exist and different types of soil I have found that these rules 
apply in my immediate locality very well. Although I can not 
guarantee them to each grower, I believe them worthy of a 
trial. 
FRED W. BRADEN 
What Others Say: 
Pasadena, California, October 20, 1935. 
Mr. Fred W. Braden, 
Wayzata, Minnesota. 
Dear Sir: Received the 1,000 Wayzata Everbearers, Friday the 18th, in 
splendid shape. They looked like they had just been lifted from the ground. 
Southern California is not noted as a strawberry section and the further 
inland you go the harder it is on plants. We have six to eight months of 
very hot and dry weather. Last spring I purchased 3,500 Everbearing 
Strawberries, five varieties, including New Gem, Mastodon, etc. I picked 
more berries from the 117 Wayzata plants to date than all the rest of the 
Everbearers. This seems like an exaggerated statement, but it is a fact 
my neighbors will verify. If this statement were not true, you would not 
have received my order for 1,000 Wayzata plants at $35.00 when I can 
buy Mastodons for $5.00 and Gems for $9.50 per thousand. 
My three acres are located on S. H. No. 11, a boulevard with many thou¬ 
sand cars passing by daily. The city folks get a great kick out of picking 
their own strawberries and when they found this small patch of Wayzatas, 
would go no further, and would invariably go straight back to the Wayzata 
patch next time. The weather is now cooler and I picked eight boxes of 
Wayzatas yesterday and the vines are full of blooms and green fruit. Not 
once during the summer have I failed to pick berries from this patch. 
Any prospective buyer of Wayzata could see with their own eyes what 
the plants will do in Southern California. I could not expect more and 
you need not hesitate to guarantee their fitness for this section. The evi¬ 
dence is right here before them if they care to look. 
Respectfully, 
H. F. WATSON, 1112 Linda Vista, 
Pasadena, California. 
Wayzata plants were set out early this Spring without irrigation until 
late in the year and proved drought resistant while other varieties burned 
out. 
The plants now (December 1st) show promise of a good crop in the 
Spring and coming Fall. 
People in Sheboygan who bought these berries at our roadside stand 
simply went wild over them in enthusiasm to have June berries during 
the months of August, September and October. 
HENRY GREGER, Sheboygan, Wis. 
Brunswick, Maine, October 19, 193G. 
Mr. Fred W. Braden, 
Wayzata, Minnesota. 
My dear Sir: The three thousand Wayzata strawberry plants I bought 
of you last May came all the way from Minnesota in fine shape. 
They started a lot of runners but we had a very dry spell which curtailed 
the number of runner plants very much. I have, however, some six to 
eight thousand fine runner plants. 
Nov/ as to fruit. The dry spell curtailed my yield at least one-third. I 
sold my first berries July 31 and up to October 12 I have sold $112.78 of 
berries. In addition to this we have had all the berries on our table we 
wanted for a family of eight, five of whom are children, all of which are 
very fond of strawberries. We have also canned berries for our winter use. 
October 13 and 14 we had a heavy frost which froze the ground more 
than an inch. This of course hurt the berries. I picked a quart yesterday, 
October 18th, which I will sell today. There are a lot of flowers and green 
berries on the plants and many quarts of ripe berries spoiled by the freeze. 
A frost that will kill corn does not seem to hurt either blossoms or fruit, 
but if the ground freezes more than one inch it is about the end of the 
season’s crop. 
In my opinion the Wayzata is the most wonderful strawberry ever pro¬ 
duced. 
Yours truly, 
E. A. ROGERS. 
The strawberries you submitted, known as the Wayzata, have the best 
aroma and appearance of any strawberry I have ever seen. We made a 
jam test of them and it was good. 
JOHN BAW, 
Griggs, Cooper & Company, 
St. Paul, Minn 
FRED W. BRADEN, Wayzata, Minn. 
