Be Wise...Plant Strawberries 
Of all small fruits Strawberries are the most important and are the most widely grown. 
The same factors that bring about this wide popularity, make strawberries the most desirabie 
for the home garden, market gardener and the commercial grower. 
Most important, very little cash outlay is necessary.’ If you have stable or chicken manure 
or compost, no fertilizer is necessary. Where these materials are not available, excellent crops 
are produced with 500 or 600 Ibs. of commercial fertilizer per acre. This is a mighty low pro- 
duction cost on a crop that will often gross from $500.00 to $1000.00 or even more per acre. 
Another important point, standard varieties cf strawberries will produce a full crop the 
spring following planting and are the first fruit harvested in the spring. The everbearers fruit 
the same summer and fall following planting. With strawberries there is no long wait between 
planting and profits as with most fruits. 
There is a place for strawberries in EVERY GARDEN and on almost every farm, we 
know of no crop that will give more healthful pleasure for the gardener or return as large, 
consistent profit, for the care and money involved, to the larger grower. Under present con- 
ditions unusually high returns are in prospect, so be wise, plant strawberries this spring. 
The most successful growers have three rules they follow carefully and these are very im- 
portant to success. 
First—Plant early, in the spring, just as soon as weather conditions permit preparing the 
soil. Plants set while fully dormant start far better and have much more vitality than those 
set late, after growth has started. To enable our customers, to set fully dormant plants even 
when weather or climatic conditions makes early planting impossible, we are using a new 
method of handling plants which is given on page 5. 
Second—Plant every year, occasionally, with adverse weather conditions, poor crops result, 
but taken year after year, strawberries are the most productive and among the most profitable 
of the small fruits. Thus having berries every year assures this high return. 
Third—Set good plants, the quality and vitality of the plants will largely influence growth 
and production. Therefore, planting strong, vigorous, healthy plants is very important. Our 
plants are carefully grown and packed, and are of such high quality, we know that by setting 
Rayner’s plants you will be sure of high yields and big returns, so far as it is possible for 
plants to determine. 
Healthy, Vigorous Plants Await Your Orders 
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