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ZACHMAN’S PEAR NURSERY 
BLAKEMORE 
Early —The new early strawberry introduced by the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. Has been tested in all parts of the country and found unusually 
prolific in plant making and berry production. Plants extremely healthy and 
able to withstand dry weather. Do well on poor soils. Berries are good size, 
bright, even red all over, and all the way through. An extra firm berry which 
may be left on the vines several days after ripe and reaches the market 
looking bright and fresh. Every berry of uniform size and shape. 
EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 
Mastadon— Four acres produced 1,386 crates or 22,176 quarts in one 
season! If you have been growing the ordinary Everbearing strawberries 
and have never seen the Mastadon, it will be difficult for you to understand 
just how it will produce 5,600 quarts per acre. 
A newspaper representative on inspecting one of the fields of Mastadons 
remarked, “This is the greatest sight I have ever seen, but when you tell 
your customers how good the Mastadon really is many of them will not 
believe you.” The following description will impart to you in only a small 
way the actual value of these plants. You must see them to realize their 
wonderful value. Plants of the Mastadon are large, vigorous, deep-rooted. 
This explains their ability to produce enormous loads of fine fruit, even 
under adverse conditions. They are perfectly hardy. Every plant produces 
heavily, also, runners the first year. The berries are larger than any of the 
other Everbearers and of high quality. Regardless of your past experience 
with Everbearing strawberries, we recommend that you plant this new 
Everbearing strawberry, which is different. 
Progressive —“Put on your overcoats and pick enough strawberries for 
shortcake.” This is the hardiest of the Everbearing strawberries, producing 
large crops of medium sized fruit from July until heavy freezing. This is 
one of the older varieties but still a good variety and should appear in all 
catalogs. The season has been favorable to growing strawberries and our 
plants are strong and healthy. 
Zachman’s Strawberry Plants are grown right, dug, sorted and packed right 
Try our guaranteed plants 
GRAPES 
Beta— The Standard Hardy Grape. In the past Beta has been the most 
widely planted grape in the Northwest and for commercial purposes has 
proven highly profitable. Since its origination some years ago in Carver 
County, Minnesota, it has spread rapidly throughout Minnesota and the 
adjacent states. 
Yields from one-half to one bushel per vine have been obtained in well- 
cared for vineyards. There has been a tremendous demand for jelly and 
grape juice the past few years and those who have been growing Beta and 
Alpha have found their crops highly remunerative. 
Alpha— An Improved Beta. Although a more recent introduction than 
Beta, Alpha is forging ahead rapidly to the front and is preferred to it by 
most of those who have grown both. It is one of the group of super-hardy 
grapes that has made commercial vineyard culture so popular and profitable 
in recent years. While Alpha is similar to Beta in size and appearance, and 
equal to it in hardiness and yield, it is commonly considered to possess much 
higher sugar content and much better flavor than Beta. Originated near St. 
Cloud, Minnesota, Alpha today stands as the most popular of the commercial 
grapes for Minnesota and the Northwest. 
