EVERBEARERS 
Since most everbearing plant sales are in relatively small amounts 
and single sales do not involve large sums, too many nurserymen have 
made a racket of everbearers by ballyhooing some new kind to the 
Skies and charging unreasonable prices for them. 
Thus such kinds as Progressive, Champion, Green Mountain, Min- 
nesota 1166 and Wayzata have come and gone. We are afraid that 
Streamliner is in the same class, and that Superfection is just Gem, 
which we have grown for years. 
Everbearers are all right—they are fine. They are 
an out of season delicacy, a favorite dish with all the 
family, and a fancy dessert for guests. Plants are 
handled just the same as other strawberries. They 
are set early and kept cultivated; all blossoms are 
kept clipped off until plants are well established about 
July 1, after which they are allowed to develop and 
fruit is available until frost. 
But keep in mind that the fruit is produced by a short-rooted 
plant in the hottest, dryest part of the season, and that ample water 
is essential. If natural rainfall fails, some form of irrigation must be 
practiced. 
MASTODON 
Mastodon has the same place in the Everbearer field that Premier 
has in the commercial line—it is the standard of comparison for all 
other kinds. Adapted to a wide area, it does well under many different 
climatic conditions. 
The plants are very large and heavy, with deeply crinkled and 
ribbed leaves, dark green. Not a good plant maker, it does well enough 
if well cared for to make a good fruiting row for the following year. 
Mastodon has this advantage—in the spring following its setting it 
will make a very nice crop of spring berries. 
The berries are large, dark red, very glossy, and have a very 
agreeable flavor. They are too soft to handle well for the market. This 
is the best berry for freezing that we have found. 
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