Proven Berry Plants i i KNOTT’S BERRY PLACE i i Trees and Vines 
Banner Strawberries 
of the very best home garden varieties 
in the south and a popular commercial 
variety in the north. It is not well 
adapted to our very lightest soils, espe¬ 
cially in the south. It is particularly 
well adapted to those districts in Cali¬ 
fornia which have cold spells in winter, 
for it needs a completely dormant period 
in the winter for best results. This 
malies it a particularly good variety for 
low cold spots and for growers in our 
mountain valleys where there is snow 
every winter. 
Frloes—Twenty-live, 75c; 100, $2.00; 
300, $4.00; 500, $6.00; 1,000, $9.00. 
EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 
A few words about everbearing straw¬ 
berries. They do not fruit through the 
entire year. They are called everbearing 
because they bear during the summer 
and fall after other varieties are gone. 
They are good to prolong the strawberry 
season and are good for the grower who 
cannot wait until next year for his ber¬ 
ries, but who wants to get the largest 
possible crop the same year the plants 
are set out. Everbearers produce more 
the first season than other varieties, but 
In our mild climate the fruiting season 
is so very long that they wear out 
quickly. Their long fruiting season 
makes them require more fertilizer than 
other varieties and since they bear most 
of the crop during our hot weather they 
require more water. 
It is best to plant a new bed of Ever- 
bearing strawberries each year. Plant¬ 
ings of any of the spring bearing kinds 
last much longer. 
The Home Gardener should not depend 
on everbeaiing strawberries alone, be¬ 
cause they do not bear in the spring 
when strawberries are most appreciated. 
Few everbearers have the fine flavor of 
some of the spring bearing kinds. 
For preserving, the early kinds are 
best. 
To get a wonderful crop of everbear¬ 
ing strawberries only a few months af¬ 
ter setting the plants, try this. Set out 
either Mastodon or Rockhill plants as 
early in the spring as conditions are 
favorable, February in Southern Cali¬ 
fornia, March or even early April in the 
colder sections. A few weeks after the 
plants have started, work in a side 
dressing of any good fertilizer a few 
inches away from the roots on each side 
of the row. Fish meal, tankage, or any 
good mixed fertilizer will do fine. Use 
about ten pounds on one hundred plants, 
less if the ground is already quite rich. 
Divide this amount between both sides 
of the row and be sure not to get too 
close to the roots. Keep them well 
watered and pick off all blossoms and 
berries until the middle of June. They 
will start bearing then in July and will 
bear continuously until stopped by cold 
weather in the fall, and it has to get 
pretty cold before they stop. If you 
want the very finest for your own gar¬ 
den, we suggest that you plant Rock- 
hill. This variety produced more fruit 
and much finer fruit for us this summer 
than any everbearer we have ever tried. 
We had two plantings, one on very light, 
poor, sandy soil and the other on good 
rich soil. On the very poor, sandy soil we 
used a little more fertilizer and the crop 
was just about the same on each plot. 
The crop was certainly all we could ask 
for. 
Mastodon Everbearing—Mastodon is a 
large berry. It produces a good crop the 
same summer it is planted. It should be 
handled as described under the heading 
“Everbearing Strawberries.” While it 
produces enough runners to get new 
plants it never makes enough to be 
troublesome. The fruit is fair quality 
and is produced continuously through 
the summer and fall. Your whole straw¬ 
berry planting should never consist of 
all everbearers because you will want 
strawberries in the spring. This is an 
excellent variety to plant along with a 
spring bearing kind to prolong your 
fruiting season. Should you grow more 
than you can use there is always a ready 
demand for a few strawberries in the 
fall. 
Prices—25, 75c; 50, $1.40; 100, $2.60; 
300, $6.00; 500, $8.00; 1,000, $14.00. 
Gem Everbearing—For the commercial 
grower who wishes a fine looking, and 
heavy producing Everbearing Straw¬ 
berry which will bear well in the fall 
after all of the spring varieties are 
finished, and which will have such goo(? 
color and size as to make it in demand 
on the market, we recommend the Gem 
Everbearing. This variety is as good as 
the Mastadon and better looking, but not 
as sweet. It is just as good commercial 
berry to sell on the markets. The qual¬ 
ity is not as fine as Rockhill, but the 
plants are less expensive, because Gem 
does make some runners. We recommend 
this variety particularly for market 
growers. 
Prices—$2.00 per 100, $10.00 per 1000, 
prepaid. 
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