6 M. S. PRYOR, SALISBURY, MD. 
Everbearing Varieties 
A few years ago it was necessary to wait from one spring until another 
for the delicious strawberry. They always taste sweeter and better when 
about gone, but no matter how well we liked them we simply had to wait 
until the next season for fresh berries. Of course, we had them canned and 
preserved; they were fine, but still not near as good as strawberries picked 
fresh from the vines. But now by planting some of the Everbearing plants 
we can enjoy strawberries 5 or 6 months in the year. Delicious! You said 
it. Almost makes your mouth water to think of them, and we are just as 
sorry to see the last ones gone as we used to be in the spring. We have 
even picked frozen berries off the vines. Yes, sir; they bear until the ground 
freezes in the fall the same year they are set. They bear their best fall 
crop the same year they are set. But the blossoms should be cut off until 
about July 15th, so the plants can get a good start. 
Are they profitable? Yes, some make big money growing them; but it 
is essential that you have a market near at hand where you can dispose of 
them at from 25c to 40c per quart. The market should be near enough so 
they can be sold the same day they are picked or picked one afternoon and 
sold the next morning, as they will not stand shipping very far. But for 
the home garden they are indispensable. No garden is complete without 
them. By planting a few of them (depending on the size of your family), 
you can have nice delicious strawberries from midsummer until the ground 
freezes. What else can you plant in a small plot of ground that will give 
you more pleasure and profit? If you have more of them than you can use, 
you can easily sell some to your neighbors, or you can preserve or can them 
for winter use. 
Everbearing strawberries are grown just like the spring varieties, except 
that the blossoms should be cut off until about the middle of July, when they 
can be allowed to fruit, and from about August 1st until the ground freezes 
you will have plenty of berries. The plants will have ripe berries, green 
berries and blossoms on them all at the same time. I have tested several vari- 
eties of everbearing strawberries, and am offering Mastodon and Champion 
as the best. All the Everbearing varieties listed here are perfect blossom and 
do not have to be fruited. 
CHAMPION 
I am this year just listing Champion as it always seemed to us here that 
Champion produced a little heavier crop than Progressive and that the 
berries averaged a little larger, but was more noticeable the first few years 
than now, and always planted Champion to take care of my berry customers. 
Plants set this spring, if given proper care, will fruit continuously from July 
until the ground freezes the same year they are set and will outyield other 
everbearing varieties except Mastodon. The berries are of medium size, 
dark red and of good quality and being so sweet do not require as much 
sugar as other varieties, many preferring Champion for this reason. Very 
productive and a sure cropper every season. I have often seen ripe fruit 
on the summer plants before they had taken root. One of the best for the 
home and should be in every garden. 
MASTODON 
This great new Everbearing Strawberry is probably the largest Ever- 
bearing Strawberry grown; at least is the largest that grows much of a crop 
in the fall. Mastodon not only bears large berries but lots of them, and 
keeps it up all the late summer and fall; the last berries being almost as 
large as the first. 
Mastodon is not only a great fall bearer but is one of our heaviest spring 
