MASTODON I GREEN MOUNTAIN 



he Most Popular 

 EVERBEARER 



Mastodon Is still the most popular and widely 

 grown Everbearer. It is the variety that has 

 sriven most general satisfaction in home garden* 

 and also where srrown as a money crop. Some 

 of the new varieties are very promising, but for 

 those who do not wish to experiment. Mastodon 

 is safe. It makes vigorous growth, the berries 

 are quite large in size and of good appearance. 

 The quality is smod. In addition to its value as 

 an Everbearer Mastodon is a fine spring bearing: 

 sort. One of the reasons why Mastodon does so 

 well generally is that it makes a rather larse. 

 strong plant which enables it to get the jump 

 on other varieties less robust. Price list, page 33. 



" — In 1934 I set 250 Mastodon plants. I picked 

 last rear 1S9 quarts that I sold, also about 35 

 quarts for home use. I have been very successful 

 with the plants even though this is the first time 

 I ever tried to raise strawberries.'' — Mrs, Lydia 

 M. Wallace.. Cumberland Co., Maine. 



" — The Mastodon plants you sent me were the 

 strongest and finest I have ever seen. The berries 

 were "the best ever." — Mr. Charles H. Bregner, 

 Sullivan Co., N. Y. 



" — Had splendid success with the 2,000 Mas- 

 todon plants ordered last spring. I am enclosing 

 order for 10,000 more Mastodon." — Mrs. T^ . L. 

 Douglas, Big Horn Co., Wyo. 



" — The 1,000 Mastodon plants bought of you in 

 spring 1933 gave me a bigger crop at higher 

 prices in 1934 than any other kind."' — Mr. Joshua 

 L. Northup, Barnstable Co., Mass. 



" — The Mastodon plants I bought of you fur- 

 bished berries right up to frost last year." — Mr. 

 E. Lane-ford, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. 



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A FINE NEW EVERBEARER 

 FOR COLD CLIMATE* V HEAVY 50IL 



A new Everbearer introduced by the Aiken 

 Nurseries in Vermont. It has made a fine record 

 there for productiveness and profit, producing 

 good crops both in first and second years. The 

 plant growth is very vigorous, making not only 

 large plants but lots of them, so that it require^ 

 considerable runner cutting to keep them in hills 

 or even narrow and spaced rows. The berries are 

 medium to large in size, have a bright red glossy 

 skin and prominent yellow seeds, which make 

 them very attractive. The quality is very mild 

 and sweet : the texture is firm and somewhat dry. 

 making: them excellent for shipping. In produc- 

 tiveness Green Mountain ranks up well with the 

 other Everbearers. yielding the heaviest pick- 

 ings durinsr the last few weeks before freezing 

 weather stops the harvest. On heavier soils 

 Green Mountain produced the largest crops of 

 any Everbearer for us in Eall 1935. On lighter 

 soil types Gem and Wayzata were ahead. We 

 consider Green Mountain well worth trying, es- 

 pecially in latitudes from Pennsylvania north. 

 Green Mountain is a patented variety. It is 

 understood when yon purchase plants of this 

 variety that you purchase the right to fruit 

 crops produced and to propagation of plants for 

 your own use but not for sale. We are selling 

 them under special arrangement with the intro- 

 ducers. Price list, page 33. 



Green Mountain berries make a fine appearance 

 See picture below (much reduced) 



" — The 1,000 Mastodon plants you shipped me 

 May 1st commenced ripening about August 1st. 

 I never saw such prolific bearers in my life. I 

 sold them locally at 35c per quart as fast as I 

 could pick them." — Mr. J. P. Walton. Providence 

 Co.. R. I. 



Champion (Progressive) good Everbearer. 



V e r y fine in 

 quality, very productive, but berries somewhat 

 smaller than Mastodon and some of the newer 

 varieties. No good for the spring crop. Cham- 

 pion is still one of the best for the home garden 

 and probably the best of all for growing in the 

 South. Price list, page 33. 



EA II D J ^ new Everbearing va- 

 mpire AMI l\ed riety from Western Can- 

 ada where it is claimed 

 to be larger than Mastodom. better in quality. 

 more productive and a better shipper. We have 

 found the quality very fine. With us it is a 

 vigorous grower but not quite equal to Masto- 

 don : about the same in productiveness. We 

 recommend it for trial more especially in the 

 North. Its growth habit makes Empire All Re' I 

 especially adapted to growing in hills with run- 

 ners cut off. Price list, page 33. 



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