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STRAWBERRIES! 
Most strawberry gardens should be much larger than they are. A little extra space 
planted in strawberries will provide a family business in which all can help and all can 
share. Part-time workers, or those with short working hours, can help in a family straw- 
berry business with gain both to health and purse. The work is light and healthful so that 
old folks who want to maintain their usefulness can do so without injury to themselves. 
Youngsters, too, can help with the hoeing and picking as well as selling the fruit. Nothing 
is better adapted to giving young people a sense of responsibility than some work which 
they can perform and some share in the rewards which come from their work. No crop has 
more eye appeal or is easier to sell than fancy berries, at the roadside near the home, to 
friends and neighbors, to local stores and eating places, as well as to the truckers and huck- 
sters who will come to the farm and buy. 
Mr. William R. Krinn of Allen Co., Indiana, whose picture enjoying his strawberry garden appears on this 
page, wrote us in March. 1948 as follows: "Growing berries is a hobby of mine from which I have received 
enjoyment, satisfaction and profits. The plants I got from you people exceeded my highest expectations. All the 
plants are good, including the extra free Ones. We picked almost 400 guarts, sold 275 guarts at 55c without cut- 
ting the price even to the last picking. Our customers informed us they were well worth the price." 
Read below what others are doing along 
this line: 
MASS. Thought you might like to know how I made out 
with your strawberry plants I got from you sometime ago. 
I only intended them for the home but they produced so 
many berries we could not use them all. We gave many 
guarts to friends, and my boys sold nearly $50.00 worth. 
T. West, Essex Co., Jan. 20 ,1948. 
MISSOURI. The Midland were outstanding here last year. 
I sold $103.00 worth of berries, and put 66 guarts in my 
locker. We gave several boxes to our friends — all from 
200 plants. The guality of this berry is very good. Best 
I ever saw. 
F. N. McCulley, Howard Co., Feb. 10, 1948. 
NEW YORK. Under unfavorable weather Conditions I sold 
$250.00 worth of berries, besides a nice freezer full for 
myself, so I can have shortcake twice a week until berries 
come again. I recommend strawberries for good health and 
profit from Allen's. 
Charles Brinkman, Genesee Co., July 12, 1947. 
PENNA. From the 
500 Fairfax plants we 
picked over 900 guarts 
of luscious berries and 
sold about 800 guarts, 
using the rest our- 
selves. Believe me, we 
were tickled pink with 
the results. 
C. V. Burchiield. 
Venango Co., 
July 5, 1948. 
UTAH. I bought 300 
strawberry plants from 
you in 1946 and in 
1947 sold $150.00 worth 
of berries from them. 
Allen's plants are the 
best! 
Wm. H. Garner, 
Weber Co., 
March 8, 1948. 
