or Other Plants, Correspond With Us for Lowest Prices. 
3L 
“Farmer on the Strawberry” 
“Worth its weight in Gold” to any 
berry grower or person who contemplates 
growing berries. The results of a life 
time experience in growing berries, by 
Lawrence J. Farmer, “The Strawberry 
Man,” of Pulaski, N. Y. Third edition, 
100 pages with cover, profusely illus¬ 
trated with over forty fine half-tone pic¬ 
tures, and all printed on nice book paper. 
Should be in every fruit grower’s library* 
This is the third edition of this valuable 
little book, revised and brought down to 
date. We could fill a good sized volume 
with the letters from people who have 
read former editions and become success¬ 
ful in growing strawberries. 
Some of the Topics Treated 
Origin «f the Straw¬ 
berry 
The Different Species 
Who Ought to Grow 
Strawberries 
The Profits of Straw- 
terries 
Strawberry Culture at a 
Side Issue 
Ix>cation of the Straw¬ 
berry Bed 
Preparation of the Boil 
Plants and How to Pro¬ 
cure Tliem 
Taking Up and Fixing 
Plants Beady to Set 
Wliat to Do With Plants 
from the Nursery 
Setting Out the Plants 
Hand Cultivation 
Horse Cultivation 
Training of the Runners 
The Sex of the Straw¬ 
berry 
Fertilizers for Straw¬ 
berries 
Insect Knemiea of the 
Strawberry 
Fungous Diseases 
Winter Protection 
Spring Care of Plants 
Protection from Frosts 
Picking and Marketing 
“The New Strawberry 
Culture” 
Fall Setting of Straw¬ 
berry Plante 
Pickers and How to Get 
Them 
The Question of Help 
The Variety Question 
Growing Exhibition 
Berries 
Raspberrj- Culture 
Blackberry Culture 
Currant and Gooseberry 
Culture 
Queetions and Answers 
Wintering Strawberries 
How to Prolong Straw¬ 
berry Season 
What Is a Good Day's 
WorkT 
Covering Strawberry Plants 
With Earth 
The FeUow Who ICllls the 
Market 
The Slrawterr>- Is a Mod¬ 
ern Fruit 
New Ground for Straw¬ 
berries 
Picking Berries on Shares 
Teach Others to Do It 
Weeding Strawberry Beds 
in Spring 
Tlie Woes of the Intro¬ 
ducer 
Cultural Directions for 
Beginners 
"Fall Bearing Straw¬ 
berries” 
How Fall Strawberries 
Differ from Other Kinds 
Treatment of Fall Straw¬ 
berries 
Picking Fall Strawberries 
Marketing Fall Straw¬ 
berries 
Our Experience With Fall 
Strawberries in * 1910 
and 1911 
Mulching and Frost Pro¬ 
tection 
Cost of Growing Fall 
Strawberries 
Yields and Returns 
Varieties of Fall Straw- 
benles 
How to Produce New 
Varieties 
Some Observations 
What Will the Outcome 
Be? 
Exhibiting Strawberries at 
Fairs. Exhibitions and 
the Like 
Testimonials from I>ead- 
Ing Authorities 
Practical Suggestions on 
Marketing Berries 
Strawberries for Christmas 
•Tlie Man With the Hoe” 
Price of “Farmer on the Strawberry.” 
25c postpaid. Money back If It does not 
please you. To those who order $2.00 or 
more worth of plants from our catalogue, 
we will send the book for only 15c. 
When your order amounts to $5.00 or 
more, we send the book absolutely free. 
The Originator of the Francis and Americas. Mr. 
Rockhill, orders 20 Copies of "Farmer on the 
Strawberry." 
Grundy County, Iowa, March 11th, 1912. 
Mr. L. J. Parmer, Pulaski, N. Y. 
Dear Sir—Your letter is at hand, also the copy of 
"Farmer on the Strawberry.” Have looked the work 
through pretty carefully and am much pleased with It. 
Tlie pictures show the true type of each variety. Your 
instructions on the care and treatment of everbearing 
varieties are the best ever written. 
I might be able to sell a few copies of your book, at 
any rate, I would like to send copies to a few friends 
and customers. Enclosed find check for $10. Take 
pay for the com’ sent and forward by mall as many 
copies as you can afford to. Yours very truly, 
H. ROCKHILL. 
if the Old Book Plaaied Him. What Would Hs 
Think of ths New? 
Madison, Wls., December Slst, 1910. 
Dear Mr. Farmer—Some months ago I secured 
your Strawberry book and have studied it carefuUy, 
as I have everything else that I could get on the 
subject. The information gained from your book 1 
consider far and away beyond everything else that 
; I have studied. S. W. MERRICK, 
i (Secy, and Gen. Mgr., Wisconsin Rubber Co.) 
^ WE WILL SEND THIS 
BOOK ON APPROVAL 
! You need not pay for it until you get 
{ it, read it and are satisfied with it. 
' Could anything be more fair? 
If you will sign your name and give 
I your full address on the coupon below, 
we will mall you a copy of “Farmer on 
the Strawberry,” for your Inspection and 
approval. When you look it over and see 
what it is, you can either send us the 
price (25c) or remall it to us. We do 
not wish to force it upon you. So con¬ 
fident are we, however, that you will be 
pleased, that we make this liberal offer, 
trusting to your honor to do the fair thing 
by us. If you keep it. It costs you 25c; 
if you return it, it only costs you the 
return postage, 3c. 
Please fill out the coupon to-day, as we 
are anxious that you be put in touch with 
the information that It contains at once. 
It will surely make you a more prosper¬ 
ous berry grower. 
Mr. Farmer says: “I would like to have 
I a copy of “Farmer on the Strawberry’ 
placed in the home of every berry grower 
in America. If I could afford it, I would 
give every berry grower a free copy.” 
The publishers of Farm Journal sent 
Mr. Farmer a nice check for the story of 
the fall strawberries which they have 
published under the title of “Fall Bear¬ 
ing Strawberry Secrets.” The same 
material about the fall bearing straw¬ 
berries Is also printed in the book, 
“Farmer on the Strawberry,” along with 
all the other information about straw¬ 
berries of all kinds. 
Please sign the attached coupon and 
mail to us at once. The book will go to 
you in next mall. 
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USE THIS COUPON TO GET 
“FARMER ON THE STRAWBERRY” 
ON APPROVAL 
.1914. 
L. J. FARMER, Publisher of “Farmer on 
the Strawberry,” Pulaski, N. Y.: 
Dear Sir—Please send me, postage paid, 
one copy of “Farmer of the Strawberry” 
for inspection and approval. If after 
looking it over carefully I conclude to 
keep it, I will send you 25c (in stamps, 
money order or cash). If I do not keep 
it, I will return it within three days. In 
the same envelope that It came In, pay¬ 
ing postage (3c) for its return. I also 
claim the right to get the book for only 
15c, provided I send in an order for goods 
to the amount of $2.00 or more, and abso¬ 
lutely free if my order amounts to $5.00 
or more. Signed, 
Name. 
Address. 
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