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THE HOE BRIGADE. 
Tliis little army is drilled in the art of hoeing so every moliou counts. Pointed hoes are used so that 
the crust is broken around the plants without disturbing the roots. Frequent hoeing saves money because 
small weeds cannot then grow big with .strong roots. The plants are first irrigated, if weather is dry, then 
cultivated and hoed, then the tracks of the men cultivated up and the soft mellow mulch holds the moisture 
while the plants develop at a wonderful rate. 
It shall be my business to visit the great 
fruit centers during tlie coming summer, and 
study these now varieties on other grounds and 
in difTcrcnt localities to learn their good quali- 
ties and defects, and thus be able to prune off 
and add to our list only sorts of the greatest 
value, and at the same time reduce the number 
as occasion'requircs. 
The varieties here offered have been selected 
from many sorts now growing in my experi- 
mental grounds as being the very best. They 
have been widely tested and those introduced 
•within the last few years have been carefully 
bred up, and are the finest of their kind on the 
market. Never in my history of nineteen years 
of study in plant life have I had such perfect 
conditions in all particulars for plant breeding 
and testing varieties as at present. 
NEW PHOTOGRAPHS. 
Tlie photographs of berries were taken again 
in June, 1903, and show the types of varieties 
as I believe more accurately than any ever be- 
fore made. They are photo-engraved and 
therefore exact with the originals. The straw- 
berry is the most diflicult to photograph of all 
fruits on account of color and shiny gloss on 
surface. Visitors find many berries in our 
grounds larger than those shown here. 
Extremely large berries do not always give the 
true type and all growers know there are va- 
riations in form arising out of various causes. 
NUMBER OF PI,ANTS REQUIRED TO 
SET ONE ACRE. 
Rows 24 in. apart and 20 in. in the row, 13,160 
30 
" 24 '■ 
II (( tl 
8,712 
30 
tt (( 
" 30 " 
(( (( tt 
6,970 
30 
tt t( 
" 36 " 
tt tt tt 
5,808 
34 
tt tt 
" 30 " 
tt tt tt 
6,150 
<i 
36 
tt tt 
" 30 " 
tt tt tt 
S.808 
u 
42 
tl tt 
" 24 " 
tt tt tt 
6,223 
4€ 
42 
tt tl 
" 20 " 
tt tt ft 
7,468 
ii 
48 
" 20 " 
tt tt tt 
6,534 
«( 
48 
tt tt 
" 18 " 
tt tt ft 
7,260 
THE SEASON OF RIPENING. 
The time designated is for the first ripe ber- 
ries. The season has much to do vvith this, 
and several seasons must be considered to- 
gether to give a variety its true status. 
In a long, cold spring the early varieties 
seem to be held back, while the later sorts 
come on in usual time, thus bringing them near 
together and often changing the order of rip- 
ening, while an "early" spring hastens the 
early sorts, and thus greatly lengthens the peri- 
od of fruiting. The varieties are classified ac- 
cording to record carefully kept, covering a 
series of years, and I believe are as accurate 
as it is possible to make them. 
Plants have their habits and change them un- 
der different conditions. Other nurserymen 
and fruit growers who depend on one j'ear's 
experience will, no doubt, classify them very 
differently. 
A look at the prices (see page 61) will show 
you how, by the use of a very small amount of 
money, you can start a propagating bed this 
spring with these pedigree plants, and propa- 
gate your own plants for setting a year hence, 
or, if you wish to buy plants this spring, you 
can't afford to throw away your money and la- 
bor on mongrel plants. 
It will pay you big money to adopt the better 
methods and enjoy the fame of being a leader 
on the market, and secure a competence for 
your family and old age. 
I point out to you nothing more than T have 
accomi)Iished, and whereas I have spent many 
years of hard work and large sums of money 
in experimenting with these plants, you can, 
for a very small sum, stock your ground with 
the same as I have used to produce these large 
crops. 
Send in your orders as early as possible so 
as to secure the varieties you desire, as all or- 
ders will be filled in rotation in which they are 
received and booked. Write me whenever my 
experience can serve you. 
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