1935 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. ^ YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
STRAWBERRIES 
Plant an acre this year—10,890 per acre, spaced 1 foot apart, rows 4 feet apart. 
Strawberries 
All strawberries offered by us are perfect vari¬ 
eties. You do not need other varieties planted 
with them to make them produce. All Straw¬ 
berries shipped parcel post or express prepaid. 
Strawberries are always sent separate from 
the balance of your order, either by parcel 
post or express. We do this so that the plants 
may reach you in the best possible condition. 
Gurney’s 
Everbearing Strawberries 
They will produce fruit from early July until 
heavy freezing. In our large acreage of straw¬ 
berries there was no time during the season that 
we did not have plenty of strawberries for every¬ 
body. No matter how small or large the piece of 
ground you have, you can have everbearing straw¬ 
berries for the better part of four months each 
year. One hundred plants, properly cared for, 
and if possible, placed near the house where you 
can give them a little water f rom the well or some 
of the wash water about once a week during the 
hot, dry spells, will supply an ordinary family 
with all the strawberries they can use during the 
summer. 
Gurney’s Big Scarlet Gem 
Everbearing Strawberry 
This year, we are introducing a new variety 
that we believe is even-better than the Mastodon. 
Experience has proved that the “Big Gem” 
Everbearing Strawberry is extremely hardy, 
healthy, and vigorous, even under severe drought 
conditions such as we have had during the past 
several summers. It is a beautiful glossy red 
and we have never found a berry with a core, 
hollow, or white center. For canning or ship¬ 
ping, there is nothing quite as good as “Gurney’s 
Big Scarlet Gem.” 
Another nice thing about this new variety is 
that it makes three times as many runners as 
the Mastodon. Commercial growers will do 
well to get at least a thousand of “Gurney’s Big 
Scarlet Gem Everbearing Strawberry.” 
Prices: Per 25, 90c; per 50, $1.50; per 100, 
$2.75; per 500, $9.50; per 1000, $17.50. 
Mastodon 
Four acres produced 1,386 crates or 22,176 
quarts in one season! 
Plants of the Mastodon 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 large and of high 
quality. Regardless of your past experience 
with Everbearing Strawberries, we recommend 
that you plant this Everbearing Strawberry, 
which is different. Per 25, 75c; 50, $1.25; 100, 
$2.00; 500, $8.00; 1,000, $14.00; 5,000, $60.00. 
Progressive Everbearing 
“Put on your overcoats and pick enough 
strawberries for shortcake.” 
This is the hardiest of the everbearing Straw¬ 
berries, 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. We will furnish 
instructions to planters with each order. Per 
25, 75c; 50 for $1.25; 100 for $2.00; 500 for 
$8.00; 1,000 for $14.00. 
June Bearing Strawberries 
Dunlap 
Even with the introduction of the Everbear¬ 
ing Strawberry there is still a place for the old 
standard one crop per year strawberry. The 
Dunlap is absolutely the best. It is a self¬ 
fertilizer, fine quality berry, yields abundantly, 
and is a good shipper. 
We grow a great many varieties of the old 
standard strawberries, but we consider the 
Dunlap the best of any for all purposes. Price 
25, 60c; 50, 90c; 100, $1.30; 500, $5.00; 1,000, 
$9.00; 5,000, $40.00. Parcel post or express 
charges paid in all cases by us on Strawberry 
plants. 
Red Gold (Sugar Saver) 
If nothing more were said of this new straw¬ 
berry, than that it requires only half as much 
sugar in canning as any other variety, you would 
be interested enough to try them out. You 
would want to be shown, and rightly so. But 
we are going to say more than that. It has the 
flavor of the wild strawberry. Berries often 
measure S'/ 2 inches around with as high as 43 
berries to a stem and eleven stems to the plant. 
The stems are sturdy and stand up well away 
from the ground, making picking a pleasure. 
Gurney’s Big Scarlet Gem 
Another good feature is their long fruiting 
time, starting early and continuing long after 
other varieties are gone. Setting Red Gold is 
almost like having your strawberry crop insured, 
for it’s almost impossible to have the crop 
ruined by late freezes or wet weather. Wet 
weather will prevent fertilization of other 
varieties but the long season of Red Gold avoids 
this possibility. 
Plant Red Gold this year. You will never 
regret it. It is large, solid, a good bearer, has 
strong stems and is a Sugar Saver. 
Red Gold prices: 25, 60c; 50, $1.00; 100, $1.50; 
500, $7.00; 1,000, $13.00. 
The Dorsett 
This is a new June-bearing variety introduced 
in 1032. It has the unusual characteristic of 
holding most of its fruit off the ground. The 
color of the fruit is a very bright red and it does 
not become dark when overripe. The flesh is 
pinkish-red and quite firm. 
The Dorsett Strawberry is described as to 
flavor as "mildly subacid.” It is in other words, 
of excellent quality and we recommend the 
Dorsett to you as one of the best of the June- 
bearing varieties. 
Prices: Per 25, 75c; per 50, $1.10; per 100, 
$1.50; per 1000, $10.00. 
The Fairfax 
This new variety had its origin about 1030 and 
has been growing in popularity ever since. It 
is a heavy producer of excellent quality berries. 
The flower stalks are strong and upstanding. It 
probably produces more fruit per plant than any 
other of the June-bearing varieties. Its bright 
red color and uniform shape makes it a mighty 
good commercial variety. It has a handsome 
appearance and stands long distance shipments. 
You should try out at least a hundred of the 
Fairfax and the Dorsett. 
Prices: Per 25, 75c; per 50, $1.10; per 100, 
$1.50; per 1000, $10.00. 
Instructions for Planting 
and Care of Strawberries 
Plant Strawberries in the 
Spring Only 
We sell millions of strawberries each year, 
and they go to all sections of the United States. 
We often ship them across the continent and 
have them reach their destination in perfect 
condition. We dig, pack and ship fresh every 
day, so they leave in the best possible condition. 
We want "them to reach the customer fresh 
and green. In handling thousands upon thou¬ 
sands of growing plants there is always the 
possibility that some will be overheated in 
transit. When that happens we want you to 
notify us at once. However, more strawberries 
are killed after they are received by the planters 
than in any other way. They appear to be a 
trifle dry and they are immediately soaked. The 
crown of a strawberry plant should never be 
wet before planting, as it will rot in a few hours. 
Each plant has a number of fine roots, have 
your ground in excellent condition, force the 
flat hand into this mellow ground, withdraw 
the hand, leaving a hole an inch by about 4 
inches and about 4 or 5 inches deep. Take the 
other hand, spread the roots of the plant out 
fanshaped, the crown to be just even with the 
top of the ground when the dirt is packed 
firmly against the plant. Plant them from 1 
foot to 18 inches apart in the row and the rows 
4 feet apart. During the growing season they 
will throw out a number of runners that set 
new plants. Train these to stay close to the 
original plant, not allowing it to become more 
than a foot wide. In the fall, when the ground 
freezes, cover the plant to a depth of about one 
or two inches with straw or hay. Straw is best, 
as you can rake it in among the plants in the 
spring and allow it to remain there. This keeps 
the fruit off the ground and clean always. 
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We List Only the Hardiest Varieties 
