Comparison With Other Everbearings. 
I have many inquiries asking me to compare them with some oth¬ 
er variety of everbearing. The WAYZATA far excells the Pro¬ 
gressive Mastodon or recent introduction Gsm in many ways. It 
is much hardier and disease resistent; the blossom stems are 
large and long, holding the berries well off the ground, is a 
much larger yielder. berries of a much higher quality and with 
a firmness that will stand shipping long distances without re¬ 
frigeration. Other features of this wonderful berry are de¬ 
scribed more fully in other parts of this pamphlet. 
~ Why you should buy your Way-at a Plants from me. 
I grow no other variety of strawberry (nor other nursery stock) 
so there will be no mixture of plants in your order. 
These plants have all been cared for in the way of fertiliia 
tion for berry production, well cultivated and irrigated with no 
dry weather setbacks. Each plant is well developed and ready to 
put out a large crop the first year. 
My plants are runner plants from 1936 settings, no old crowns 
or crown divisions. Do not let anyone tell you that a year old 
crown (which are being offered by some growers) will do as well 
as runner plants, , 
My plant stock is State inspected and certified by the State 
of Minnesota and has been on certified list for past four seasons. 
I pack your order right and guarantee it to reach you in good 
setting condition. 
I have builr a reputation selling Wayzata plants and in ore'er to main¬ 
tain that reputation I cannot ship anything but the vety best. 
You are invited to visit my place at any time. 
WHAT OTHERS SAY: 
Pasadena, California, October 20, 1935 
Mr. Fred W. Braden 
Wayzata, Minnesota 
Dear Sir: Received the 1,000 Wayzata Everbearers Friday the 
18th in splendid shape. They looked like they had just been hfted 
from the ground. Southern California is not noted as a strawberry 
section and the further inland you go the harder it is on plants. \\ e 
have six to eight months of very hot and dry weather. Last sp.ing I 
purchased 3,500 Everbearing Strawberries, five varieties, '“luding 
New Gem Mastodon, etc. I picked more berries from thei 117 Way¬ 
zata plants to date than all the rest of the Everbearers, This seems 
like an exaggerated statement but it is a fact my neighbors will 
verify If this statement were not true, you would not have received 
mv order for 1,000 Wayzata plants at $35.00 when I can buy Masto¬ 
dons for $5.00 and Gems for S9.50 per thousand. 
My three acres are located cn S. H. No. 11, a boulevard wnli many 
thousand cars passing by daily. The city folks get a great kick out rf 
nicking tleir own strawberries and when they found this small 
natch of Wayzatas, would go no further, and would invariably go 
straight back to the Wayzata patch next time. The weather is now 
cooler and I picked eight boxes of Wayzatas yesterday and the vines 
are full cf blooms and green fruit. Not once during the summer have 
I failed to pick berries from this patch. . , . . 
Any prospective buyer of Wayzata could see with their own eyes 
what the plants will do in Southern California. I could not expect 
more and you need not hesitate to guarantee their fitness f° r this 
section. The evidence is right here before them if they care to look. 
Respectfully, 
H. F. W'atson, 1112 Linda Vista. 
Pasadena, California 
I am very well pleased with the results obtained from your new 
strawberry which you named Wayzata. It has lived up to all you 
said it would do. It is a very sturdy variety that produces fruit that 
is extremely large, firm and with a very sweet flavor W lthi uss it has 
set new plants very freely and can say that it has outdone the Masto¬ 
don two to one in all respects. It is a pleasure to sell and will recom¬ 
mend it very highly. I congratulate you for producing this fine 
strawberry.—L. R. Fibher, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
W'ayzata plants were set out early this Spring without irrigation 
until late in the year and proved drought resistant while other 
varieties burned out. 
The plants now (December 1st) show promise ol a good crop in 
the Spring and coming Fall. 
People in Sheboygan who bought these berries at our roadside 
stand simply went wild over them in enthusiasm to have June 
berries during the months of August, September and October. 
Henry Gkeger, Sheboygan, Wis. 
Brunswick, Maine. October 19, 1930 
Mr. Fred W. Braden 
Wayzata, Minnesota 
My Dear Sir: The three thousand W ayzata strawberry plants 1 
bought of you last May came all the way from Minnesota in fine 
Sh They started a lot of runners but we had a very dry spell which 
curtailed the number of runner plants very much. I have, however. 
some sir to eight thousand fine runner plants. 
Now as to fruit. The dry spell curtailed my yield at least, one-third. 
I sold my first berries July 31 and up to October 12 I have sold 
$112.78 of berries. In addition to this we have had all the berries 
on our table we wanted for a family of eight, five of whom are children, 
all of which are very fond of strawberries. We have also canned 
berries for our winter use. ,. , _ .. , 
October 13 and 14 we had a heavy frost which froze the ground 
more than an inch. This of course hurt the berries. I picked a quart 
yesterday, October 18th, which I will sell today. There are a lot ot 
flowers and green berries on the plants and many quarts of ripe 
berries spoiled by the freeze. 
A frost that will kill corn does not seem to hurt either blossoms oe 
fruit, but if the ground freezes more than one inch it is about thr 
end of the season's crop. 
In my opinion the Wayzata 
ever produced. 
is the most wonderful strawberry 
Yours truly, E. A. Rogers 
