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Linn County Nursery 
Strawberries 
No one owning a home, or for that matter, one who Is renting for a term of years, 
can put a little money to better use than to buy three or four hundred strawberry 
plants. Nothing will bring quicker and greater satisfaction to the planter than a well 
kept strawberry bed. 
The best time to plant strawberries is in early spring, and on fertile, new soil 
or old land brought to a high state of cultivation. If horses are to be used in cultiva- 
tion, plant in rows three and one-half to four feet apart, and one to two feet in the 
row Pinch off the blossoms the first season of the spring bearing plants and 
until about August 1st of the fall bearing kinds. This allows the plants to develop 
greater strength. About November 1st cover with straw and in the spring rake most 
of it between the rows, leaving just enough to keep the berries off the soil. Plant a 
new bed every year and you will always have fruit. 
Our plants are strictly nursery grown and will give far better satisfaction than 
can possibly be obtained with plants taken from an old fruiting bed; such plants are 
not worth the digging. All plants dug fresh as they are shipped and are sent by mail 
or express. 
Senator Dnnlap. 
Senator Dunlap — Out of a long list of more 
than thirty spring bearing varieties 
which we used to catalog, we now retain 
but one. the Senator Dunlap; a product 
of the Mississippi Valley and especially 
adapted to it. Probably no other variety 
of fruit ever introduced here has given 
as universal satisfaction, as this one. 
Every claim made for it has been more 
than met. Some of its strong points are: 
1. — A clean, healthy and vigorous plant; 
capable of resisting intense cold and se- 
vere drought, and making an abundance 
of good and strong plants when almost 
every other variety fails. 
2. — A long blooming season, with an 
abundance of pollen, making it one of the 
best self-fetfutzers, and also the best for 
fertilizing pistillate varieties. 
I 3. — A long fruiting season — coming in 
with the medium early and holding out 
when most others are gone — developing 
and ripening all its berries. 
4. — Uniformly large, well shaped, dark 
bright red glossy berries with a very large, 
bright green calyx. Berries of the finest 
quality and flavor. 
5. — A good keeper. Its long keeping 
qualities and attractive appearance make 
it more saleable than most others. 
6. — A good canner, retaining its bright 
red color in the cans. 
Fall Bearing Varieties 
We admit we had but little faith in the 
fall bearing strawberries when they were 
first introduced; but having had several 
years' experience with them we now con- 
sider them the greatest things introduced 
among the small fruits for a long time. 
They produce a crop in the spring the 
same as the Dunlap but six to ten days 
earlier, and then begin bearing again 
about July 15th and continue until freez- 
ing weather. They are highly bred plants 
and require high culture for the best re- 
sults, but if they have it, will produce 
wonderful results. 
Americas — Self fertile. Medium to large, 
bright light red, very solid and has the 
splendid flavor of the "Wild Strawberry. 
The fruit is borne above the leaves on 
stout stems. The plants are very vig- 
orous, deep rooted, healthy and hardy. 
New plants bear as soon as formed. 
Progressive — Self fertile. Medium to very 
large, about the shape, color and quality 
of Dunlap, and the plants resemble them. 
The originator of these varieties says 
this one is the best of all. Eight to ten 
days earlier than Dunlap in spring. 
