FAIRBURY NURSERIES, FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA 
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EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 
Strawberries that yield fruit continually from May until frost have been known for a 
long time. We have tested on our own grounds many varieties which have been dis¬ 
carded and now offer the three varieties we consider best. 
Plant and care for them the same as the common summer sorts. When plants are set 
they wiH commence to bloom and bear fruit at once. You should not allow them to do 
this for it will check the growth of the plants, so for the first six weeks after planting 
keep all bloom stems cut off, then allow them to bear and have fruit until cold weather 
MASTODON. This is a new variety of 
strawberry introduced a few years ago and 
we have the genuine stock. Up to this 
time prices have been rather high for this 
variety, but we now have a good stock of 
the plants and will make prices so reason¬ 
able you can afford to buy them. The 
plant is very thrifty, grows large, has a 
fine root system and fruit is at least twice 
as large as other varieties of everbearing 
strawberries. The leaves are very large 
which protects the fruit from the sun. 
Prices—By Express: Mastodon, 25 plants, 
35c; 100, $1.00; 1,000, $7.50. Parcel Post: 
25 plants, 50c; 50, 85c; 100, $1.25. 
GEM. This selected strain of Gem will 
amaze you with the number of berries you 
get off of each plant. Gem produces equal¬ 
ly as many berries as the old-fashioned 
Progressive, but berries much larger, firm¬ 
er, plumper and more uniform. Just as 
large at the end of the season as they are 
when they first start to come on. We be¬ 
lieve Gem stands the hot, dry weather bet¬ 
ter than any other strawberry and is a 
great one for the Farm Belt. 
CHAMPION. By far the best fall bear¬ 
ing strawberry ever introduced. It pro¬ 
longs the season of this most delightful of 
all fruits—strawberries—from the one short 
month of June to cover the entire summer 
and fall season. When you plant Cham¬ 
pion you are certain of success because 
three months after planting every mother 
plant and many runner plants will com¬ 
mence bearing and will continue all sum¬ 
mer and fall. 
Prices of Champion and Gem: 25 plants, 
30c; 100, 75c; 1,000, $6.00. Parcel Post: 25 
plants, 35c; 100, $1.00; 1,000, $7.50. 
Ornamental Shrubs 
T HE judicious planting of shrubs adds greatly to the beauty and value of property, 
and contributes a wealth of pleasure and interest to the home. There are a few 
principles governing the artistic arrangement of these beautiful ornamentals 
that should be more strictly observed. In general, individual specimens should 
rarely be isolated from the body of the design. Irregular groups or masses ar¬ 
ranged against buildings, fences or property lines, or as border plantations, along 
walks or drives, are much more effective. A good arrangement of shrubs invariably 
provides wide open stretches near the center of the lawn. 
We have reduced our shrub list somewhat, omitting varieties for which, although very 
desirable in themselves, there is but little demand. 
MOSS ACACIA. An elegant shrub; 5 to 6 feet tall with light green pinnate leaves and 
long, graceful clusters of pea-shaped, rose colored flowers in June, often throughout the 
summer. The branches are covered with a moss-like growth similar to Moss Roses. The 
shrub is hardy here, is beautiful when in full bloom and should be in every garden. Can 
be raised in tree form if desired. It is easily raised and really a good shrub for any 
garden. 2 to 3 feet, 30c each. Postpaid, 35c. 
ALMOND, DOUBLE FLOWERING PINK. 
The Flowering Almonds are pretty dwarf 
bushes that bloom quite early and are very 
showy in spring. Their slender, leafless, 
upright branches are entirely hidden by 
stemless very double flowers of pink color 
resembling small roses. Grows to a height 
of 4 to 5 feet and blooms in May. One of 
the best flowering shrubs and highly rec¬ 
ommended for the western states. 2 to 3 
feet, 40c each; postpaid, 50c. 
ALTHEA or ROSE OP SHARON. These 
are fine shrubs and especially valuable be¬ 
cause of their flowering in the fall when 
nearly all other shrubs are out of blossom. 
Hardy and easy of cultivation. Red, white 
and pink. Each, 35c; by parcel post, 40c 
each. 
HOPA BRIGHT RED CRAB. This aris¬ 
tocrat of the Crab family has rare beauty 
as an ornamental lawn tree. The wood is 
red, the inner bark brighter red, the new 
leaves red, and the flowers—which appear 
in immense clusters and mass over the en¬ 
tire tree—are a bright red, followed by the 
little crab apples—red from the time they 
start. The matured fruit is red to the core. 
3 to 4 feet, each. .$0.30 
Postpaid, each.35 
