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Important Offering of 
LASSEN and SHASTA STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
On Oct. 18th we inspected a field of some of the very finest 
strawberry plants we have ever seen. The varieties in this plant- 
ing are Lassen and Shasta. They are beautiful plants with long, 
white roots, growing in a silty sandy loam which you know makes for 
good, clean root growth. The parent plants came from plants which 
came direct from the University at Davis. These plants are grow- 
ing in virgin soil in an isolated location, far from any other 
berry plants, and are kept well watered by overhead irrigation. 
We have contracted with the grower to act as sales agent for 
these very superior plants. 
The location is in the same general area where the Driscoll 
berry farms grow their plants, in the northern part of the state 
but not far north in the rain belt which includes the far north- 
ern part of California and Oregon where it rains so much some- 
times that it is impossible to dig plants for weeks at times. 
Where our plants are growing the rainfall is not so heavy, and 
the nature of the soil is such that plants can be dug shortly 
after a rain. 
A party of several Japanese berry farmers from San Diego Co. 
recently inspected this field of plants, just after having in- 
spected some other leading fields of plants farther north. They 
even got down and dug up some plants and tore them apart and ex- 
amined them with microscopes and pronounced them the cleanest 
and best plants they had seen. 
These plants will be ready to dig by about Nov. 10, and as 
soon as your order is dug the plants can be placed in cold stor- 
age in Modesto for three weeks or so and then shipped direct to 
you. Or, if you prefer, they can be shipped to you as soon as dug 
and then you can place them in cold storage and after a period of 
storage take them out of storage as you plant. The latter plan 1s 
recommended. 
Plants kept in cold storage for a period after digging have 
been found to make a much better growth after planting and yield 
better crops than fresh dug plants set out without first cold 
storing them. 
Lassen is in most favor here in the south among commercial 
growers due to its large size, beautiful color and very high 
yield. Shasta seems to be favored in the north; it is of large 
size, beautiful color, better flavor than Lassen and a good 
keeper. 
PRICES of LASSEN and SHASTA plants,postpaid: 50, $2.50; 100, 
$4.50; 250, $7.50. F.O.B. Modesto or Merced: 500, $10; 1000, 
$18; 25,000, $17 per 1000; 50,000, $16.per 1000. Plus tax. 
ORDER PROMPTLY BEFORE PLANTS ARE ALL BOOKED 
