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growing of them. If the plants were abundant and cheap everybody would have 
them in a short time and the market for the berries would be ruined. 
It has been my 
practice to plant new 
each spring. This is 
not absolutely nec¬ 
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planting has its ad¬ 
vantages. In the first 
place the planting 
can be set in differ¬ 
ent land where the 
special fertility ele¬ 
ments required by 
strawberries have 
not been in any 
measure depleted. 
The ground can be 
made clean of weeds 
before planting, less¬ 
ening the expense of 
care. Most important 
of all is that pests and disease can be kept out of the patch. The latter troubles 
of the strawberry grower have been unknown to me absolutely. 
The above photo was taken Oct. 5, 1933. The plants 
were set the last of March of the same year 
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The Price of Plants New Price Schedule in Effect 
With large well rooted crowns, 5c per plant, prepaid, any quantity on hand 
when order is received. In lots of 500 or more 4.00 per 100. Orders accepted 
for delivery at future specified dates when remittance accompanies order. Cust¬ 
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At the seemingly high price of plants, money spent for them is a good 
investment. If a commercial planting is contemplated the larger the original 
planting the sooner the maximum will be reached, while the investment will be 
returned several fold. And for home use their value is as great or greater. 
The bulk of our product has been absorbed by the local market. While 
we demand and get a higher price than growers of other varieties we sell more 
berries than all of them combined. Rockhills start the summer crop about two 
weeks ahead of Mastodon so that the trade of dealers is secured before the others 
get started. They also bear later in the season, as they are able to stand the wet 
and cold fall weather better than others. 
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In 1932 we tried some shipments of berries to Portland, this state. They 
arrived at destination in excellent condition in each case. I wrote the commission 
house, West Coast Fruit Company, in the summer of 1933 to ascertain the 
probable price they would bring that season. The following is their reply: "We 
are certainly in a position to market your surplus. . . . There are no fancy 
strawberries, such as you raise, on the market here at present , so are unable to 
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