16 H. D. Richardson & Co., Willards, Maryland 
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RED CROP 
A New Jersey introduction which is a good red-stele resistant variety. It 
makes a good bed of plants and is a heavy cropper. Where Pathfinder does not 
bed well try some Red Crop. The berry is much firmer than the Pathfinder and 
red to the center. We believe the Red Crop is going to make a hit from New 
Jersey on up into the New England states. 
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS ON HOW TO 
PLANT STRAWBERRIES 
We never print in our catalogue a long story on how to grow straw- 
berries to tell someone how, a thousand miles from us, because if he has 
made a living on his farm, spent his time there, and concentrated on his bus- 
iness, we think he knows his farm best. 
However, we do have some beginners who write us seeking information 
on how to set their plants and this is what we tell them: Plow your land, 
make your rows 8% to 4 feet apart, set your plants about 14 inches apart 
in the row, put the roots in the ground well and leave the bud above the 
ground. If you will cultivate and hoe them the same as other crops, the plants 
will do the balance. Now as to fertilizing them, when you set them out it is 
not necessary. Most any garden soil is rich enough to grow a bed of straw- 
-berry plants. The best time to put the fertilizer on is in August right on top 
of the bed while the plant-leaves are dry. Then it is not necessary to fert- 
ilize them again in the Spring. 
