STRAWBERRY PLANTS OF QUALITY 



STRAWBERRY CULTURE— (Continued) 



Cultivation — Cultivation should begin as soon as possible after plants are set and should 

 continue once a week or ten days, if land is in suitable condition, through the summer and early 

 fall to keep free from weeds and help retain moisture. Hoc as often as necessary to keep down 

 weeds, but shallow, so as not to disturb the roots. When hoeing the first time be sure to un- 

 cover the buds of all plants that have been covered by planting or cultivating. If this is not 

 done they will not amount to very much. The first young plants should be encouraged to take 

 root as this will enable them to get started earlier and make better beds and should be trained 

 in the row so they will not be over crowded, especially the varieties that make a great many 

 plants. 



Removing the Blossoms — This is very important if you wish success with your plants for 

 if the plants are allowed to produce fruit they are greatly weakened, using the greater part of 

 their vitality, therefore all blossoms should be removed the first year. On everbearing varie- 

 ties all blossoms should be removed until about the middle of July, or until they get started 

 good, when they can be allowed to fruit. 



Strawberries Should Be In Every Garden 



Strawberries are healthful and should be in every garden where you can go out and pick 

 them fresh from the vines any time you want them. They can be prepared several ways — 

 sugared down and served with milk or cream, canned, preserved, jam, in short cake, ice cream 

 ^-they're fine any way you fix them and no other piece of land of same size will yield as much 

 in satisfaction and profit and by planting a few everbearing plants you can have them all sum- 

 mer and fall. 



Order plants now for your strawberry garden and I will send them when you say. 200 

 to 500 plants (some early, mid-season and late) if given proper care will supply all you can 

 use the whole season thru with probably some to sell to your neighbors who will be more than 

 glad to get them. 



Set Plants Early 



Be sure to set plants early this spring, it will pay you big dividends every time, for they 

 will do a great deal better, other conditions being equal, than plants set late. This could be 

 plainly seen last year as with the cold February, the coldest many of us ever saw, and then 

 a very wet spring many patches could not be prepared until late in the season, in fact there 

 were more late plants set last spring in this section than ever before, and you could easily 

 tell these the whole season thru. Some of them seemed to do their best to catch up but they 

 were handicapped too much, the others had too much start on them. Some of the real late 

 patches many of the plants died as the weather turned hot before the plants got started good, 

 in fact a few of these were a complete failure. 



HOW EARLY — Just as early as the ground can be worked so the plants can get started 

 during cool weather and while there is plenty of moisture which is something every plant must 

 have to live and when set under these conditions, and properly set, will live almost to a plant. 

 So be sure to order your plants shipped early this spring so they will be there to set at the 

 favorable time, and I will try to help you by shipping on or as near date specified as possible, 

 weather permitting. 



LABEL IN EVERY BUNDLE 



I am always trying to improve my service for my customers, to inaugurate new methods 

 that will help to improve service in any way so this year I am going to have a label put in 

 every bundle of plants, except possibly in winter when we might be digging only one variety, 

 so if you order more than one variety there will be no possible way for you to get them mixed 

 when unpacking and will help us also in packing your orders as there will be no labels to 

 put in the different varieties or on the top layer of plants should there be only one variety and 

 will enable packers to handle orders more quickly in preparing them for shipment. I feel sure 

 you will appreciate this service and is another reason why it will pay you to let me handle 

 your order this year. 



