ANDREWS Better Raspberry Plants 


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A solid 40 acres 

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of Latham Raspberries set with Andrews ‘‘Certified’’ plants. 
823 24-pint crates of Latham were picked from this field in one day. 
ANDREWS PLANTS 
NATIONALLY KNOWN 
They are inspected several times 
each season by the State Nursery 
Inspector and have been pronounced 
“‘mosaic-free’’ and in excellent con- 
dition. No effort has been spared 
to produce No. 1 plants. Our cli- 
mate and soil are ideal for develop- 
ing vigor and good roots. The spe- 
cial machine used in digging these 
plants makes possible the excellent 
root system of our plants. Success 
with Raspberries, as with anything 
else, depends on getting started on a 
sure foundation—that is, with clean, 
strong, vigorous, disease-free plants. 
MAKE $500 PER ACRE 
An average yield from “CERTI- 
FIED” RED RASPBERRIES is 150 
24-pint crates per acre. Many fields 
yield 200 crates per acre, and ex- 
ceptionally good fields in good sea- 
sons go as high as 400 crates per 
acre. Prices vary with the locality 
and the season. From $2.00 to 
$3.00 a crate is considered a fair 
price. At only 200 crates per acre 
and at only $2.50 per crate, you 
would have an income of $500.00 
per acre. Many fields have greater 
records. Mr. Scheuneman of Ex- 
celsior reported a 400-crate yield 
on a 9-year-old planting. 
DISTANCE APART 
TO PLANT 
Hill System. Plant in hills 5 feet 
apart each way. Set two one-year 
plants, or one two-year plant per 
hill. This system requires 3,500 one- 
year plants or 1,750 two-year plants 
per acre. 
Hedge Row System. Set one-year 
plants two feet apart, or two-year 
plants three feet apart in rows six 
feet apart. This system requires 
3,600 one-year plants per acre, or 
2,400 two-year plants per acre. 
Complete instructions sent with each 
order. 
EASY TO GROW 
Raspberries are not too particular 
as to soil and care. However, they 
well repay extra care and favorable 
location. They prefer light top soil 
and heavier subsoil. Elevation or a 
slope is better than a pocket. They 
like lots of humus in the soil. Forty 
loads of manure per acre are not too 
much. 
Complete instructions for plant- 
ing and care will accompany each 
order. 
HEALTHY STOCK 
ESSENTIAL 
The best planting stock obtain- 
able is the cheapest. Sucker plants 
dug from a fruiting patch are dear 
at any price. Almost invariably they 
carry some pest or disease which 
infects the new planting and results 
in disappointment. The very best 
grade of clean, healthy, disease-free 
planting stock is available at less 
than 3c a plant. It is folly to start 
with the handicap of a questionable 
foundation stock. 

IMPORTANT NOTICE 
Prof. W. H. Alderman, Chief of 
Horticulture at the University of 
Minnesota, commenting in Decem- 
ber, 1942, on the raspberry acreage 
in Minnesota stated that on account 
of a recent decrease in acreage in 
other states, Minnesota growers 
could safely treble the present rasp- 
berry acreage. Present prices and 
prices that may be expected in the 
next years are very attractive. Grow, 
ing for the fresh fruit market, can- 
ning, or for freezing will be profit- 
able for raspberry growers. 
PLANT A LIBERAL 
ACREAGE THIS YEAR 

RASPBERRY PRICES 
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PLANT OUR 
“2-YEAR HEAVY” 
and GAIN A YEAR 
The top grade, the two- 
year plants, are regarded by 
many as the most econom- 
ical to set. Only one plant 
per hill is needed when you 
use the 2-year stock. These 
two-year plants are heavier 
rooted, and able to send up 
more fruiting canes for the 
succeeding year. They in- 
variably pay for themselves 
before the 1-year stock 
does. 

Andrews ‘‘Certified’’ Latham were used in the two 
fruiting fields pictured above. 
