STRAWBERRY SPECIALISTS 5 
Plant a Garden 
When you plant your Garden be sure you 
plant some strawberries. They are a necessity. 
Not a luxury. Strawberries are listed as an 
essential farm crop by the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture. 
This is a good time to plant strawberries 
for home use or for market. Strawberry prices 
are going to be high for a good many years. 
The large growers are cutting down on their 
acreage as they can’t get enough pickers to 
harvest the crop. This will help the small 
grower. Those that grow from 500 plants up to 
one acre. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
Howard 17, (Per.) Early. Since the Howard was 
introduced in 1915 it has replaced all other early 
berries. Its great productiveness, large size, nice 
color and smooth, even shape puts it in a class by 
itself. The Howard 17 is the variety that all new 
varieties are judged by. Growers have made more 
money with Howard 17 than any other variety. 
Here is a list of some of the good points of 
Howard: 
(1) Soil. Howard does well on any kind of 
soil. and in any climate, out-classing all other 
varieties. 
(2) The plants are very productive. No other 
variety yields more quarts per acre. 
Take notice when you are picking off the blos- 
soms from your newly set plants, you will have two, 
three or four fruit stems to pick off the Howard 
