10 M. S. PRYOR, SALISBURY, MP. 



What Varieties Should I Plant 



I am often asked this question and it is a logical one for with so many varieties to 

 choose from it is somewhat confusing especially to the beginner and makes it hard for 

 him, or her. to tell just which is the best variety, so I am going to select the best varieties 

 in each season. 



DORSETT, FAIRFAX and PREMIER are the outstanding early varieties. Premier 

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

 is just as good now as it ever was, but is losing much of its prestige now that Dorsett 

 and Fairfax are becoming better known for these varieties have all the qualifications 

 necessary to make them leaders and with their productiveness, size and flavor are 

 rapidly coming into popular favor. South of Pennsylvania BLAKEMORE is fast com- 

 ing 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 JOE is the best mid-season variety and one that has made growers the most 

 money but CATSKILL comes so highly recommended that growers should give it a thor- 

 ough trial to see which variety will make them the most money under their conditions. 

 ABERDEEN is of good quality and can be planted where for some reason Big Joe and 

 Catskill are not at their best and the market is near at hand as they are too soft for dis- 

 tant shipping. 



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

 other variety if you 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 LI"? TON unless you 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. 



MASTODOX is the best everbearing variety to grow commercially as it is firm enough 

 to ship moderate distance ; also excellent for the home garden. GEM is highly recom- 

 mended because of its vigor, appearance and quality and I believe worthy of a thorough 

 trial. 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 buying them that I submit for your consideration as I be- 

 lieve these will bring you 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 is one of 

 the surest ways to success in growing strawberries for about 90 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 groimd that is hard and sticky so that the roots would be broken 

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

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



4. — Then you 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 which are grown on sandy soil espec- 

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



My plants are especially grown for plants on high land and have a well developed 

 root system that makes them grow and produce results for my customers when planted in 

 the field. I grow and handle no other kind of nursery stock putting all my time and 

 attention to the growing, packing, etc.. of strawberry plants, trying to do this one thing 

 well and believe I can give you better plants and service than I could if I handled several 

 other kinds of nursery stock. 



