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1. Select some of your best land for 



your strawberry patches. The best 

 paying crop deserves — and needs — the 

 best land. 



2. Haye berries every year — a year 

 skipped is sure to be the high price 

 year. 



3. Set a g'ood sized plot — 1,000 — 

 5,000 — 10,000 plants that you can han- 

 dle properly — but no more. Don't "go 

 crazy" and overload because of fine re- 

 turns the previous year. 



4. Select the best varieties for your 

 -soil, climate and market requirements. 

 This berry book describes varieties 

 fairly. On page 34, we "pick the 

 winners". 



5. Start with good plants, strong 

 crowns, well developed roots, true to 

 name. 



6. Follow good cultural practices 



such as suggested under "Common 

 Sense Methods" pages 22 to 25. 



7. Use every effort to have berries 

 picked and handled carefully. Careful 

 picking is better than grading after 

 picking. 



8. Use clean, bright crates and boxes 

 and market as promptly as possible 

 after picking. Precooling helps if fa- 

 cilities are available. 



9. Study possible markets and make 

 use of the ones that pay best. Whole- 

 sale produce markets, local auctions, 

 roadside markets, sales to grocers, res- 

 taurants, hotels, etc., sales at the farm 

 by the quart or by the load, are all 

 methods in wide use. 



10. Advertise. A brand or label to 

 identify a good pack, an ad in a local 

 paper, a sign at the farm, or a sample 

 to the prospective buyer, may be the 

 means of increasing price or sales vol- 

 ume of good strawberries. 



Wko Make5 Monei^ With. &'c'cie5? 



1. Commercial growers whose main business is growing berries or who grow them as one of their 

 main crops. 



2. Poultrymen, dairymen, vegetable growers, and others who find strawberries an ideal money crop 

 ■to work in with their main lines. 



3. Home owners or small 

 land owners find that 

 berries fill the bill as an 

 extra money crop to make 

 use of small acreage or 

 part time. 



4. Beginners need not 

 hesitate. Many folks are 

 finding it easy, not only to 

 have fine, healthful berries 

 for the table, but to grow 

 real profit plots the first 

 time. Our 55 years of ex- 

 perience is available in 

 supplying dependable in- 

 formation and in selling at 

 a reasonable price good 

 plants, full of pep and 

 ready to grow. 



Careful picking pays 



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