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MASTODONS are now so 
well known that little need 
be said in way of descrip¬ 
tion and recommendation 
of them. The important matter is to get 
true stock, free from disease. All my 
plants have been officially inspected and 
approved. You start right when you set 
out LONG’S true Mastodon plants. Only 
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Everbearing 
Strawberries 
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MASTODON 
MASTODON plants are very robust and thrifty. They begin bearing late in July or early 
August, continuing until heavy freezing weather. Plants start bearing again the following 
June. The dark-green leaves are very large and of heavy texture thus well protecting the ber¬ 
ries from sun and rain. The berries are borne in clusters on strong stiff stems. Some of the 
larger berries will not go through the top of a quart milk bottle. 
PRICES POR MASTODON PLANTS, PREPAID IN IT. S. A.: 40 plants (smallest order 
packed) for $1.00; 100 for $1.80; 200 for $3.40; 300 for $4.80; 400 for $6.20; 500 for $7.50; 1,000 
for $14.00. Prepaid. 
MASTODON PLANTS BY EXPRESS, NOT PREPAID: Write for prices. 
How to Grow Everbearing Strawberries 
With Everbearers, no need to worry if frost 
or hail kills a crop of blossoms. Nature gets 
busy and produces other crops with little loss 
of time. 
Strawberries do best in full sun. They re¬ 
spond to rich ground, plenty of water, and 
frequent shallow cultivation. If water is 
scarce, cultivate more. Artificial watering can 
be given either by running water along the 
rows or by overhead sprinkling. I can’t see 
any particular difference in results if you are 
sure to give the plants a good soaking and 
often. 
Set plants on level ground, not on ridges. 
Space the plants 12 to 18 inches in the row 
and rows 24 to 42 inches apart, according to 
method of cultivation and space you can 
spare. If to be worked with horse-drawn 
tools, make rows 36 to 42 inches apart. 
In setting out strawberry plants, cut off the 
tips of the roots. Many new, fine, hairlike 
roots will develop on account of this opera¬ 
tion. And the tops should also be trimmed 
back so that just several crown leaves show. 
If plants are taken up real early in spring, 
they may yet be dormant, with no green leaves 
showing. Though apparently dead they do 
splendidly if set out at this stage, provided 
the ground does not freeze before they get 
rooted. Too much freezing of the ground may 
cause failure, but mere frosts do no harm to 
plants wintered in the open with no covering. 
Plant early, the earlier the better, after you 
begin your spring gardening. The time varies 
according to season and locality. Most places 
April and early May best. 
Spread the roots out fan-like when setting, 
and press soil well against the roots. Keep 
soil moist. 
After the plants begin to take hold and show 
signs of growth, begin careful hoeing about 
them. Guard against hoeing into the roots to 
loosen them. Often when growth starts it will 
push the plant up, exposing too much of the 
crown and part of the roots. To prevent this, 
go over the patch and tramp around each plant 
with toe or heel, packing the soil and drawing 
some more soil up to the plants if seem to 
need it. 
To get the most berries keep all or nearly 
all the runners cut off. The hill method is 
used by large growers of Mastodons for 
market. 
Everbearers are too ambitious. They want 
to show off by producing berries before the 
plants get well established. Pick off blossoms 
immediately as appear the first few weeks. 
In our Boulder climate, I never cover or 
mulch strawberry plants in winter. Doubt if 
necessary in many sections. But if you do 
mulch them, then wait until very late in fall, 
preferably until ground has frozen a little. 
Then put coarse manure, hay, straw, excel¬ 
sior or tomato vines over the bed, but not 
much, if any, right on top of the plants. Work 
it more in between the plants. Remove very 
early in spring. 
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