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We thank each of you for your valued patronage, ~With-lowr. RE 
prices and smaller demand for most farm crops, a nice strawberry 
patch should interest most farmers. 
The acreage of strawberries is still far below pre-war in most 
sections and prices should remain comparatively high for several more 
years. We received 20¢ a pound for our crop of capped berries in 1949. 
Study your own situation and markets and plant accordingly. 
We have spent many years growing strawberries, setting our 
first little berry patch in 1907 and started selling plants by mail in 
1912. We now own over 2000 acres of farm and timber land here on 
top of the Cumberland Plateau and we clear new land each year to 
grow our plants. This gives a decidedly stronger and healthier plant 
and all of our plants are new-land grown. 
Plants are carefully dug and cleaned, bunched in 25’s (26-27) 
and are shipped in ventilated crates with roots packed in damp moss. 
Only young first year plants are shipped, no old plants, and shipments 
are made under copy of our Tennessee Certificate of Nursery Inspec- 
tion showing to be free from pests, disease and variety mixtures. 
We start shipping in October and ship until May 1, as our 
mountain top location gives us a climate about like that of Central 
Ohio. Strawberries do best if set early so we strongly advise setting 
as early as land can be prepared. This is a very important point in 
successful strawberry growing. | 
Now as to the varieties. Those we grow are nearly all adapted 
-to the South, though such varieties as Premier, Dunlap, Red Star and 
the Everbearers are not recommended south of Tennessee. We have 
added a few of the better new varieties to our list this year. 
‘BLAKEMORE—(yellow free strain). This variety is still large- 
ly grown in the Ohio Valley and South. Some 25% of all strawberries 
grown in this country are Blakemore. Bright red, good size and quality. 
One of the best for shipment to distant markets. Blakemore ripens 
early and makes a lot of plants. For best crops only enough runners 
should be rooted for a good fruiting now, remainder being cut off. 
Blakemore berries are excellent for preserving or quick-freezing. 
. MISSIONARY—This is the variety grown almost exclusively 
in Florida and Cuba, also one of the best for lighter soils anywhere in 
the South. Fruit deep red, somewhat tart but has good flavor. Good 
plant maker and not subject to leaf diseases. 
