HART’S NURSERY, SPENCERVILLE, INDIANA 
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Strawberry Plants that are not Drought Stunted 
THE ST. JOE VALLEY 
The St. Joe Valley, through which the St. Joe river flows, has become a hive of 
industry in the last few years in the production of small fruits, apples, melons and 
potatoes. The bluffs along the river and extending back some distance are made up 
of light sandy loam and is especially suited for berry plants. 
The soil seems to be exactly suited to produce heavy crowns and long fibrous 
roots, which are essentials of a good strawberry plant. 
Hundreds of acres of melons and cantaloupes are produced here which find a ready 
market in Cleveland, Akron, Cincinnati, and other eastern cities. 
The Leighty and Widney orchards, among the largest in Indiana, are also located 
in the valley and produce thousands of bushels of apples each year. 
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Strawberries 
P ERFECTION has not been reached in anything. No strawberry is perfect, but 
like people, some come closer to it than others. We have attempted, with our 
experience, to tell you the virtues of each variety, as well as their faults. 
Many people seem to think because varieties are new that they must be superior 
to the old. This is not always true. Certain kinds of wheat, for instance Pool, has 
been raised for years, and is still a standard variety, ranking far above some of the 
newer varieties. Reed’s yellow dent corn is another variety that still ranks high 
among corn raisers, though many new varieties are on the market. 
Nevertheless, we should always be on the lookout for newer and better varieties. 
We list only Perfect Flowering Varieties. That is, you can plant all of our Straw¬ 
berries alone and they will bear. 
We sell 500 Strawberry Plants at the 1,000 rate. 
