and PROFIT 
PLOTS 
These are often just oversize family gardens. They may consist 
merely of two or three hundred plants, or may have grown to two or 
three thousand. You can always find a good use for the extra money 
which these profit plots will help you earn so surely and so easily. 
They fit logically into so many situations. Here are just a few. 
Not much land is needed. Many gardens can be extended to find space. A city lot will do. 
An 
odd corner on the farm where it is hard to use big machinery. 
Beginners can do it successfully. Previous experience is helpful but not necessary. 
_A crop suitable for boys and girls. Nothing fits in better with vocational club projects. 
Old folks often find the strawberry plot a profitable outlet for what work they feel able to do. 
A money making side line for poultrymen. 
Truck growers find that strawberries come early. They provide some early money and the 
harvest is out of the way of vegetable and other fruit crops. 
Part time workers, or those with short hours, can handle a “profit plot’’ with pleasure and with gain 
both to health and pocketbook. 
You will be interested in reading what others think of their 
Home Gardens and Profit Plots. 
Owen Co., Ind., June 14, 
1941. ‘From our last straw- 
berry plants we ordered 
from you we have had a 
wonderful crop and I have 
two strawberries that filled 
a pint jar. One measured 
814 inches around. I had to 
mash it some to get it in the 
jar.'’—Mrs. T. T. Melick. 
Fulton Co., New York, 
January 20, 1941. ‘Two 
years ago we bought 400 
plants of frost proof Pre- 
mier. We picked 415 qts. 
of nice large berries. We 
sold most of them as fast as 
we picked them.’’—Mr. Roy 
M. Weaver. 
Mr. Carl W. Rogers. 
Wayne Co., Pa., May 25, 1941. “Two years ago I bought 
about 1,200 plants from you. I picked nearly a quart from 
each plant. This strawberry plant patch was my project in a 
vocational agriculture course at our High School. When it was 
completed I entered it in the Small Fruit Division of the Penn- 
sylvania State Project Contest. I won second prize. I am 
inclosing an account of that project: Total Receipts, $148.98; 
thle Expenses, $59.28; Net Profit, $89.70.’’—Donald 
ryant. 
Clarion Co., Pa., January 20, 1941. ““I am 63 years old 
and have raised strawberries in a small way for nearly 50 years, 
mostly from 200 to 500 quarts a year for myself and neighbors. 
I used to plant Senator Dunlap. The last three years I have 
raised Catskill. It’s a good variety to produce. Last year I 
picked 300 quarts off a patch 36 feet square. It set in 
wet just when they began to ripen and rained nearly every day 
for two weeks. I didn’t know so many berries could grow 
on a small patch.’’—Mr. H. M. Graybill. 

Winnebago Co., Wisc., June 22, 1941. “I 
am working up a big trade on my Gem berries. 
I am cutting out some of my garden and setting 
it out to the Gem. I have been picking today. 
“Talk about large and beautiful berries! They 
are the ones and a big yielder for me. This 
picture that I am sending is part Gem.'’— 
Genesee Co., New York, 
February 26, 1941. ‘*‘Fair- 
fax is a wonderful berry 
here. I am going to try 
Mastodon again as well. I 
have never tried your Mas- 
todon plants before. It is 
amazing how many berries 
one can sell from a small 
garden.’’—-Bernice C. Neff. 
Culpeper Co., Va., April 
1, 1941. “You will find 
check inclosed for 300 Pre- 
mier strawberry plants. 
This is the third order I have 
sent you and have been well 
pleased. The Sanitary Gro- 
cery Co. insisted on buying 
my entire crop last year. 
They were the nicest 
berries I ever saw.’’— 
Mr. T. W. Latham. 
Butler Co., Ohio, March 17, 1941. “In setting we never lose 
more than two or three plants out of a thousand. Last year we 
sold $180.00 off of a thousand Premier and sold them 
all right at the patch. We live on U. S. 42 and could sell 
twice as many if we could take care of them, but myself and 
four children take full care of the berries as my husband works 
in town. We only have six acres of land and have to care for 
them all by hand but sure enjoy the work and extra money, 
too.’’—Mrs. Edwin Pater. : 
Westmoreland Co., Pa., April 8, 1941. “Two years ago! sent 
ou an order for 3,000 plants containing Catskill, Fairfax and 
remier. I had never grown strawberries in my life. I 
followed your instructions very, closely and got very 
good results. When I saw them I couldn't believe my own 
eyes. They were so very large. The orders came in faster than 
we could pick them. I was so very, very pleased that I am 
sending you another order knowing that I will receive the same 
high quality.’.—Mr. Paul A. Verchuck. 
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