> SUPERFECTION 
World's Finest Everbearer 
Year after year we find Superfection easier to grow, more productive of summer and 
fall berries and more attractive in appearance than other everbearing varieties. In quality 
it is surpassed only by Red Rich. Performance alone enables Superfection to hold its 
place as the best of all the everbearing kinds. 
Scoffed at as of little value by commercial growers for many years, the new sawdust mulch spaced 
plant system of growing and varieties like Superfection have made everbearers a real asset to your home 
garden and in favorable locations a profitable money crop. 
Superfection berries are light in color and quite attractive in appearance. (See color picture opposite 
page 17.) They are firm enough to ship moderate distances but mostly they are used at home or sold on 
local markets. The flavor is quite tart but with sugar added Superfection makes a very fine addition to late 
summer and fall desserts. 
All of our plants of Superfection are grown from virus free stocks. The severe drought in the summer 
of 1957 has reduced the crop of Superfection considerably but we do have lots of nice plants for small 
orders. If you are interested in the satisfaction and novelty of having fresh berries out of season in your 
home garden Superfection is your best bet. If you will use ihe sawdust spaced plant system of growing 
everbearers, similar to the one described on page 30, your chances of good results with Superfection or 
any other everbearer are greatly increased. Price list page 32. 
Berries until the hard freeze came. 
Lake Co., Ill. March 21, 1957. “I’m sending you a clipping from our local newspaper, showing the berries 
we picked on Nov. 6 of last year. They are from the Superfection strawberry plants we ordered from you. 
The berries were on until the hard freeze came. We have been more than pleased with ail our berry plants 
we ordered from you. We mulch them with wood shavings or sawdust, and the results were good. It was 
very dry here last summer. We had to water them but we had berries when other folks did not have any. 
. Because of the sawdust mulch the moisture stayed in. I’m sending order for 400 more plants.” FRANK 
ee. JEREB, JR: 
Berries until almost Christmas. 
Barnstable Co., Mass. Feb. 18, 1957. ‘Please send me another copy of your 1957 strawberry 
catalog. I gave the one you sent me to a friend in Duxbury who will shortly send you an order 
for Superfection plants. They are unusual. We were surprised at the berries we got from them 
until almost Christmas and our Catskill look like we'll have a good crop this spring. You 
really have wonderful plants.” BERTRAM ROSE. 
: Superfection did very well. 
Luzerne Co., Pa. March 15, 1957. “Enclosed please find my order for berry plants. 
I had some Superfection and Empire plants from you last year that vere very nice. 
The Superfection with the sawdust mulch did very well and my neighbor was 
interested in them and has placed a small order with you.’ EDWARD F. SPACE. 
Berries every day—May 27 to Nov. 22 
Shenandoah Co., Virginia. April 27, 1957. “It might interest you to know 
that I have a patch of Superfection everbearers of 600 plants and 
last year from May 27 to November 22 this patch produced $160.00 4 
worth of beautiful strawberries. I picked berries every other day 
between the above dates and there never was any intermission, 
I bought these plants from you. I have what I cali a perfect 
strawberry patch. I do not have a single weed in it and it 
is mulched with one inch of sawdust.’ LANDON C. 
STICKLEY. 
2 GEM 
| Superfection is also sold as Gem, 
| which was the original name. Also the 
plants which we bought as Brilliant 
from two sources proved to be identi- 
cal with Gem and Superfection. 
With virus free plants to elimi- 
nate differences in vigor of 
individual stocks you will find 
Gem and Superfection iden- 
tical. Order them by either 
name and you will havethe 
bestof the everbearers. 
_ - Price list page 32. 
