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LASSEN, SHASTA, DONNER STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
LASSEN. Lassen is the most popular commercial variety in 
Southern California at the present time, due to its tremendous 
yield, outyielding al] other varieties tested at the testing 
grounds at Paramount. It bears a good sized berry which has a 
bright glossy red color which makes a very attractive appear- 
ance in the basket. In flavor it is the poorest of the seven 
named University varieties. 
SHASTA. Shasta is the variety which finds most favor among 
_ commercial growers in the northern part of the state. It is a 
large, round berry with an excellent flavor and one of the best 
of the University varieties for freezing. It is an attractive 
berry, but does not have the high gloss which characterizes the 
Lassen variety. 
DONNER. Donner is a large, rather roundish berry, and has 
the highest flavor of all the seven named University varieties. 
In a planting in Orange county Donner produced a very fine crop 
of good firm berries last spring. The crop was a month earlier 
than other varieties and brought a very high price and the 
grower made a “killing”. They produced no fall crop. 
We offer unusually fine plants of the above varieties, grown 
in the foothills back of Modesto in a beautiful sandy loam soil 
which makes for good root growth. These plants are growing in 
virgin soil in an isolated location far from any other berry 
plants, and are kept well watered by overhead irrigation. 
The nature of this soil is such that plants can be dug right 
after a rain, so there should be no delay in getting our orders 
due to adverse weather conditions as we have found to be the 
case with plants from the far northern part of the state in the 
area of long-continued rains, and with heavier soil, where dig- 
ging of plants is sometimes held up for weeks, in our experi- 
ence. 
Official inspection last fall] found these plants to be free 
from cyclamen mite, strawberry root weevil, nematode and other 
pests. Commercial berry growers who inspected our plants last 
fal] after having inspected other strawberry plant fields far- 
ther north, pronounced ours the cleanest and best plants they 
had seen. 
Growers in Orange and San Juaquin counties who planted our 
plants the past season found them superior to plants from other 
sources farther north. 
These plants are being grown by Dale Marchus of 2150 Orchard 
Lane, Tel. Merced 211, Merced. He will be glad to show you his 
field of plants any day but Saturday, if you will contact him. 
We are SALES AGENT for these very superior plants. Cold storage 
avairlable for plants before shipment on F.O.B. orders, if de- 
stred; or plants can be shipped fresh dug if you prefer. 
PRICES OF PLANTS, F.O.B. Modesto or Merced: 500, $10; 
1000, $16; 25,000, $15 per 1000; 50,000, $14 per 1000 
