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We Have Been at It 29 Years; if You Think We Can 
Helen Davis. — Description by Mr. 
Perry: “Season early to late. From 
all reports, this is the best strawberry 
ever introduced. It lias been tested on 
all kinds of soils, with the highest suc¬ 
cess. The berries of Helen Davis are 
exceedingly large, many of them aver¬ 
aging as large as medium-sized hen’s 
eggs. The fruit has the smoothest sur¬ 
face of any variety we know. In color, 
it is a subdued crimson, and the color 
extends from center to circumference. 
The flavor is like no other strawberry 
and is delicate and delicious. The vel¬ 
vet quality of the meat gives to the 
Helen Davis a distinction absolutely its 
own. When it comes to productiveness, 
no other variety ever developed can out- 
yield it, and its capacity for endurance 
under trying circumstances shows it to 
be a marvel of vitality. Price, 25 for 
75c; 100, $2.75. 
FALL BEARING STRAWBERRIES 
These new creations in the strawberry line are worthy of the attention of 
all strawberry growers. They are really a new thing in the strawberry world, 
and have come to us to stay. The main thing that distinguishes these varieties 
from other or common kinds is their habit of blooming from May until winter. 
Under ordinary conditions, they would bear a scattering crop of berries from 
June until December, or until hard freezing weather. Ordinary frosts have 
little effect on them. In order to get the most paying results from them-, we 
advise picking or pinching the blossoms off until within three weeks of the time 
when fruit is wanted. The rule is to stop pinching the blossoms about August 
1st; then we may expect ripe fruit about the last week in August. 
As an illustration of what these berries will do, will say that in the spring 
of 1910 I purchased 250 plants each of Americus and Francis, and set them in 
carefully prepared rich ground about May 1st. They were set in rows 3*4 feet 
apart, with plants 1 foot apart in the row. They occupied just about one-twentv- 
fifth of an acre. They were given good care, well fertilized and hoed and the 
weeds kept out. The blossoms were kept picked off until August 1st. On Au¬ 
gust 23rd we picked 4 quarts, and they continued to yield berries until November 
lltli, when the last three quarts were gathered. During the week of September 
12th to 17th, we picked nearly 100 quarts, 00 of which were shown at the State 
Fair in Syracuse, N. Y. The largest single picking was 48 quarts, gathered 
September 28th. On October 11th we furnished 23 quarts for the Harvest Sup¬ 
per of the Grange, in Pulaski. In all, we gathered nearly 400 quarts. Some of 
these were sent to leading hotels and fancy grocers in several near-by cities. It 
will be seen that they yielded at the rate of over 8,000 quarts to the acre, which 
at 25c per quart wholesale (the price we received) amounts, to $2,000.00 to the 
acre. 
Fall Strawberries in 1911 
We had shown what we could do with these fall bearing strawberries in 
1910, and it was our intention to not try to make a record with the fruit in 1911. 
In fact, we started out with the idea of not fruiting them at all in 1911. Our 
reason for doing this was because we wished to increase the supply of plants 
as fast as possible, and if a large crop of fruit is secured there will be a corre¬ 
sponding small crop of plants. 
The blossoms were kept cut until August 20th, just 20 days later than is 
advisable for best results with fruit. It occurred to us that people might think 
these varieties were not to be depended upon to bear a crop of fruit every year, if 
we did not show berries this year; so we concluded to let them bear fruit. We 
therefore ordered the cutting of blossoms to be stopped August 20th. 
By September lltli we were able to pick eight quarts of fruit, which we 
showed, along with 20 full grown plants full of fruit, at the State Fair in Syra¬ 
cuse. The plants bore heavily from this time on until hard freezing weather in 
November. On October 26th we made the last large picking, which consisted 
of 84 quarts. 
One strong point about the fall or ever-bearing strawberries, is that they 
bear a good crop of fruit in the spring as well as in the fall. They are inclined 
to heavier fruiting in June than common spring varieties. If they arc well cared 
