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THE PLANSBURGH & POTTER CO. CATALOGUE. 
Intensive culture consists mainly in spacing the young plants about the 
parent plant in such a way that each plant will stand an equal distance (about 
eight inches) from its neighbor, until the row is wide enough to suit, all other 
runners being removed as soon as they appear. This is the ideal way to grow 
strawberries. It’s lots of work; but larger crops and finer fruit will pay the 
grower who can follow up this system. We recommend this plan to those whose 
grounds are limited, and to all others who can give it the required attention. 
Mulch the vines in winter, whether the ground will heave in- spring or not. 
Do not disturb them in the spring more than to uncover them. At fruiting time 
be prepared with new clean packages. Old, weather stained and moldy boxes are 
expensive. Instruct the pickers to pick each berry by the stem and handle them 
with great care. Assort and grade them as they bring them in, if needful, and 
arrange the berries to attract the eye, but have eacli crate throughout as rep¬ 
resented. Sell second grade and ordinary berries where you can, but put your 
stamp on every crate of first grade stock. If you have something new and extra 
fine, go right up town; show them and name the price. The moral of all this is 
plain — excellence will win. 
The A B C of Strawberry Culture, published by the A. I. Root Company, of 
Medina, Ohio, is a book of useful information to every berry grower of intense 
interest from start to finish, and an inspiration for the new beginner. Read 
carefully their full page advertisement elsewhere in this catalogue. 
Varieties. 
\/ ] . (Imperfect.) This new berry is a chance seedling, probably of Bu- 
V CiVCl bach and Jessie, as it was found growing near these varieties by Mr. 
R. C. Cronk, of Wisconsin, who has grown it several years with all the promi¬ 
nent varieties, including New York, Sample, Nick Ohmer, Glen Mary, and, as he 
states, a host of others and is far superior to them all. Th?t he had sold some 
plants to neighbors at a dollar each. The best berry on earth, etc. We finally 
secured a few plants from one of his neighbors who was introducing it with a 
colored plate. We have fruited it now three years in a small way, the last year 
with more plants for a good fair showing. The variety is wonderfully produc¬ 
tive and the fruit is large, bright red, firm and of good quality. The plants are 
large with bright green foliage, clean and healthy, making good rows for fruit¬ 
ing. We regard the Velvet as a very promising variety. It surely is one of the 
most productive we have ever grown. Season medium to late. 
New Home 
follows: 
(Perfect.) Introduced last spring by W. F. Allen, of 
Maryland, from whose catalogue we quote, in part, as 
I'niformiv !*? a 9i° nd £' f brI * ht color that does not lose its luster, 
o t , '. 8 ,, f and he B f st Keeping and Shipping Berry Grown. It is so good 
will usnnllv rlinkn d i n * eed tc bc picked oftene »* than three times a week and 
tVJ 1 ' 0 j )0 1 . quarts or more per acre at each picking during the height of 
minrif'Ti Pickers delight.to pick these berries. Several told me they could pick 40 
it Win h ~ U V O ne declared he picked 20 quarts in 20 minutes. I believe 
n i™n Gand u (wh c J 1 18 te-day more largely grown than any other variety 
keeping qualit^s are k“^ S * Productiveness, uniform lar K e size and unsurpassed 
From among testimonials printed we note that New Home berries wore 
shipped 500 miles by freight to Conant & Bean, a Boston firm, being two nights 
and one day on the road, after which they were reshipped to L. B. Griffin Fruit 
Co., Portland, Maine, who wrote the Boston firm as follows: 
hv M,- K J a to u ol,r J op ' nion of the “New Home” berry shipped you 
«' and , which 7 e Purchased of you. would say that this berry is in our 
judgment a first class one for carrying long distances and for reshipping. 
It has arrived in Portland after a trip of four hours by express in good condition 
and has stood up well afterwards. Another good point is the holding of the color as 
^e have found to he the case with this berrv. We think well of it 
Conant & Bean in writing to Mr. Allen stated, in part, as follows: 
1 he first consignment we received were thought to he Gandy's only it was remarked 
by all that they were much brighter and firmer than they had ever seen before even 
for that variety. These were sold mostly to retailers and without exception thev pro¬ 
nounced it the best ami most satisfactory berry they had ever handled. 
Since then we have sold to wholesale buyers from outside cities and towns as far 
as Portland, Me., and have heard nothing hut good reports concerning it Many retail 
dealers have told us that after keeping them in their stores two and three days they 
