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BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
A Glimpse at the Situation of the Present Year 
You are asked to grow more Wheat, Beans, 
Potatoes, Corn, Pork, and other grains, for 
yourself and Country. The world needs these 
products now, and in the future. They are in- 
dispensable for the fighting man and help to 
win battles. If you will look up the past sea- 
son's market on fruit, you will see that the 
price was high on all kinds, and it would seem 
with eggs at 35-60 cents per dozen. Butter al- 
ways near the 50 cent mark. Lard 20-25 cents 
per lb.. Pork Chops and Sirloin also near the 
50 cents mark. Milk 9-14 cents per quart, Beans 
15-25 cents per pound. Bananas 25 cents per 
dozen, that all the money spent would be for 
these things, that seem indispensable. If you 
look a little closer you will see the careful 
housewife also buying Sugar and Cans. Now 
why does she do this? She knows that if she 
has Jam, Preserves, .Tellies, Fruit, Butter, and 
some dried fruits, she has a cinch on the high 
cost of living. A pound of jam has nearly as 
many calories in food value as a pound of 
steak or chops. 
Now this means you will have to raise or buy 
more fruit. More will have to be grown. This 
means you and your neighbor and their friends. 
A general waking up to the use and value of 
fruit will be felt this year, to supplant the de- 
struction of the many thousands of acres in 
the old world and to add to the increased de- 
mand in this country. 
Everybody can raise fruit, just as well as they 
can raise a hill of potatoes; it needs but a little 
thought and care. A knowledge of your own 
or of someone you have confidence in to tell 
you what and where to plant, how much, and 
how soon. We give you the benefit of a life's 
time experience in growing and selecting plants 
that we absolutely know, and guarantee to have 
no superior. 
Soft Drinks. 
The decreasing use of spirituous and malt 
liquors is creating an extraordinary and un- 
usual demand for health beverages and soft 
drinks of the unfermented juices of Grape, 
Blackberry, Raspberry, Strawberry, and other 
fruits, which means a greater demand than 
ever for fruits and their products, and to the 
fruit grower who realizes the situation it is 
plain that fruit juices will take the place of 
Whiskey, Brandy, etc. 
Strawberries and Their Care 
strawberry Plant culture is one of our strong 
points. We have entirely new fields to take 
our plants from every spring. We ship no 
plants from fields that have been fruited. Con- 
ditions along the lake shore are always favor- 
able, and the plant is able to mature in every 
detail to its utmost perfection. Failure is un- 
known here. We will guarantee that our plants 
have not been impaired by being repeatedly 
frozen down to the ground. We ship many 
plants to sections where the snows of winter 
afford no protection from blizzards and zero 
weather. The proximity of the lake makes the 
difference. This is an ideal fruit country. 
Growing Plants. 
The growing of Strawberry and other small 
fruit plants has reached wonderful proportions. 
They go to every point in the compass, to every 
state in the Union, to Canada and other points. 
Parties have written to us from Alaska, the 
European countries, in fact from almost every 
nation on the globe, about our plants. 
We made one shipment to Sitka, Alaska, this 
year. Our long experience of handling plants 
enables us to make these shipments success- 
fully. If you were up in Sitka and they told 
you that Stahelin of the Bridgman Nursery Co., 
had shipped these plants up here successfully, 
it might surprise you. 
Just an acre or more in small fruits will keep 
you busy, and also provide you a whole lot of 
money, and if you are close to a good market 
and have a few acres of land that you perhaps 
wish to hold for raise in value, you can make 
money on it while the land is gaining In price. 
Planting. 
There are but few things necessary. A spade, 
a pail, any light drag or marker, or chain, and a 
cultivator; this is all that Is 
necessary after it has been 
plowed, dragged and rolled 
or floated to get it nice and 
level so you can see the 
marks; then some one to 
make holes and carry the 
plants and some one to set 
them in the ground. We take 
a good spade, well sharpened, 
and make the holes just a 
little deeper than the roots 
Perfect. 
of the plants require. Set it just about as It 
grew. Setting too deep means that your crown 
will be covered should the wind blow or the 
rain come. 
Shallow Marks. 
Make your marks as shallow as you can and 
set your plant even with the ground, step firmly 
on each side of the plant, keep an eye on your 
setter. If you can pull out a plant by a leaf, 
it is not firmed enough. They should be in 
the ground solid enough so the leaf would tear 
or break rather than let the plant come out. 
Watch this, not only once, but continually. The 
boss usually makes the holes and the other fel- 
low puts in the plants, and naturally he gets 
tired and careless and forgets. Now the boss 
will not forget so easy; this is the main feature 
of the whole business — get them planted right. 
If roots are not trimmed the plant is not so eas- 
ily disturbed when you touch it with a hoe, and 
your roots go down further and take hold of 
the soil quicker. 
Rainy Days are not Necessary to Set. 
Rainy days are not the best. It Is not at all 
necessary that you wait for rain before setting. 
You are apt to get careless when everything is 
in best condition. Painstaking setting pays. 
Risk planting when moderately dry. Would 
rather risk getting a little shower after plant- 
ing than risk drying out after a rain. Of course, 
If your hole showed no moisture, then you 
would have to wait. 
Just Try It. 
Anyone with a little care can raise Straw- 
berries where any farm crop will grow. Straw- 
berries will grow; if the ground is too dry, you 
won't have as good show as you might have if 
it were a little too wet; they will stand more 
rain and water than potatoes 
will; will come through all 
right if entirely covered with 
water for a few days. We 
don't advise setting where 
this is liable to happen, but 
sometimes there is a low spot 
of small dimensions in a field, 
and if your water never stays 
on it more than 48 to 60 
hours, your plants will come 
Imperfect. out all right. Strawberries 
