MASTODON 
Everbearing 
Strawberries 
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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.) 
PDANTS SKIPPDD IN SPRING ONDV 
Everbearing Strawberry Plant 
The “EARLY GEM” 
Everbearing Strawberry 
Everything considered, the Mastodon seems to be 
the world’s best Everbearing 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. 
The GEM doesn’t make as large plants as the Mas¬ 
todon. Gem plants run pretty small. But they “take 
hold’’ and establish themselves quickly. 
They soon develop new leaves and begin blooming 
and sending out runners early. 
I think it’s best to pinch off first crop or two of 
blooms of any everbearing kind. But the “GEM’’ 
plants thrive and forge ahead even if berries are 
allowed to mature early in the season. 
I’d say that EARDINESS is one of the outstanding 
valuable points in favor of GEM. 
The berries are large, though do not average quite 
so large as Mastodon. Flavor is 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 
OEM 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 'll. 
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. 
a- 
Write for prices for MASTODON PDANTS BY 
EXPRESS. NOT PREPAID. 
I have drawn a mark suggesting 
about where to cut off the tips of the 
roots before planting. Tops should be 
trimmed also. 
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If you plant just one kind, then plant Mastodon. 
If plant both, better plant more Mastodon than Gem. 
