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produced; third, to keep berries from being spattered with dirt by rain 

 during fruiting season. 



The mulch should be applied in the fall. In the spring when plants begin 

 to start, this is raked to the center of the rows and there serves the purpose 

 of retarding the growth of weeds and grass, keeping the ground loose and 

 moist and the fruit clean. Use marsh grass, rye straw, wheat straw or simi- 

 lar material. Coarse manure can be used but any heavy lumps must be 

 beaten up or they will smother the plants in the spring. 



Distance to Plant. We recommend setting the plants in rows 3^ to 4 

 feet apart, or even as much as 4>^ feet, if the soil is very fertile. The 

 ■plants should be set 15 to 24 inches apart in the row, depending on the 

 varieties set. the width of the rows themselves and the fertility of the land. 

 Free growing varieties like Dunlap, Missionary, Paul Jones. Klondyke and 

 Aroma which make large numbers of plants should be set farther apart than 

 varieties like Chesapeake, Cooper, New York and others that make larger 

 plants, but not so many of them. When set in rows 3 feet 8 inches apart 

 and spaced 18 to 20 inches apart in the row, it requires about 8,000 plants 

 per acre. 



Finds Premier Better Than Dunlap. We Think So Toa. 



Hamilton Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1929. — As to the plants I received last spring, they were the best 

 I have had for a long time. They were Premier. I have been growing the Dunlap for many 

 years and I saw my neighbor grow the Premier crop last year so I have decided to grow them after 

 the crop he got last year, but you must keep them very thin on the ground to get good results, so 

 I am sending you an order this year for new plants again. The patch I have for this coming spring 

 is the Premier. Best I have had for years. Looks good. — JOSEPH WELLMAN. 



Fine Results From Allen's Plants Attract Neighbors 



Clark Co., Ohio, April 22, 1929. Sometime ago I handed the catalog you sent me to a neigh- 

 bor and today along came another neighbor who wanted me to order him some plants, so that is 

 the reason I did not have the printed order blank to use. We have a fine prospect for a straw- 

 berry crop from the plants ordered from you last year. Have always been well pleased with 

 plants in former years. — ^W. E. NEER. 



A well grown field of Wm. Belt plants for our customers this year. 



