compare with your own. 

 We are very sure you Avill find that all the time 

 and laoor you have spent in digging and clean- 

 ing plants has been worse than wasted. Give 

 this a trial anyway. 



REMOVING BLOSSOMS— This should never 

 be neglected. If the plants are permitted to 

 fruit the year set they will be greatly weakent d 

 and the next season's crop materially reduced. 

 On everbearers the blossoms should be kept off 

 until the plants are v.-ell established. 



MARKETING— Market carefully and wisely 

 that you may realize the maximum returns 

 from your labor and investment. See page 3. 



Asparagus 



Asparagus is one of the most valuable of the early 

 vegetables. It is liealtlifnl and palatable both as a 

 fresh vegetable and canned product. Crowns should be 

 set as early in the spring as the ground can be worked. 

 Good one year old roots will give best results but the 

 two year roots will produce stalks large enough for cut- 

 ting the second year and quite a fair crop the third. 



The soil should be as thoroughl.v prepared for as- 

 paragus as for any other crop. Light loamy soil will 

 give best results. Plow out furrows from 6 to 8 inches 

 deep, setting the roots from 12 to 15 inches apart in the 

 row the roots well spread out. For garden purpose^ 

 rows 3^2 feet apart are advisable but in commercial 

 plantings rows 4 to 5 feet apart will be more satisfac- 

 tory. It should be covered about 3 inches when first 

 planted and as the shoots begin to grow the ground 

 should be worked to them until it is level. Cultivation 

 should begin soon after the crowns are planted and con- 

 tinued throughout the season at Intervals frequent 

 enough to keep down weeds. Filling in the furrows dur- 

 ing the season will keep down most of the weeds in the 

 row. 



Asparagus draws most heavily on plant food when it 

 is making top growth and restoring reserve food in the 

 fleshy roots, thus it is best to fertilize or broadcast good 

 stable manure just after the cutting season. Be sure 

 to use a complete fertilizer high in nitrogen, applied at 

 the rate of 1.000 to 1,800 lbs. per acre. 



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AVASHINGTON 



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MAKY WASHINGTON — Considered by commercial 

 growers as the best and most profitable of the Wash- 

 ington strain. This variety is considered the best 

 rust resistant variety on the market, of high com- 

 mercial quality. Superior to any other variety on earliness, vigor of growth and size^ and 

 quality of shoots. They are also more uniform in size, shape and color than any of the 

 old varieties and are very productive of large spears. Price list page 23. 



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