STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Strawberry plants should be set out in the spring as early as the ground 
can be gotten in good condition. The land should be thoroughly worked 
and well manured if possible. The rows should be 31% feet apart and the 
plants 12 to 18 inches apart in the rows. 
To set the plants, make a wedge-shaped hole in the soil with a spade 
and place the strawberry plant in so that the roots spread out fanwise. 
The crown of the plant should be level with the surface of the ground. 
Firm the soil very tightly around the roots to be certain that there is no 
open space left under them. They should be firmly fixed in the soil and 
not easily pulled out. : 
All fruit stems should be picked off before the plants are set and the 
plants should be cultivated and hoed clean all summer. The plants will 
produce runners and by early fall you should have a closely packed row 
18 to 20 inches wide. The following spring you will have a large crop of 
fine berries. 


Our plants are fresh dug and are guaranteed to reach the pur- 
chaser in good condition. If any should be damaged on the way we 
make adjustment for them if notified within two days after the receipt of 
the plants. We cannot be responsible for the plants living after they are 
planted as this depends on how they are planted and soil and weather 
conditions over which we have no control. 
Orders for Plants will be entered at any time and the plants will be 
sent at the proper time for setting them out or as soon as we have them 
ready. We cannot send strawberry plants beyond the 4th zone, and we 
cannot send them into Canada. Please order your strawberries early as 
they are much more successful if set out early in the season. 
PREMIER. Very Early—Enormous Crops. Premier is still the most 
——__——__ reliable and productive kind of strawberry, and probably 
at least 80% of all the berries grown in the East are now Premiers. The 
plants are strong, healthy and extremely prolific. The blooms are hardy 
and there are so many of them that you always get a big crop, year 
after year. They ripen very early and bear over a considerable period. 
The berries are large, deep bright red all over and the quality is very 
fine. These fruits are firm and well shaped, and because of the hand- 
some appearance and large size, Premier is always in great demand. It 
is excellent for market or roadside stands and fine for home gardens. 
We recommend it. Perfect flowers. 
25 plants $1.10; 50 plants $1.80; 100 plants $3.00 transportation paid. 
FAIRFAX. The berries are large and firm with a most delicious flavor. 
The color is dark red at the picking state and gets quite dark as they 
get older. For growers who prefer a dark colored berry of high quality 
we recommend Fairfax. The yields are good and when well grown on 
rich land, these berries are larger and better to eat than other varieties. 
Perfect flowers. 
25 plants $1.25; 50 plants $2.00; 100 plants $3.25 transportation paid. 
CATSKILL. Midseason. This variety is an excellent kind to prolong the 
season. It starts to ripen a little later than Fairfax and lasts for a long 
time. The berries are firm, bright red in color and of very good quality. 
They are large in size, firm and attractive. The plants are vigorous, 
with plenty of runners, and the yields very heavy. You will find this 
variety a welcome addition to your strawberry bed. Perfect flowers. 
25 plants $1.25; 50 plants $2.00; 100 plants $3.25, transportation paid. 

Fairfax Strawberries—Large luscious early berries. 

Fall or Everbearing Strawberries 
If everbearing plants are set out early in the spring and the blossoms 
carefully picked off for the first six or eight weeks, they will bear fruit in 
August and September of the first year. Newt spring they will bear in 
June and again in the fall. 
Note: It is essential to set out Everbearing kinds early in the spring, 
so do not delay ordering them as they must be set early. 
GEM. An Early Highly Productive New Everbearing. This variety 
is far better than other everbearing sorts. The berries are large in 
size, very uniform, bright sparkling red, and with a mild rich flavor. 
The plants are hardy, disease resistant, and produce good crops of 
berries. Highly recommended if you want an everbearing variety. 
Our supply of plants is very short for 1945. 
25 plants $2.25 transportation paid. 
RASPBERRIES 
$10.00 per 100. 


The varieties we list here are not only the best grown today but we have taken care to select 
strong well grown plants from disease free fields. 
Set the plants out in the spring 214 feet apart in the row. The rows should be six feet apart. 
Keep free from weeds and the following year after planting you will have a good crop of berries. 
Weight: Red varieties 20 lbs. per 100; Black and Purple varieties, 35 lbs. per 100. 
LATHAM. (Red.) Big yielder, very dependable. There is no raspberry that will yield 
—_——_—— more quarts of fine berries than Latham. It is hardy, reliable, enormously 
productive and is the most. widely grown red raspberry. It is midseason in maturity, ripen- 
ing in early July in our latitude, and continues to bear over a long period. The fruit is large, 
firm and attractive, deep red in color, and the flavor is mild and delicious. 
The plants are husky and vigorous and are usually grown without support. Latham will 
thrive under a wide range of conditions, and will remain strong and productive in spite of 
diseases which seriously affect many other varieties. For these reasons, it is one of the 
finest kinds to plant and is more widely grown than any other variety. 
Strong 1 year Plants: Doz. $2.00; 25 for $3.75; 50 for $6.00 transportation paid. Not paid, 
INDIAN SUMMER, (Red.) AUTUMN FRUITING (Everbearing). This is the most 
satisfactory fall bearing berry and should be planted in every 
garden. It bears a fine crop in early summer and a smaller second crop in the fall on the tips 
of the new canes. In our climate the fall crop starts to bear about mid-September and con- 
tinues until severe freezing weather. We have actually had fine fruit of Indian Summer in 
the middle of November. : 
The fruit is large, medium red in color, of mild flavor and excellent quality. The plants 
are above medium height, vigorous and hardy and bear enormous crops. 
Strong 1 year Plants: Doz. $2.50; 25 for $4.50; 50 for $7.00 transportation paid. Not paid: 
$12.00 per 100. 
Latham Raspberries 
The most popular red variety. 
RASPBERRIES — Continued on next page. 

HARRIS’ SEEDS—1945 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., Inc., Moreton Farm, Rochester, 11, N. Y. 
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