THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 5 
Little Money is Needed to Start a berry patch. Be¬ 
sides the plants, a dibble or trowel for planting, and a 
hoe and cultivator for working, are all the equipment 
needed. 
A Family Business. The small farmer with a large 
family is in a position to grow lots of berries now. He 
can utilize the labor of his family at comparatively 
easy work and at a business which will pay well. The 
work is healthy, the pay is good, and the children can 
work in the open air and with their parents. 
The Boys and Girls Can Be Kept on the Farm by get¬ 
ting them interested. A patch of strawberries, say V 4 
to 1 acre will afford them pleasant, easy, intelligent 
work and at this time, will yield profit enough to keep 
them interested in the farm, a chance that doesn’t often 
happen, as most farm work is less remunerative than 
other lines of endeavor. 
Real Estate Values are increased by growing inten¬ 
sive crops like strawberries. So much can be done on 
a small piece of ground, that often rich, high priced 
land in and near cities and large towns, can be profit¬ 
ably planted to strawberries. 
Quick Returns are possible with strawberries. Un¬ 
like any of the tree or bush fruits, strawberries pro¬ 
duce a crop in one year. 
A Second Crop can be had with very little additional 
labor. 
STRAWBERRIES FOR THE HOME GARDEN 
The very reasons we have outlined above, indicating 
high prices for strawberries, make it important to have 
a strawberry bed in every home garden. 
Nearly Everybody Likes Strawberries. The best 
strawberries are those that are grown in your own gar¬ 
den and picked fresh from the vines as you use them. 
They are delicious, and the joy of having nice fresh ber¬ 
ries for your own table fully repays for the small effort 
required to plant and grow them. By using the ever- 
bearer, Progressive, the berry season can be extended 
thru the summer and early fall, until freezing weather. 
Your Grocery Bill will be greatly lessened by having 
your own strawberry garden. Not only do you save the 
cost of the berries you usually buy, but you have more 
delicious fruit than you ever buy, especially at the high 
prices which are bound to prevail for berries the next 
year or two. You, also, save the cost of other things 
you don’t want, or need, now that you have plenty of 
strawberries. 
Preserved Strawberries are the most delicious of all 
the sweet foods we eat in winter. When you have them 
to buy at 20 cents or 30 cents per quart, you are not 
likely to preserve as many as you need. Have your 
own strawberry garden and there will be plenty for 
daily use on the table and for preserving also. 
Extra Money. At the high prices which are sure to 
prevail a little extra money can be had very easily from 
the home strawberry garden. 500 to 1,000 plants will 
produce sufficient berries for a large family and leave a 
good many to sell. There will be a market for them. 
If you have room for them in your garden try a good 
big plot. It will pay. 
_ , Essex Co., Mass., May 3, 1919. 
The plants arrived promptly and in fine condition. They 
are A-l and give perfect satisfaction.—John E. Fuller. 
