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Farmer’s Books and Essays 
“FARMBR ON THE STRABERRY". One hundred and tw^ve pages, over 40 beautiful half tone 
Ulustrations. Written by L. J. Parmer, who has spent his life among strawberries and small fruits. 
Over 25,000 copies of this book have been sold. This Is the fourth and lates edition. Price, Fifty Cents, 
postpaid. 
Origin of the Strawberry. 
The Different Species. 
Who Ought to Grow Strawberries. 
The Profits of Strawberries. 
Strawberry Culture as a Side 
Issue. 
Location of the Strawberry Bed. 
Preparation of the Soil. 
Plants and How to Procure Them. 
Taking Up and Fixing the Plants 
Ready to Set. 
What to Do With Plants From 
the Nursery. 
Setting Out the Plants. 
Hand Cultivation. 
Horse Cultivation. 
Training of the Runners. 
Sex of the Strawberry. 
Fertilizers for Strawberries. 
Insect Enemies of Strawberries. 
Fungous Diseases. 
Winter Protection. 
Spring Care of Plants. 
Protection FYom Frosts. 
SOME OF THE TOPICS TREATED 
Picking and Marketing. 
“The New Strawberry Culture." 
Fall Setting of Strawberry Plants. 
Pickers and How to Get Them. 
The Question of Help. 
The Variety Question. 
Growing Exhibition Berries. 
Raspberry Culture. 
Blackberry Culture. 
Currant and Gooseberry Culture. 
Questions and Answers. 
Wintering Strawberries. 
How to Prolong the Strawberry 
Season. 
What Is a Good Day’.s Work? 
Covering Strawberry Plants With 
Barth. 
The Fellow Who Kills the Mar¬ 
ket. 
The Strawberry Is a Modern 
Fruit. 
New Ground for Strawberries. 
Picking Berries on Shares. 
Tpach Others to uo it. 
Strawberry Beds In 
.spring. 
The Woes of the Introducer. 
Cultural Directions for Beginners. 
“Fall Bearing Strawberries.” 
How Fall Strawberries Differ 
From Other Kinds. 
Treatment of F’all Strawberries. 
Picking Fall Strawberries. 
Marketing Fall Strawberries. 
Our Experiences with Fall Straw¬ 
berries In 1910 and 1911. 
Mulching and Frost Protection. 
Cost of Growing Fall Strawberries. 
Yields and Returns. 
Varieties of Fail Strawberries. 
How to Produce New Varieties. 
Some Observations. 
What Will the Oulcoiiip Be? 
Exhibiting Strawberries at Fairs. 
Exhibitions, and the Like. 
Testimonials front Leading Au¬ 
thorities. 
Practical Suggestions on Market¬ 
ing Berries. 
Strawberries for Christmas. 
“The Man With the Hoe." 
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Farmer’s Essays on Fruit Culture 
PK.VCTICAL AND TO THE POINT 
How to Grow Strawberries in a Harrtl. Telia all 
the secrets. Price, 10c. 
Tlie lYoper Time to Set Strawberry Plants. There 
used to be a certain time in the spring wnen people 
set strawberry plants. Now they set them most 
any time. This essay points it all out. Price, lOe. 
The Proper Handling of Small Fruit Plants. This 
tells the duty of the nurseryman and what the 
planter must do in order to have his plants live 
and grow. Price, 10c, 
Fall Planting and Its Advantages. It is getting 
more and more popular to plant in the fall on 
account of the rush work In spring. This essav 
■hows how and the adantages. Price, 10c. 
What, Wliere, When and How’ to Plant, by Bohl- 
ender. is the most valuable little book for the money 
that w-e have ever read. It tells as its title Indi¬ 
cates, what, where, when and how to plant fruit 
and ornamental trees, berry plants, ri^aea, shrubs, 
evergreens, vines and perennials, etc. Price, 25s, 
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How to ('are for Trees, Slirubs, Plants ami Vines 
During the Winter. An Ita name implies, this is 
Information that most people need. Price, 10c. 
Some Secrets in the Snceessfnl Marketing of 
Fruits. This is the most important item, but least 
understood by fru»t growers in general. Price. 10c. 
About That Check for Mr. W'^lHIanas. Who should 
stand the loss when plants faH to grow? This es¬ 
say gives some light on the soblect. Price, 10c. 
Some Tilings the Farmer SliouJd Have That He 
Usually Goes Without. A very instructive address 
given by L. J. Farmer on Grange Day, at Old Home 
Week. Redfleld, N. Y., Sept. 3rd. 1921. Price, 10c. 
Special Offer. We will mail “Farmer on the 
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Strawberries 
strawberry plants produce two kinds of blossoms—the perfect and the imperfect. The perfect blos¬ 
soms have all the four parts of a flower—the stamens, pistils, calyx and corolla. The varieties that 
have imperfect blooms lack stamens. Stamens are the male organs and pistils the female organs of the 
blooms. Thus a berry that has stamens Is often called a “staminate” or perfect flowered, and one that 
lacks stamens but has pistils is called a “pistillate” or imperfect flowered variety. Perfect flowered 
varieties can be planted alone and will bear good crops of berries, but plstillates or imperfect flowered 
varieties will not bear good berries when planted alone. They must have the companionship of a 
staminate or perfect flowered variety In order to produce perfect fruit. For practical results it is best 
to have them not over 15 feet apart. The two kinds may be mixed In the rows, or alternate rows 
planted of each variety. The closer together the two sexes of blossoms are Intermingled, the better will 
be the result. If we plant a patch of pure Sample, Warfield or Oescents, the fruit will be seedy and 
mostly nubbins, but if Champion is planted near Sample, and Dunlap near Warfield and Oescent, the 
quality and quantity of fruit produced from these varieties will be remarkable. Varieties In this cata¬ 
logue marked “per” are perfect In flower, and those marked “imp” are Imperfect In flower. 
Brief Cultural Directions 
There is no farm crop more profitable than strawberries, no fruit more attractive or more sought 
tor in market. You can get as much money from one acre of strawberries as is usually produced from 
ten acres of other crops. I have often said I would as soon have the proceeds from one acre of 
srtawberries as from ten cows. There are some crops grown by farmers that cannot possibly give one 
a pleasant feeling when he thinks of what they are finally made into. The tobacco grower may make 
as much money as the strawberry grower, but his product does not benefit the consumer, and he can 
think of nothing but the commercial side of the question, while the strawberry grower has the satis¬ 
faction of knowing that his product is going to do good to the consumer. It doesn’t cost much to 
start in strawberry culture — about as much for an acre of plants as you would pay for an average 
cow. You don’t have to care for strawberries during the winter; after thev are covered in the fall, they 
take rare of themselves. VS' I ' 
