MASTODON 
Everbearing 
Strawberries 
True stock, free from dis¬ 
ease. My plants officially 
inspected and approved. You 
start right when you set out 
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plants. Only new plants 
sent out. Safe delivery of 
plants in good growing con¬ 
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MASTODON plants are 
very robust and thrifty. 
Plants set out in spring be¬ 
gin bearing in July or early 
August, continuing until heavy freezing weather. They start bearing again the following 
June. The dark green leaves are very large and of heavy texture, thus well protecting the 
berries from sun and rain. The berries are borne in clusters on strong stiff stems. Some of 
the larger berries will not go through the top of a quart milk bottle. (Prices below.) 
PLANTS SHIPPED IN SPRING ONLY 
Everbearing Strawberry Plant 
The New Early “GEM” 
Everbearing Strawberry 
Everything considered, the Mastodon has held first 
place for some years now as the world’s best Ever- 
bearing strawberry. 
Whether it’s Mastodon, Gem, or any other variety, 
your success depends greatly on getting true stock, 
healthy plants well packed and safely delivered. 
That’s what you get from me.—JD. 
Now about this GEM strawberry. It doesn’t make 
as large plants as the Mastodon, but it’s amazing 
how quickly the plants “take hold’’ after set out, 
and establish themselves, “ready for business.’’ 
They soon develop new leaves and begin sending 
out runners early. Very soon also they begin to 
bloom, and unless first blossoms are picked off, 
berries will begin to set early in summer. 
I think it’s best to pinch off first crop or two of 
blooms of any everbearing kind. But one thing in 
favor of the “GEM’’ is that the plants thrive and 
forge ahead even if berries are allowed to mature 
early in the season. 
I’d say that EARLINESS is one of the outstanding 
valuable points in favor of GEM. 
The berries are large, though do not average quite 
so large as Mastodon. Some say the flavor is better. 
I think this is a matter of one’s own taste, but it’s 
good. 
Here’s my idea or suggestion. I think you should 
have BOTH Mastodon and Gem. Everbearers “stop 
and go.” That is, they set a crop, then rest, then 
set another crop. GEM leads off ahead of Mastodon 
with first picking. After that the two are likely to 
work and rest at different times, thus insuring you 
a more uniform supply than either one variety could. 
One scale of prices for BOTH MASTODON AND 
GEM plants. You can take part each of the two 
kinds to get the quantity prices. 
Plants' are put up in bundles of 25. So make up 
your order, for example: 25 of one kind and 75 of 
the other, or 50 of each kind, to get the 100 rate. 
Or, 150 of one kind and 250 of another to get the 400 
rate, and so on. 
And here are the prices, prepaid anywhere in U. 
S. A.: 
(50 plants, smallest order packed, for $1.00) (100 
for $1.80) (200 for $3.40) (300 for $4.80) (400 for 
$6.00) (500 for $7.00) (1,000 for $13.50). Prepaid. 
I have drawn a mark suggesting 
about where to cut off the tips of the 
roots before planting. Tops should be 
trimmed also. 
Write for pi*ices for MASTODON PLANTS BY 
EXPRESS, NOT PREPAID. 
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