BAKER NURSERIES 
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS FROM US 
We will have over 50 acres of new plants planted to draw from, 
all will be certified, inspected goods by regular State Inspectors, and 
a copy of the certificate of inspection, will be attached to your order, 
showing all plants to be clean in every way, and you will be pleased 
with them. Our new Blakemore plants will be double inspected by 
cur State Inspectors for better plants, and you will make no mistake 
in buying them for your planting, you will find our prices to 
be very low, quality considered, and we guarantee them to reach you 
in first-class condition, and in consideration of the very low prices we 
are making, they are prices to you in quantity orders, express collect, 
except in the 100 and 250 lots, they will be postpaid. 
If you need help in the planting, cultivation and harvesting of your 
berries, we will be glad to give you any information we can. We 
have been growing plants and shipping fruit for some 25 years, and 
know how it is done. 
HOW TO PLANT 
We would advise using new land when you have it. If not, any 
good well-drained soil will do. First: Flat break it, disc, harrow up 
in good shape, then bed in rows 4 feet wide, by using either a middle 
buster or breaking plow; then use a good two-horse harrow over the 
beds till you have them down to the required height; plant the plants 
about 18 inches, in row in middle of ridge; work with hoe and plow 
as often as necessary through the summer to keep clean and the soil 
in good shape. By late October you will have a fine bed of new 
plants. If you wish to use fertilizer do it in early May and September. 
We plant about 7,000 plants to the acre. In Southern Texas they 
use what is called the double hedge row, using from 20,000 to 40,000 
plants per acre. 
STRAWBERRIES 
KLONDIKE (Per.)—If there is a better berry than this variety, 
the people have not found it out. This variety is, without a doubt, 
more extensively planted than any other one, especially throughout 
the South. Plants are very hardy, and will withstand the dry, hot 
weather as well as any. We have more than twenty-five acres in this 
variety alone, and would be glad to have you figure with us on large 
orders. We are in position to fill your order, large or small, and at 
the same time, with good plants that will please you. 
AROMA (Per.)—A very late and very popular berry in all sec¬ 
tions. We have not yet found a late berry that has the demand this 
one has. While we believe that there are some of the new varieties 
that are its equal, it does well both North and South. Many of the 
growers here as well as elsewhere will grow no other variety for a late 
berry. The berry is very firm, and you will find none that will stand 
shipping better than this variety. 
MISSIONARY (Per.)—It was thought by many that this variety 
would take the place of Klondike, but we do not see it that way. 
Fruit is medium size and very firm, resembling the Aroma in shape 
and color, while the berry is not as large. A good plant maker, and 
free from rust. Season same as Klondike. 
EXCELSIOR (P»r.)—An old variety that leads them all for earli¬ 
ness; and one that has stood the test for more than twenty years. 
Berries are of a dark red color, medium in size. Plant growth good. 
SENATOR DUNLAP (Per.)—A favorite with most Northern 
growers, and is well known wherever strawberries are grown. It is 
a great plant maker, and for this reason should not be planted too 
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