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FAIRBURY NURSERIES, FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA 
Strawberries 
The ground should be worked ten or fifteen inches deep and be properly enriched as 
for any garden crop. Drainage is necessary in very wet soil. For family use plant 
fifteen to eighteen inches apart each way, and after a few, strong plants have been set 
from runners, then pinch off all runners as fast as they appear. Keep the ground free 
from weeds and frequently stirred with a hoe or fork. Plants treated in this manner 
will produce more crowns and therefore double the amount of well developed fruit than 
when runners are left to grow. . 
When the winters are severe, it is well to give the ground a light covering with 
coarse straw or litter. The covering should not be placed on until the ground is 
frozen. Fatal errors are made by putting on too much and too early. If coarse straw 
is used, it may be left on until the plants have done fruiting; taking care to open it up 
around the plants early in the spring, so as to give them plenty of sunlight and air. 
CAUTION: Be sure and cut off all fruit- 
stems the first year. This will cause the 
plants to make new runners and is what 
you want for next season’s crop. 
SENATOR DUNLAP (Per). A well test¬ 
ed,wonderfully productive variety, one of 
the safe sorts to plant everywhere and sure 
to take a high place among the prominent 
standard sorts. Plant resembles Warfield, 
rampant runner, should be restricted in its 
production of plants; fully equal to Cres¬ 
cent and Warfield in its ability to succeed 
under all circumstances. Fruit good size, 
regular form, beautiful bright red, glossy, 
firm, splendid keeper and shipper; excellent 
quality. One of the best for canning. 
Ripens early and continues a long time. 
AROMA (P.)—Strong growing, vigorous 
plants. Berries very large, smooth, round, 
light colored and produced in great quan¬ 
tity. The favorite in Missouri and the 
Southwest. Does well everywhere. It 
seems to be as popular as a late strawberry 
as the Dunlap is an early one. It was by 
far the best looking strawberry shipped 
into our market from the South the past 
spring. 
BIiAKEMORE. This variety is a new 
introduction originated by Prof. Beatty of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture at 
Washington, D. C. The berries are large, 
solid, finely flavored, good keepers and 
wonderful plant makers. Of high quality, 
and another fine feature about it is that 
it stems so easily. Stands dry weather, and 
plants grow large, holding up the berries 
off the ground and enabling them to grow 
large. 
Gibson 
(Midseason—Perfect) 
This variety has long been a favorite 
with commercial growers throughout the 
country. It is a heavy and sure cropper— 
in fact, during our many years acquaint¬ 
ance with Gibson we have never known it 
to fail to produce a profitable crop. The 
plants are large and healthy, foliage 
strong, upright and abundant. Fruit is of 
the finest color, quality, flavor and appear¬ 
ance. Berries large—selling well on any 
market and mighty fine for home use. 
Prices of Dunlap, Aroma, Gibson and 
Blakemore—25 plants, 15c; 100, 50c; 1000, 
$3.50. 
Parcel Post—25 plants, 20c; 100, 60c; 
1000, $4.50. 
Pieper Special 
Has the heavy-yielding quality of Pre¬ 
mier and solid berries like Dr. Burrill. High¬ 
ly recommended for northern, frosty locali¬ 
ties, poor soils and drouth areas. Makes 
solid fruiting row. Berries dark red to 
the center, rich and mild in flavor, extra 
firm in texture. Heavy fruiting. 
GANDY (Per). This is one of the most 
reliable, large late berries that is grown. 
It is one of the old standard varieties that 
you can depend upon. It is a strong grow¬ 
er and a good plant-maker. The large, 
handsome appearance of the fruit always 
commands for it a high price in market. 
The fruit always grows large and is one 
of the best shipping varieties known. 
COOPER. This variety has had a won¬ 
derful sale during the past two years and it 
seems to merit the confidence placed in it. 
Cooper is probably the largest strawberry 
grown and it is also a heavy cropper, so 
the amount of fruit produced is enormous. 
It is a mid-season, staminate variety. The 
fruit is of a beautiful bright red color and 
of excellent quality. On account of its 
large size and beautiful appearance it sells 
at a premium over most other sorts and is 
especially recommended for supplying home 
markets. 
PREMIER (Per). This is the most popu¬ 
lar early strawberry of the day. The ber¬ 
ries are very large, long pointed, light red 
in color and present a good appearance in 
the basket and in market. It produces 
such a quantity, that growers are simply 
carried away with it; no other early straw¬ 
berry is anything near equal to it in pro¬ 
ductiveness. It is rather light colored for 
Prices of Gandy, Cooper, Premier and 
Pieper—25 plants, 20c; 100, 60c; 1000, $4.50. 
Parcel Post—25 plants, 25c; 100, 70c; 
1000, $5.50. 
