: Blakemore Strawberry 
for 194] 
My plants have been given very careful atten- 
tion ‘since they were set, and the same care is ex- 
ercised in digging and packing. The plants are dug 
by experienced employees and placed in bundles, 
each of which contains 26 plants. The accuracy 
of count is insured by constant checking by field 
inspectors. The plants are then packed in a man- 
ner that will exclude air from the roots and yet 
expose the crowns to air, We dig around 300,000 
plants a day. 
Prompt attention is given each order and care- 
ful supervision insures that they will be filled as 
nearly as possible on the desired date. 
PRICES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 
100,000 & OVER ................ Ee $1.75 Per Thousand 
Less Than 100,000 & over 5,000, $2.00 a Thousand 
Less Than 5,000 & over 1,000, $2.25 per Thousand 
F. O. B. GREENFIELD 
Less Than 1,000............ 50c per hundred, Postpaid 
I recommend getting the plants by car or truck 
as they can be gotten the day they are dug. 
CULTURAL TIPS 
Reasonably fertile, well drained soil free from 
weed and grass seeds should produce good straw- 
berries. 
The ground should be carefully prepared as in 
the preparation of the seedbed for corn. The 
rows should be bedded in the fall with low 
ridges, three and one half feet apart. The plants 
should be set at two and one-half foot intervals. 
With this spacing, between 4,000 and 4,500 plants 
are required for an acre A good method of setting 
is carried on by two persons, One person uses an 
ordinary shovel and makes a hole with one 
stroke in the carefully prepared seedbed, and at 
the same time the other person places the plant 
in the hole using a slinging motion The hole is 
' then closed by pressure from the foot. Great care 
should be exercised to get all the roots covered 
and also leave the crown exposed. 
Frequent light cultivations are necessary for 
best results, and also frequent hoeings are need- 
ed both to keep down the grass and weeds and 
to place runners, 
Applications of fertilizers are recommended for 
use in the fall following setting and before the 
bloom period the following spring. The most 
successful time for setting is as soon as the win- 
ter freezes are over. 
