GEM ^IGREEN MOUNTAIN 



Gem, here, produces more large, 

 bright, firm, yery nice looking berries 

 in late summer and early fall than any 

 other everbearing variety. They sell 

 for highest prices too! 



Gem berries are almost as light, and just as 

 attractive, as Blakemore, although not quite so 

 regular in shape. 



Gem has many friends and there are good 

 reports from the New England States and most 

 all of the other northern States. "The Gem is 

 the best everbearing variety we have ever found," 

 writes Jesse R. Craig of Douglas Co., 111. One 

 of the large growers in Minnesota, Mr. S. M. 

 Thimsen, likes Gem best for the July and August 

 berries, Wayzata for the later fall crop. Mr. 

 H. C. Burnham, a grower in northern Pennsyl- 

 vania almost on the New York State line, told 

 us that he made several hundred dollars per 

 acre for his fall crop of Gem in 1938. Mr. 

 Burnham is pictured below standing in his field 

 of Gem with one of the members of our firm. 

 You can note the double hill rows in the picture. 

 Mr. Burnham cut off all the runners, which made 

 it easier to cut off all the blossoms of the spring 

 crop as he has done. When we were there he 

 certainly had a fine prospect for another money- 

 making crop of Gem in summer and fall. 



Gem is our favorite and we recommend it 

 highly. All everbearing berries seem to do better 

 in northern climates, but Gem will often do well 

 in the South also. We have no large supply of 

 Gem this year but the plants we do have are 



I larger and more sturdy than usual for this 



I variety. Price list, page 35. 



A FINE NEW EVERBEARER 

 FOR COLD CLIMATES &• HEAVY 50IL 



"Green Mountain berries sure are 

 wonderful. I want to get 1,000 more 

 plants next spring," writes Mr. Art 

 Worden, Decatur Co., Iowa. Another 

 Iowa grower, Mr. Fred Thompson of 

 Scott County, wrote us as follows: 

 "Kindly give me delivered price on 

 4,000 Green Mountain i)lants. I had a 

 small patch of them out last year and 

 they really did wonderful so I want 

 a large patch this year." 



In its native Vermont (where it was originated 

 and introduced by Gov. Geo. D. Aiken ) , we have 

 seen crops of Green Mountain in the fall that 

 were really very fine, perhaps better than we 

 have ever seen elsewhere on any other varieties. 



Even as far south as Salisbury, Maryland, 

 we have had some very fine profitable crops of 

 Green Mountain in the fall. 



Green Mountain makes a very strong, rugged 

 plant growth. The berries are rather long and 

 flat in shape. They have a very shiny skin and 

 prominent yellow seeds, making them very 

 showy and attractive in the package. The quality 

 is good but not high. The fiesh is rather dry 

 and firm, making it one of the best shipping 

 berries. 



Gem and Mastodon both start bearing a little 

 earlier in the summer than Green Mountain 

 which usually bears its best crop in September 

 and October. 



Green Mountain is a good very late spring 

 variety. See page 17. 



As Green Mountain is a patented variety it is 

 understood when you purchase plants you pur- 

 chase with the right to the fruit crops produced 

 and to propagate plants for your own use but 

 not to sell or give away. Price list, page 35. 



Champion 



(Progressive) 



This was the first good 

 Everbearer. It is still the 

 sweetest of all. The plants 

 are very productive al- 

 though the berries are 

 rather small. Champion is 

 not as strong a grower as 

 the Mastodon or Green 

 Mountain, but has done well 

 in most states and is one 

 of the best in the South. 

 Sweetness and productive- 

 ness are the strong points 

 of this variety. Price list, 

 page 35. 



Mr. H. C. Burnham (left) and his fine field of Gem plants in 

 double hill rows 



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