W. S. TODD, GREENWOOD, DELAWARE 
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EVERBEARING VARIETIES 
I have been testing many of the everbearing varieties for many years and I 
am offering two varieties which I consider the best for all purposes. Many of 
the everbearers are very poor growers and produce very little fruit and for those 
reasons I have discarded them. However, for the home garden and near-by 
markets we have varieties that are a success in every way and I think that berry 
growers should have them, at least for the home garden. I have never recom¬ 
mended them for distant shipment but if you have a nearby market they are 
profitable and many are making a nice profit from them for commercial purposes. 
Everbearers are grown just as ordinary varieties except that to obtain the 
best plant beds all of the blossoms should be kept cut off the plants until 
the middle of July, and from then on until freezing weather you will get 
plenty of fruit. 
MASTODON. (Per.) 
This is the best known and most popular of the everbearers, the fruit is 
large and it is quite productive. It is also a very good plant maker, equaling 
many of the June varieties in this respect. The plants are very large, heavy, 
deep-rooted with large, healthy, glossy green foliage. If you wish you can begin 
to pick Mastodon berries two or three months after setting the plants, and it 
fruits heavily during September and October, or until freezing weather. The 
following spring you will also get a good crop of fruit when other varieties are 
fruiting. Anyone planting Mastodon will not be disappointed in either the 
plants or the fine fruit they will produce. 
GEM. (Per.) 
This variety is making good in all sections and considered by many fully as 
good as Mastodon in every way. It is also a very good plant maker, making 
plenty of medium sized plants. It produces plenty of good sized berries, of good 
color and very attractive. 
_ o. Cook Co., Ill. Apr. 8th, 1936. 
W. S. TODD, 
Dear Sir:—Last year I sent to you for berry plants and you sent me the 
best rooted plants I ever saw, in fact the best in every way and they made 
a nice growth here. I enclose order for which please send me 1500 Ridgely 
about the 15th of this month. 
Very truly yours, A. T. ARGO. 
... Tazewell Co., Ill. Apr. 23rd, 1936. 
W. S. TODD, 
Dear Sir:—I saw some plants you shipped to my neighbor Fred Strong, and 
they were so nice that I enclose my order to you for 3000 of the same varieties 
he received, Lupton and Dorsett. Thanking you for an early shipment, I am, 
Very truly yours, P. N. CRANE. 
Porter Co., Indiana, May 2nd, 1936. 
W. S. TODD, 
Dear Sir:—I received the 300 plants which you sent me for my garden and 
they are splendid plants and came in fine condition. I want to thank you for 
the nice plants and the selection you made for me. 
Very truly yours, M. G. ORTH. 
