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 
for years been successful for other people, while experimenting with the 
new kinds in smaller plantings. Be particularly careful about selecting a 
kind recommended by only a few nurserymen, and these at a high 
price. Don't be a sucker for promotional schemes. 
TIME FOR SETTING 
Time and again we see the importance of early setting of nursery 
stock, especially strawberries. This work is something that cannot be 
put off. Transplanting should be done as soon as the ground is in con- 
dition to work. When you should be making garden you should be 
setting your berry plants. 
There is stored up in the strawberry plant in its dormant winter 
condition a great amount of energy to be used in the first growth of 
spring. Plants should be re-set while still dormant so that this new 
growth takes place after transplanting. After the new spring leaves 
have come and blossom buds are out, the plants have exhausted their 
stored energy and resetting is a great shock if not fatal to them. 
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 difference 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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