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JOSEPH H. BLACK, SON & CO. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
SUPERIOR QUALITY 
Our list is short and best suited varieties for this section. They are our own 
grown and fresh dug every day. We have no very late varieties as our seasons 
seldom are such as to permit these to be profitable. We do.not grow Chesapeake 
because it is such a poor plant maker that the crop per acre is veiy small. 
Our plants are grown solely for plants. Therefore they are all young plants. 
When plants are dug from the middles of fruiting beds, all the best plants 
are left for fruiting and you get the poorest. 
This most delicious of all fruits is the most easily grown, costs less to start 
and grow and gives the quickest results. 
In a garden they should be planted one foot apart and the rows not closer 
than three feet apart. For market they should be planted one foot or fifteen 
inches apart in the row and we prefer 4 feet but some put them 3 feet, others 3|4. 
Set 1 x 3 ft., it takes 14,500 plants per acre; 1 x 4 ft., 10,900; 15 in. x 3 ft., 
11,600; 1 x 3y 2 ft., 13,850; 15 in. x 3^ ft., 9,950; 15 in. x 4 ft., 8,700. 
Prices for all varieties: 
25 
50 
100 
35c 
60c 
$1.00 
30c 
50c 
70c 
By parcel post prepaid. 35c 
By express prepaid. 30c _ 
Prices per 300, 500 and 1000 under each variety, these quantities can also be 
sent by parcel post postage C.O.D. 
We would be pleased to make quotations on large orders. 
Blakemore. —A variety sent out by the U. S. Department in 1930. It is an early 
variety of very attractive red color, large and very heavy cropper. It is strong 
and sturdy and good plant maker. A trifle earlier than Premier. 
300 for $1.50, 500 for $2.25, and 1,000 for $4.00. . 
Dorsett. —Another U. S. Department variety sent out in 1933. A good plant 
maker holds up the berries well. Fruit is bright red of good quality and firm. 
As a market berry we consider this, after a thorough test, to be the best 
early variety we have ever grown. 300 for $2.00, 500 for $2.75, and 1,000 for $5.00. 
Fairfax.— Another U. S. Department release of 1933. _ This variety is the most 
productive, best quality and largest of all early varieties. The color is a rich 
red While it is very firm and stands up well, it is not a good long distance 
shipper as it darkens in color after two days. However,for home use and near¬ 
by market it is superior to all others. Plant strong and a good plant maker 
holding up its fruit well. 300 for $1.80, 500 for $2.60, and 1,000 for $4.75. 
Glen Mary.— An old variety of splendid quality, a good plant maker producing 
large fine quality berries in great quantity. Ripens just after Premier and ahead 
of Joe; color good. 300 for $1.60, 500 for $2.25, and 1,000 for $4.00. 
Premier.— A well tested variety of merit 
among early varieties. Until the U. S. 
Department berries came out it was su¬ 
perior to all other early varieties for size, 
color, and firmness and by some is con¬ 
sidered equal to any. 300 for $1.50, 500 for 
$2.00, and 1,000 for $3.75. 
Joe. —(Big Joe).—No matter what you call 
it, it remains the best of all varieties of 
its season which is midseason to late ; Af¬ 
ter thirty years of fruiting it remains at 
the top when all the others that were 
known at that time have been dropped. It’s 
continued success is due to vigor and size 
of plant, firmness, high quality and good 
quality of its berries. For home or mar¬ 
ket it never has had an equal in any sea¬ 
son. 300 for $1.65, 500 for $2.60, and 1,000 
Joe f° r $4.75. 
Remember that our plants are all fresh dug from beds grown solely for plants 
which are strong and sturdy. 
