Strawberries- ~ the Delight of the Home Garden 
' J^'HOSE who have never tasted sun-ripened strawberries 
picked from the vine have missed a rare delight! Even a 
small patch of strawberry plants produce a wealth of fruit, and 
the new ever-bearing varieties produce fruit all summer long. 
The varieties below offer proven kinds of satisfying Neosho 
quality. 
Everbearing Varieties 
Per 25 Per 50 Per 100 
Mastodon. .55 .85 $1.50 
Progressive. 45 .75 1.25 
Standard Varieties 
Aroma (late).... r . 
Blakemore (midseason) 
Dunlap (midseason). 
Ozark Early. 
(Above Prices All Prepaid) 
.40 
.60 
.95 
Per 250 
$3.25 
2.75 
$1.98 
Aroma (Midseason to Late) — A 
richly colored large berry, deliciously 
aromatic in flavor. Ripens over a long 
season. Its chief merits are resistance 
to disease, productiveness and attrac¬ 
tiveness, firmness and high quality of 
che fruit. Best adapted to silt or clay 
soils. 125,000 crates, 24 quarts each, 
are shipped out of Neosho per year, 
practically all Aroma. They were sent 
to New England, Canada, Colorado, 
Texas and numerous other states. 
Ozark Early (Extra Early)—Dark 
red, excellent quality berry; large for 
their season. The plant is vigorous 
and productive. 
Progressive (Everbearing)—Bears 
first summer and fall, second year in 
spring and fall. The berries are medi¬ 
um size, dark crimson and delicious in 
quality. The plant is unusually 
healthy, vigorous, very hardy and 
productive. It needs a rich soil amply 
supplied with moisture. If an early 
frost catches one set of blossoms, an¬ 
other is formed immediately. The first 
season the blossoms and runners 
should be cut off until about the mid¬ 
dle of July. 
Mastodon (Everbearing) — Now 
holds first place among the everbear- 
ers. Produces great quantities of the 
largest berries of any of the ever- 
bearing varieties, and is a strong 
grower and heavy fruiter. Successful 
both for home and gardens and as a 
commercial variety. 
Blakemore—A new variety intro¬ 
duced and highly recommended by the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture; it 
is a cross between Premier and Mis¬ 
sionary. A fine quality berry of light 
red color, good size; and an extra 
heavy producer. Flesh is firm with 
solid center, a fine shipping berry and 
ripens a week earlier than Aroma. 
(Senator) Dunlap (Midseason) — 
One of the most widely planted varie¬ 
ties. Noted for dependability and pro¬ 
ductiveness. A medium sized hand¬ 
some berry, deep glossy red, exceed¬ 
ingly juicy; very good quality. Plants 
are very hardy and drouth-resistant. 
Adapted to any type of soil and wide 
variation in climate. 
“The young trees (380) bought of you 
are growing fine.”—R. L. Spaulding. 
Illinois. 
“I bought of them (another nursery) 
after I received your trees, 1,000 peach, 
and while practically all of yours grew, 
only about % of theirs grew.”—Stanley 
Goldy, Washington. 
Suggestions (or Culture 
Cover the ground with well-rotted manure—a wheel¬ 
barrow load to each 100 square feet. Plow or dig the 
ground and pulverize deeply and thoroughly. 
Do not plant in ground that has just been in sod; if 
you do, the white grubs will probably destroy the 
plants. 
Cut back the roots to about 4 inches and put them in 
water. 
Be particularly careful to set plants the correct 
depth, the crowns just level with the surface, and film 
the soil about the roots. 
The Right and Wrong Way to Set Strawberry Plants. 
A—Too Shallow. B—Too Deep. C—Just Right. 
Cultivate about once a week, and only an inch or two 
deep, but not when the ground is wet. 
Keep the blossoms picked off the first season on 
standard varieties and until about July 1st on Ever- 
bearers. 
The hill system produces the largest and finest ber¬ 
ries. 
