

Prices and Supplies 
Several factors have combined to bring about higher prices 
for strawberry plants this spring. In addition tothe general rise in 
all prices, there is a real shortage of strawberry plants this year 
due to hot dry weather conditions last summer and fall in the 
principal plant producing areas. It is estimated that the total 
supply of strawberry plants available is 50 per cent or less of nor- 
| mal. Production costs are also up due to sharply higher labor 
costs. 
This plant shortage means that late buyers are likely to be 
disappointed. Order your plants early as soon as you know what 
| you want and we will reserve your plants until shipping time. 

SPRING VARIETIES 
Early 
BOUQUET—‘Bouquet makes a limited number of large vigorous 
plants bearing a heavy crop of large, good quality berries whose uni- 
form shape and size and bright red color make them attractive indeed, 
Its chief fault is its lack of adaptability to all soils and conditions. With 
us Bouquet has been an outstanding berry with an exceptionally tong 
picking season and outyielding Premier in some years. Ripens shortly 
after ‘Premier. 
DORSETT—Dorsett is at its best a little farther South and with 
us it does not equal Premier or Fairfax in yield though excelling both in 
attractiveness with its very large bright red beautiful berries. The 
berries do not darken but hold their bright attractive color long after 
picking. In quality it is above average being excelled by Fairfax alone. 
Since Dorsett is a vigorous grower setting a heavy row of plants it re- 
sponds well to thinning or spacing of the plants. It ripens just after 
Premier. 
FAIRFAX—This grand berry surpasses all varieties we have 
fruited in firmness and in quality. ‘With us Fairfax ripens a few days 
after Premier and equals or excells Premier in yield, The berries are 
very large, glossy, dark red in color with a tendency to ‘become more so 
as they ripen. Though some consider this dark color a fault, we find 
that, as soon as our customers are acquainted with the superb quality 
of this wonderful berry, its dark color becomes an asset as they can dis- 
tinguish the Fairfax berries from other varieties and are willing to pay 
a premium for them, [Fairfax has one of the longest fruiting seasons of 
any variety. 
Yes 
PREMIER—As the leading commercial variety, Premier owes its 
popularity to its wide adaptation to soil and climate, its extreme earli- 
ness and to its heavy yields of large uniformly well shaped, bright red 
reasonably firm berries which hold their size well to the end of a long 
picking season. With us Premier withstands drought better than most 
varieties, Quality good. Plants vigorous and disease resistant. 
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New varieties come and go but Premier still remains the most 
popular variety grown. Yow will make no mistake in planting it. 
