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BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
We ^lu.\v vou this picture for two purposes; first, wo want you to notice how straight the rows are made— 
the same distance apart at each end, and as straight as a line can be drawn by human hand, each mark being 
made separately, one at a time, by drawing a chain across the field. These lines were drawn by the young man 
whose picture you see on the first page. Also we wish you to notice what a nice job of planting this is. The 
plants are identically the same as the ones you will get. All will grow if you take ordinary care in setting out. 
little deeper than you would if you were plant- 
ing them permanently. They may touch each 
other in this trench; make an opening- large 
enough to take the roots, place your plants in 
it, get the soil up against the roots and firm 
them on each side of the row, leaving no air 
spaces. Should the plants be dry, take each 
bunch and dip the roots in water, drain off a 
little so they won't be mussy, and set in the 
trench. Do not wait until tomorrow nor after 
dinner, but now. They can be left in this trench 
a long while and still be in condition for setting 
out. Tou will be surprised how nice they will 
straighten up in 24 hours. If anything is wrong 
you will know it next morning. 
Another Reminder of the Good Qualities of our 
Everbearing Strawberry. 
When the garden is dried up. the peas gone, 
lettuce, radishes, string beans and all those other 
favorites, the raspberries, blackberries, goose- 
berries, currants, all gone, and nothing in sight, 
just think what a treat it is to go out in the 
garden and pick a pailful of nice, luscious 
strawberries, fresh and plump. No more worry 
as to what you are going to have for dinner, 
supper or breakfast. 
Set them out in the spring time and you will 
have those things that go to make life pleasant 
and agreeable. If you don't have strawberries 
all summer it is your own fault. They will 
grow and thrive anywhere, north or south, east 
or west, wet or dry, high or low, clay or sand, 
anywhere any garden truck will grow, there the 
Everbearing Strawberry will grow. Hot weather 
seems to have no terrors for them, and cold is 
the same. When you can pick them Fourth of 
July, Thanksgiving or Christmas, you must ad- 
mit that is enough. If you want to have these 
berries all you have to do is to get our kind and 
set them out. Keep them clean and you will 
have an abundant reward. Don't let your neigh- 
bor tell you that they won't bear. Don't believe 
his story. If he has tried them, ask him where 
he got his plants and how much he paid for 
them. He will not tell you that he got them 
of the Bridgman Nursery Co. 
This is the way a great many have tested the 
Everbearing Strawberry: They have answered 
an advertisement which gave plants away. They 
paid nothing and they got the same. Some un- 
scrupulous fellows have given away plants that 
never were any good and never will be. 
Now, the genuine Everbearing plants that 
give results have not been a drug on the mar- 
ket, and the demand for them has been greater 
than the supply, and few people gave them 
away. 
Our plants have been grown for you with 
special bearing qualities, are healthy and strong, 
and will give you best of satisfaction. Do not 
delay any longer. 
The High Cost of Jjlvlng. 
To the man in the city the cost of living Is 
a great problem. Water, air and daylight are 
about the only things that are not up in price. 
You cannot name a single thing that has not 
advanced. And as he looks into the future he 
can see nothing that will cheer him; every turn 
of the market is upward, and ■It is a bare ex- 
istence for a great many. The matter of fruit 
is out of all question. Now it seems to us that 
it is the wise thing to help him out a little by 
raising more fruit, because there is money in 
it, there^is a great demand, and it doesn't take 
a great amount of land to produce a lot of 
luxuries that are much needed; people would 
buy ten times the amount of berries if they 
were within their reach. Why not go after 
some of this easy money? 
General Culture of Strawberries. 
May be summed up in a few lines. 
Good soil in good condition. 
Good plants well set. 
Good care after planting, and mulching if 
your soil heaves. 
Getting Full Market Returns. 
Be honest In packing. A nice clean nackage, 
without stains or finger marks, showing a care- 
ful hand at the finish will greatly help sales. 
Have everything neat — no poor or broken boxes, 
no soft or green berries, leaves or other rub- 
bish. Stencil or mark your package plainly, 
and nail your cover on square with short nails. 
$300 to $1,200 on One Acre set with our 
Quality Plants is no uncommon occurrence. 
It is the special care that we have taken with 
them that brings such results. This is easy 
money. It comes early in the season. Almost 
the first real money crop of the year, and is a 
great help in many ways. About all you have 
had to do to them this year was wait for them to 
get ripe. Strawberries are relished by most 
every living person that has good red blood 
flowing In his veins. When mother says, 
"Short Cake." there is life in the camp and that 
is but one of the uses you can put them to. 
