STRAWBERRIES 
PLANT 
AN ACRE 
THIS 
YEAR 
W 
GURNEY’S BIG YIELD- 
EVERBEARING 
They have been selected for hardiness and producing ability through actual trial in our nurseries 
ever since Everbearing Strawberries were introduced. Our plants will produce berries from July 
till freezing weather comes on. Pick the early flowers to establish the plants and then let them go. 
Every home should have at least 100 plants. They should be placed near the house and watered 
occasionally. They' will supply the average family with Strawberries for four months. A thousand 
plants will produce enough for canning and some for sale. An acre will prove more profitable than 
any other crop you can plant. 
GURNEY S NEW BIG SCARLET 
GEM 
1936 promises to 
be another bumper 
vear for GURNEY'S 
RIG SCARLET 
GEM Everbearing 
Strawberry. We 
offered this for the 
first time, last year 
and our sales were 
much greater than 
we expected, proving 
to us that our cus¬ 
tomers are always 
ready to plant bet¬ 
ter varieties of 
Strawberries. 
GURNEY'S BIG 
SCARLET GEM is 
extremely hardy, 
healthy, and vig¬ 
orous, even under se¬ 
vere drought condi¬ 
tions. The fruit is a 
beautiful glossy red, 
solid, and we have 
yet to find a single berry with a core, hollow or 
white center. For canning or shipping there is 
no berry that comes up to GURNEY’S BIG 
SCARLET GEM. 
Commercial growers should, by all means, 
plant out at least 1,000 of GURNEY’S BIG 
SCARLET GEMS for a trial this year. 
LOWER PRICES—25, 80c; 50, $1.40; 400, 
$2.25; 500, $7.75; 1,000 for $12.75. Postpaid. 
• GURNEY’S PROGRESSIVE 
This is the hardiest of the Everbearing vari¬ 
eties. It is small but of exceptionally good 
quality. PRICES- 25, 70c; 50, $1.25; 100, $2.10; 
500, $7.25; 1,000, $11.75. Postpaid. 
PARCEL 
POST 
OR EXPRESS 
CHARGES 
PAID 
IN ALL CASES 
BY US ON 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
THE NEW DORSETT 
A Strawberry, to be good must have Quality, Productivity and Stand 
Shipping. The Dorsett has all of these and more. It ranks high in 
Hardiness and holds its berries well off the ground. It is proud of 
its fruit and holds it up where you can see, admire and pick easily. 
Besides, Dorsett is a lady and doesn’t like to let her Bright Red Berries 
drag in the dust. It's a beauty of excellent quality and will pay you well. 
Gurney’s recommend the Dorsett to you as one of the best of the June- 
bearing varieties. 
PRICES—50, 85c; 100, $1.50; 500, $5.75; 1,000, $9.75. Postpaid. 
Gurney’s 
Strawberries 
Are Dug and 
Shipped 
Fresh 
Each Day 
• GURNEY’S RED GOLD (Sugar 
Saver) 
A sweet, large sized Strawberry that is excel¬ 
lent for table use. Not a good shipper but its 
high sugar content makes it economical and good 
for home use and canning. 
PRICES—25, 60c; 50, $1.00; 100, $1.65; 
500, $6.75; 1,000, $12.75. Postpaid. 
Gurney’s Big Scarlet Gem 
•MASTODON 
Almost 6,000 
quarts to the acre 
of big, luscious 
strawberries were 
produced by one of 
our customers with Mastodon. They make 
large, vigorous deep-rooted plants. The berries 
are large, of good color and high quality. 
PRICES—25, 75c; 50, $1.25; 100, $2.10; 500, 
$7.25; 1,000, $11.75. Postpaid. 
JUNE BEARING— 
• GURNEY’S 
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. PRICES, 100, 95c; 500, 
$3.75; 1,000, $6.75. Postpaid. 
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. 
Instructions for Planting and Care of Strawberries 
Plant Strawberries 
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 straw¬ 
berries 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 
—10,890 per acre, spaced 1 
in the Spring Only 
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. 
Above all, order early. 
foot apart, rows 4 feet apart. 
GURNEY’S FAIRFAX 
Born in 1930, the Fairfax has risen from a 
few hundred plants on an experiment farm 
to millions of plants on farms and gardens 
all over the country. Its bright red, large 
berries are produced in great quantities on 
vigorous plants. The quality is “mouth 
watering.’’ The flower stalks are strong and 
upstanding and in our fields it outyields all 
other June-bearing varieties. Its color 
catches the eye. Its quality brings cus¬ 
tomers back for more. Its productiveness 
makes growers demand The Fairfax. Buy 
a hundred or two for your own use. Buy a 
thousand or more and then they will show 
vou a nice profit. PRICES—50, 85c; 100, 
$1.50; 500, $5.75; 1,000, $9.75. Postpaid. 
Vegetable plants did you say? Sure. See Page 77. 
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