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Gardner E. Bunting, Grower of Fancy Fruits, Selbyville, Del. 
itv, half the size of Brandvwine, fruit steins stout, holding fruit well off the j^round, 
has fruited the past five years on spring set plants and new runners from July to 
cold weather. It is not' uncommon for a spriuff set plant to produce front six to 
twelve well loaded fruit stalks. Price of plants, 3 for 75; 6 for $1.00; 12 for $2.00; 
100 for S15.00. 
TEDDY R. (Imp.)— Kail bearin.sj. A very large berry grower who has been 
growing fall bearing strawberries for several years says this is by far the best one 
he has tried, and that he has ma.Ie two hundred per cent, more profit on this va- 
riety than on anv other he has ever grown. It is a good plant maker, and will 
bear a large crop of berries and last until late frost in the fall. For best results 
Teddy R.' should be grown in the hill system. It will not bear fruit if you le it 
make runners. Price of plants, 50c per dozen; S^ OO per 100; $15M) per 1000, 
THE WAY TO GROW BIG CROPS. 
There is no mystery in strawberry production; no wizard of horticulture may 
wave a magic wand and bring to hand broad fields of ripened deliciousness. It is 
a simple matter to become a successful, money-making strawberry grower— when 
you know how. .\ knowledge of nature's simple ways and gumption are the chief 
requisites. One grower says : Strawberry growing is not only a profitable busi- 
ness, it is a delightfully pleasant occupation as well. Hut viewed from the profit 
side alone, experience has demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt that more 
money may be realized from one acre ol land when set to well developed straw- 
berry plants than from any other line of production. And if any strawberry grower 
is finding his work unprofitable, something is wrong with his way of doing things 
Either he is trying to do business with what he is pleased to call economy, and 
using an inferior quality of plants, or he is neglecting to give his plants such in- 
telligent treatment as success demands. 
There is a vast difference between economy and penuriousness and no where 
else may it be more clearly seen than in strawberry production. Strong, vigorous 
plants, set in well-prepared soil, and given good care, represent economy of the 
first ordei while weak, stunted plants, set in poorly prepared soil, and given indif- 
ferent care, is the order of "saving that wasteth." 
I.,et us look this question squarely in the face : To be sure one will pay out in 
cash a little more for the plants of higher quality than he will for the common 
plants, but what of that when he knows that the better plants will yield twice as 
big a crop of fruit which will be perfect in every respect? It isn't the lowest priced 
plant that is the cheapest, by any means. It is the plant that is strong in its fruit 
producing organism, and will yield the largest number of quarts of fancy berries 
per acre -and these are the kind for which you can afford to give up your land 
and labor. In a word, common plants are costly at any price, even though your 
neighbors furnish them free for the digging. Keep this thought in mind : The 
express, freight or postage will be as much on a bill of cheap, unfruitful plants as it 
will be upon the highest quality plants grown; it will require the same area of 
land and the same quantity of fertilizer to enrich the soil; the same amount of labor 
