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grower to plant some BLAKEMORE this 
season; then if they turn out to be bet¬ 
ter than anything we now have, you 
will know how well they are adapted 
to your conditions and whether you 
want to plant them more extensively 
next year. A comparatively small and 
inexpensive trial now may be worth a 
great deal to you next year. Let us in¬ 
clude some Blakemore plants in your 
order. Prices—25, 75c; 50, $1.25; 100, 
$2.00; 300, $4.00; 500, $5.00; 1000, $8.00. 
New Oregon Strawberries 
Mastodon Everbearing — A very large 
everbearing strawberry that is being tre¬ 
mendously advertised in the east. We 
made a planting of Mastodon in March 
1932 from which we started picking 
commercially in June and we are still 
picking as this catalog goes to press 
November first. They produced an abun¬ 
dant crop and the fruit was large dur¬ 
ing the entire season. This variety starts 
right in to produce fruit the first sea¬ 
son, consequently makes very few run¬ 
ners and few plants. This characteristic 
makes the plants expensive but it saves 
the grower much time in pulling run¬ 
ners which is especially desirable in 
home garden planting. 
Our Mastadon plants are being grown 
for us this year in northern California 
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an 
elevation of 3800 feet. It is the best 
stock of any everbearing variety that we 
have ever been able to get anywhere. 
Our grower there says that last year he 
picked 7000 baskets from 3500 plants, 
which means an average of two baskets 
per plant during the season. We would 
consider this a very fine crop from any 
variety. 
As this berry produces during the 
summer and fall when the weather is 
dry it must have plenty of water and 
either very good land or plenty of fer¬ 
tilizer to do its best. This is a good 
variety for the home garden because it 
prolongs the fruiting season several 
months after the spring bearing va¬ 
rieties are gone, but the entire planting 
should not consist of Mastodon, as there 
would then be no fruit in the early 
spring when we all want strawberries 
most. This variety makes it possible for 
the commercial grower to supply his 
trade several months longer. It is the 
best everbearing strawberry we have yet 
tried. 
Prices—25, 75c; 50, $1.40; 100, $2.50; 
300, $6.00; 500, $8.00; 1,000, $14.00. 
Progressive or Champion Everbearing 
—We have come to the conclusion that 
these two varieties are identical. They 
produce a large number of berries, but 
our season is so long here in California 
that the size will run pretty small un¬ 
less fertilization and irrigation is very 
liberal. The fruit is very sweet and it 
makes a fairly good berry for home use. 
It is a little small and too soft to be of 
much value commercially in this section. 
With plenty of water and fertilizer it 
will bear from June until November the 
same year it is planted. 
Prices—25, 75c; 100, $2.50; 300, $5.00; 
500, $7.00; 1000 for $12.00. 
Banner —The Banner and the New Ore¬ 
gon are very, very similar varieties, in 
fact, they are so nearly alike that many 
people cannot tell them apart. We be¬ 
lieve that for Southern California con¬ 
ditions the New Oregon is slightly the 
best, being a little more vigorous grow¬ 
er, and the fruit being slightly larger 
and perhaps of a little finer texture. 
They are both very fine varieties and 
when you have described one you have 
practically described the other. Prices 
same as for New Oregon. 
New Oregon (Oregon Plum) — From 
the standpoint of quality this is the 
finest berry grown in California today. 
We especially recommend them to com¬ 
mercial growers in Central and North¬ 
ern California and to home gardeners 
with rather heavy soil in Southern Cali¬ 
fornia. In the cooler sections this berry 
is almost everbearing. It is a fine vari¬ 
ety for growers who sell their fruit at 
the roadside because the customer never 
forgets the fine quality and flavor and 
always comes back for more. It is one 
of the very best home garden varieties 
in the south and a popular commercial 
variety in the north. It is not well 
adapted to our very lightest soils, espe¬ 
cially in the south. 
Prices—Twenty-five, 75c; 100, $2.00; 
300, $4.00; 500, $6.00; 1,000, $9.00. 
EVERBEARING VARIETIES 
A few words about everbearing straw¬ 
berries. They do not fruit through the 
entire year. They are called everbearing 
because they bear during the summer 
and fall after other varieties are gone. 
They are good to prolong the strawberry 
season and are good for the grower who 
cannot wait until next year for his ber¬ 
ries, but who wants to get the largest 
possible crop the same year the plants 
are set out. Everbearers produce more 
the first season than other varieties, but 
in our mild climate the fruiting season 
is so very long that they wear out 
quickly. Their long fruiting season 
makes them require more fertilizer than 
other varieties and since they bear most 
of the crop during our hot weather they 
require more water. 
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