many runners. For this reason, plants should be 
set 18 to 24 inches apart, and, for best results, 
each plant allowed to set only four to six run¬ 
ners. If you want an extra fine berry for home, 
garden or market, don’t fail to plant Gem, a real 
commercial everbearer. 
LUCKY STRIKE 
1935 was our fifth year for Lucky Strike and 
every year it seems to improve. Luckies produce 
a good fall crop the first year and a bumper 
spring crop the second year where there is enough 
cold weather for a dormant season. The berries 
are round, of a bright, glossy, red color and 
slightly smaller than Gem and Mastodon. Lucky 
Strike produces a moderate number of runners, 
and does well in either the hill system, spaced 
plants, or matted rows. Until we tried Gem it was 
our best everbearer, surpassing Mastodon in every 
way but size. Luckies, although not extra large, 
are of good size, and like Gem, have very few 
small berries even in matted rows. 
MASTODON 
Mastodon is still the most popular and widely 
grown everbearer. It is the variety that has given 
most general satisfaction in home gardens and 
also where grown as a money crop. Some of the 
new varieties are very promising, but for those 
who do not wish to experiment, Mastodon is safe. 
It makes vigorous growth, the berries are quite 
large in size and of good appearance. The quality 
is good. In addition to its value as an everbearer, 
Mastodon is a fine spring bearing sort. One of 
the reasons why Mastodon does so well generally, 
is that it makes a rather large, strong plant, 
which enables it to get the jump on other varie¬ 
ties less robust. For a fall crop last year, all our 
other varieties out-yielded Mastodon. 
EMPIRE ALL RED 
We grew this beautiful new variety along side 
of Mastodon, last year for the first time. It pro¬ 
duced a larger fall crop of excellent quality berries 
than did Mastodon. Worthy of a trial by all who 
want a fine quality, large size, glossy red ever¬ 
bearer. 
Empire All Red is well adapted to the hill 
system of planting. The plants are thrifty grow¬ 
ers, and produce a goodly number of rather small 
runner plants instead of a few large plants, like 
Mastodon. 
CHAMPION (Progressive) 
The first really good everbearer. Very fine in 
quality, very productive, but berries somewhat 
