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J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 
WHAT TO DO WHEN PLANTS ARRIVE 
Set plants on arrival if possible. It will help if roots of the 
plants can be dipped in water and allowed to “plump up” for sometime 
before setting, perhaps over night. At any rate have them thoroughly 
moistened when planting. If anything prevents immediate planting 
and the weather is cool, the top of the crate should be taken off and 
the plants loosened in the crate, still keeping the roots covered with 
the packing material. Placed where it is cool, plants will keep like 
this two or three days. If weather is too warm to keep plants, or too 
cold to set them out they should be heeled in in some shaded or pro¬ 
tected place. Dig a V-shaped trench, open the bundles, spread them 
out in thin layers with buds just even with the surface of the ground 
and firm the soil back against the roots of the plants. If necessary 
several layers of plants can be heeled in the same place with one or 
two inches of soil between each layer. Wet the soil and plants 
thoroughly when heeling is done. 
If it is flavor you want you should plant Dorsett 
EARLY VARIETIES 
BELLMAR. Originated by the Department of Agriculture, and 
the results of ten years of experimental work by the Department, 
being selected from more than 55,000 new seedling varieties, Bellmar 
is a scientific cross between Premier and Missionary. Being of the 
same parentage as Blakemore, and from observations made during 
fruiting periods in different sections of the country, we have every 
reason to believe that it will soon become a leading extra early variety, 
as it is a vigorous grower, and very productive of fruit, comparing in 
size and color with the Premier, quality better and a more firm texture. 
Should be given a test by every grower. 
