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M. S. PRYOR, SALISBURY, MD. 
What Varieties Should I Plant 
I am often asked this question and it is a logical one for with so many varieties to 
choose from it is somewhat confusing especially to the beginner and makes it hard for 
him, or her, to tell just which is the best variety, so I am going to select the best varieties 
in each season. 
DORSETT, FAIRFAX and PREMIER are the outstanding early varieties. Premier 
has been the best, the most popular and the greatest money making early variety and the 
demand for it last spring proved that it is still one of the best varieties to plant. Dorsett 
and Fairfax are becoming very popular, and rightly so, because of their vigor, productive¬ 
ness, large size and their wonderful flavor. South of Pennsylvania BLAKEMORE is 
fast becoming into popular favor as a long distance shipping variety and for the south 
should take the place of Missionary (except in Florida) and Klondyke as it will make 
them more money. Southland is a good home garden, local market variety for the south. 
BIG JOE has been the best mid-season variety and the one that has made growers 
the most money but CATSKILL has proved by its heavy production, large size and high 
quality that it is a variety of outstanding merit and everyone desiring a mid-season to 
late variety should give it a thorough trial. Aberdeen is of good quality and can be plant¬ 
ed where the market is near at hand as they are too soft for distance shipping and also 
have to be kept picked closely. 
CHESAPEAKE is the best late variety and will make you more money than any 
other variety if you have land that will suit it. Chesapeake is the aristocrat of the 
strawberry family and always sells for top prices and because it does not make a heavy 
matted row the berries are large and run large to the end of the season. If your soil does 
not suit Chesapeake try LUPTON unless you have a market that will pay a premium for 
quality, then if you live north of Mason-Dixon line, Wm, Belt is the variety to plant. 
MASTODON is the best everbearing variety to grow commercially as it is firm enough 
to ship moderate distance; also excellent for the home garden. GEM is highly recom¬ 
mended because of its vigor, appearance and quality and is worthy of a thorough trial. 
CHAMPION is the best flavored of the everbearers but is small and soft and should only 
be planted for the home garden. 
All the other varieties I list are dependable money making varieties under some con¬ 
ditions and if you have tried and like them, well and good, but if you are doubtful or un¬ 
certain plant the varieties mentioned above. 
Some Thoughts on Buying Plants 
I believe it will pay you to buy your plants not only because I have plants to sell but 
there are some advantages in buying them that I submit for your consideration as I be¬ 
lieve these will bring you greater profits than the saving you make by digging your own, 
namely: 
1. — The convenience of having plants there ready to set at the most favorable time so 
as to take advantage of the first good days of spring. Early planting pays and is one of 
the surest ways to success in growing strawberries for about 90 per cent, of the early set 
patches are successful. 
2. — The money you would receive from the plants during the two years that you could 
fruit them. 
3. — The trouble and expense of digging and cleaning your own plants often with in¬ 
experienced help, from ground that is hard and sticky so that the roots would be broken 
off in digging and the soil would not come off without a great deal of shaking causing loss 
of time at the season of the year when every good day counts. 
4. —Then you lose the invigorating effect that comes from a change of climate and 
soil as these often showed a marked gain. 
5. —Many of of the best strawberry soils are heavy and the plants are short rooted and 
will not do as well especially if the season is dry and then the plants can not be set as 
quickly or as well as the plants I can furnish you which are grown on sandy soil espe¬ 
cially for plants and have long bright roots, are nicely trimmed and evenly bunched. 
My plants are especially grown for plants on high land and have a well developed 
root system that makes them grow and produce results for my customers when planted in 
the field. I grow and handle no other kind of nursery stock putting all my time and 
attention to the growing, packing, etc., of strawberry plants, trying to do this one thing 
well and believe I can give you better plants and service than I could if I handled several 
other kinds of nursery stock. 
