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What Variety Shall I Plant 



I iim oft (Ml asked this (Hicstiou and it is a lojiical oiio for with so many varieties to 

 choose from it is somewhat confiisiiiii- especially to the Ix^siinier and makes it hard for 

 liim. or her, to tell just which is the best variety, so I am j;()in«- to select the best varieties 

 in each season. 



DOKSETT, FAIRFAX and PKKMIFK are the ontstandinj-- early varieties. Premier 

 has been the best, the most popular and the greatest money making early variety and the 

 demand for it the last two seasons ])r()ves it is still one of the best varieties to plant. Dor- 

 sett and Fairfax have become very popular, and rightly so, because of Iheir vigor, pro<luc- 

 tiveness, large size and their wonderful llavor. South of I'ennsylvania liLAKFMOKF is 

 fast coming into popular favor as a long distance shipping variety and for the south 

 should take the place of Missionary (except in Florida) and Klondyke as It will make 

 them more money. Southland is a good home garden, local market variety for the south. 



BIG JOP] has been the best mid-season variety and the one that has made growers 

 the most money but CATSKILL has proved by its heavy production, large size and high 

 quality that it is a variety of outstanding merit and everyone desiring a mid-season to 

 late variety should give it a thorough trial. Aberdeen is of good quality and can be plant- 

 ed where the market is near at hand as they are too soft for distance shipping and also 

 have to be kept picked closely. 



CHESAPEAKE is the best late variety and will make you more money than any 

 other variety if yoti have land that will suit it. Chesapeake is the aristocrat of the 

 strawberry family and always sells for top prices and because it does not make a heavy 

 matted row the berries are large and run large to the end of the season. If your soil does 

 not suit Chesapeake try LTTPTON unless yoti have a market that will pay a premium for 

 quality, then if you live north of Mason-Dixon line, Wm. Belt is the variety to plant. 



MASTODON has been the best everbearing variety to grow commercially as it is 

 firm enough to ship moderate distances but GEM, becatise of its vigor, appearance and 

 (inality is rapidly becoming a leader and should be given a thorough trial and 1 l)elieve 

 will make growers as much or more money than Mastodon. Both varieties are excellent 

 for the home garden. CHAMPION is the best flavored of the everbearers but is small 

 and soft and should only be planted for the home garden. 



All the other varieties I list are dependable money making varieties under some con- 

 ditions and if you have tried and like them, well and good, but if you are doubtful or un- 

 certain plant the varieties mentioned above. 



Some Thoughts on Buying Plants 



I believe it will pay you to buy your plants not only because I have plants to sell but 

 there are some advantages in btiying them that I submit for your consideration as I be- 

 lieve these will bring yon greater profits than the saving you make by digging your own, 

 namely : 



1. — The convenience of having plants there ready to set at the most favorable time so 

 as to take advantage of the first good days of spring*. Early planting pays and isi one of 

 the surest ways to success in growing strawberries for about 1)0 per cent, of the early set 

 patches are successful. 



2. — The money you would receive from the plants during the two years that you could 

 fruit them. 



3. — The trouble and expense of digging and cleaning your own plants often with in- 

 experienced help, from ground that is hard and sticky so that the roots would be broken 

 oft: in digging and the soil would not come off without a great deal of shaking causing loss 

 of time at the season of the year when every good day counts. 



4. — Then yon lose the invigorating effect that comes from a change of climate and 

 soil as these often showed a marked gain. 



5. — Many of the best strawberry soils are heavy and the plants are short rooted and 

 will not do as well especially if the season is dry and then the plants can not be set as 

 quickly or as well as the plants I can furnish you wiiich are grown on sandy soil espe- 

 cially for plants and have long bright roots, are nicely trimmed and evenly bunched. 



