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Virus free stock must “virus free. 
3. The isolation of this stock from varieties where virus free plants are not yet available 
and from other fields of ordinary plants in the community. 
4. Provide a screen house from which constantly a basic stock of indexed virus free 
plants may come. 
5. Heat treatment of planting stock was used to kill nematodes, Leth root knot and 
meadow, in 1955-1956. Tremendous reduction in nematode population was achieved, 
so much so that it was thought best to eliminate this dangerous heating procedure and 
depend on clean planting stock plus fumigation. Early examinations indicate that the 
1958 plant stock is the cleanest ever. 
6. Soil Fumigation. Our 1958 stocks have been grown in soil fimitrated twice at full 
strength each time in the fall, and twice more during the growing season. Total cost 
about $140.00 per acre for fumigation alone—but worth it to users of strawbery plants. 
7. The use of abundant plant food. We use about 1500 lbs. per acre to keep them 
growing at their best. 
8. A minor element mixture is added to the fertilizer to avoid the possibility of any 
weakness resulting from any minor element deficiency. 
9. Cholorodane is added to the fertilizer to kill ants, cutworms, grubworms, etc. which 
might kill or weaken the plants. 
10. Constant inspection to make sure that planting stock is free from red stele and that 
the soil in which they are to be planted is also clean. 
For best results from your own 
efforts in growing berries we 
hope you will use planting stock 
grown under the preceding rigid 
schedule. USE ALLEN’S WIN- 
NING PLANTS. THEY ARE 
REGISTERED. 
You as a berry grower cannot 
afford to do all of the above but 
you should insist that your plant 
grower do them for you. By re- 
newing your planting stock every 
year or two you can realize most 
of the benefits from the above 
program. 
