CHOICE OF VARIETY 
The choice of variety to be used is extremely important. Too many 
nurserymen praise all varieties of berries without discrimination, so that 
the beginner especially is hopelessly confused by the catalogue. In this 
booklet we have tried to point up the difference in varieties, and the 
special field to which each kind is adapted. Read carefully the descrip- 
tions. 
Choose for the greater part of your plantings the kinds that have 
been successful for other people, while experimenting with the new kinds 
in smaller plantings. Be particularly careful about selecting a kind recom- 
mended by only a few nurserymen, and these at a high price. Don’t be 
a.sucker for promotional schemes. 
TIME FOR SETTING 
Again and again we see the importance of early setting 
of nursery stock, especially berries. Transplanting should be 
done as soon as the ground is fit to work. When you should 
be making garden you should be setting berry plants. 
Plants should be transplanted while still dormant, so that the new 
plant growth comes in the new setting. After the new leaves have come, 
blossoms are out, and berries starting, the plants have exhausted their 
stored energy, and cannot thrive well if reset. 
Here lies the great advantage we can offer in Northern plants. By 
April 15 in most seasons plant growth is just starting and the plants 
are in fine condition for transplanting, while southern plants have al- 
ready blossomed and are far beyond the resetting stage. Northern growers 
cannot meet southern prices on account of higher wages and different 
working conditions by reason of colder weather, but hardiness and dif- 
ference in stages of growth are far greater factors. See that your plants 
are Northern Grown. 
WE do not offer plants for fall setting. 
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