STRAWBERRY SPECIALIST 11 

DRESDEN (Per.) Early 
A new variety from the New York Experiment 
Station at Geneva, N. Y. The same station that 
brought out the Catskill. We fruited the Dresden 
for the first time last year. We found it to be a heavy 
yielder of large to very large berries. Medium light 
in color and attractive, as heavy a bearer as the 
Howard and about the same as Howard for firm- 
ness. The berries are as large as the Catskill and 
keep good size until the last picking. The berries 
ripen between the Howard and the Catskill. Well 
worthy of a trial both for home use or market. 
By Parcel Post Prepaid 
100 Plants 200 Plants 500 Plants 
$1.50 $2.50 $5.00 
SPACING OF PLANTS 
Most growers allow far too many plants to set 
in the row. We believe that the largest crops of the 
finest berries can be grown in rows two and a half 
to three feet wide with plants spaced seven or eight 
or even nine inches apart. Any plants that set closer 
than this should be treated as weeds and should be 
cut out with the hoe when hoeing the plants. Have 
one end of the hoe very sharp for this purpose. In 
the matted row you will find the most and largest 
berries are at the side of the rows. That is because 
they have more moisture than plants in the middle 
of the rows. In the spaced rows they have all the 
moisture they need to make large fruit. In the 
spaced rows you have very little rot as they dry off 
better after rain. You also get larger berries in a 
dry season. We have a customer on the North Shore 
that set out 500 Howard 17 plants. He allowed each 
