Gem is our best bet of all the Everbearers, 
even though we sell more plants of Mastodon. 
Here in Maryland it produces more large, 
bright, firm, very nice looking berries than any 
other. They sell for highest prices too. Quality 
good, slightly tart but with a fine flavor. 
The plant growth of Gem is very vigorous if 
it gets a good start, but the plants are not quite 
as rugged as Mastodon. They need to be set 
early. They can thrive if cool and wet—but may 
falter if hot and dry. 
Gem berries are beauties, being almost as 
light and just as attractive as Blakemore. 
This, of course, makes them easier to sell at 
good prices. 
If it is set early and gets a good start, Gem 
will produce more nice berries in late sum¬ 
mer and early fall than any other Everbearer. 
Many of our best yields and largest returns 
have come from Gem. Our reports indicate 
that it will succeed farther South than any 
other Everbearing variety except possibly 
Champion. 
Read the letter from Mr. E. S. Harvey of 
Barbour Co., W. Va. “In spite of bad weather 
and delay in planting we never lost a single 
plant of the 1,000 Mastodon and 500 Gem. We 
used the double hill row system and cut off 
runners and blossoms. Now (July 21, 1940) 
we have splendid prospects for a nice crop of 
fine large berries. Gem is much heavier with 
bloom and berries than Mastodon.” 
A comment from DuPage Co., Ill.: “Gem is 
the best strawberry with me thus far.”—Mr. N. 
Basil. Another from Lincoln County, Maine: 
“The 500 Gems I ordered of you last year were 
certainly ‘Gems.’ Everyone was standing around 
waiting for our berries.”—Mr. Clyde W. Hilton. 
We have some very nice plants of Gem this 
year but not a large stock. Hope you will order 
your plants early. Price list, page 35. 
“The 1500 Green Mountain Everbearing straw¬ 
berries I ordered last March were really fine. 
The dry weather killed some but what plants 
I had left were the finest I ever saw and I grew 
the finest strawberries that have been grown 
in Haywood County, North Carolina. I had 
strawberries until Thanksgiving Day. I am 
well pleased and expect to continue growing 
your Everbearing plants.”—Mr. Alsie Cordell 
“I would like to try out those Green Mountain 
berries as I hear so much about them.”—Mr. 
O. J. Lovgren, Denver Co., Colo. 
Green Mountain is usually recommended for 
cold climates and heavy soils, but from the first 
report above, it seems to be doing well at fairly 
high elevations as far south as North Carolina. 
The second letter, from Mr. Lovgren, points out 
the fact that in many localities people are talk¬ 
ing about Green Mountain. It’s making a name 
both as an everbearer and as a good, very late, 
spring variety. (See page 19). 
Green Mountain makes a very strong, rugged 
plant growth. The berries are rather long and 
flat in shape. They have a very shiny skin and 
prominent yellow seeds, making them very 
showy and attractive in the package. The qual¬ 
ity is good but not high. The flesh is rather dry 
and firm, making it one of the best shipping 
berries. 
Gem and Mastodon both start bearing a little 
earlier in the summer than Green Mountain 
which usually bears its best crop in September 
and October. 
As Green Mountain is a patented variety it is 
understood when you purchase plants you pur¬ 
chase with the right to the fruit crops produced 
and to propagate plants for your own use but 
not to sell or give away. Price list, page 35. 
WAY7ATA Best tasting of all the 
¥¥ I Everbearers, Wayzata is 
a good one for the home 
garden. It has been at its best in Minnesota, 
Wisconsin and other Northern States. Wayzata 
is a heavy feeder and must be heavily fertilized 
for best results. The plants make very few new 
runners so it is well adapted to growing by 
the hill system. Wayzata plants that fail to 
make any runners will often make a very strong 
growth with lots of leaf area and several good 
strong crowns in each plant. Some growers sell 
these as “Clump Plants.” We have a limited 
supply of such plants that we can supply at 10$ 
each. 
When grown on good soil and well fertilized, 
Wayzata berries will run large in size and the 
plants will be quite productive. Wayzata is good 
enough in many places to justify the extra cost 
of the plants. Price list, page 35. Green Mountain 
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