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Wayzata Everbearing Strawberries 
Bush Type — No Runners 
Under intensive irrigation we recommend the 
Wayzata Bush type divisions above all others. It 
is the favorite of about 99% of our customers. 
The Gemzata easily takes second place. 
Four others (all producing runners) are about 
equal for third place. 
The Wayzata is a very large, strong vigorous 
plant about ten to twelve inches high the second 
year if it has been well fed and watered. The berries 
are very large and more uniform than most varieties. 
The first bloom is generally the largest berry of 
the eight on the flower stem. Flowers are carried 
high making it by far the easiest everbearing to pick. 
The seeds are so small that they are hardly no- 
ticed. The flavor of the Wayzata is mild and sweet. 
It is excellent for freezing and requires little sugar 
when canning. 
The Wayzata is perfect flowering needing no other 
variety to pollinate it. 
It is bush type because only two or three plants 
out of a hundred have any runners. Some Wayzata 
are semi-bush type and sell at a cheaper price as 
they are propagated from runner stock. These run- 
ner plants resemble the Gemzata. We recommend 
that the plants be set fifteen inches to eighteen 
inches apart in the row and that the rows be two 
and one half feet apart. 
Plant them a little lower than they grew in the 
Nursery because the water will wash away the soil 
between the rows when using intensive irrigation 
which all everbearing strawberries require. 
We prefer irrigation rather than mulch, and 
irrigate on an average every four days except when 
the temperature gets up above 100 degrees, then we 
irrigate every two days soaking the soil eight to 
twelve inches deep. 
In porous soil watering every two days may be 
necessary. The Wayzata bears a good crop before 
July first then it takes a two-weeks rest and then 
starts to bear steadily until the thermometer reaches 
as low as 25 degrees above zero. Each picking is 
heavier than the previous one. 
In 1946 from July 15 to November 10, we retailed 
1,200 quarts of Wayzata Everbearing strawberries, 
field run, at 50c per quart, from one fifth of an acre. 
At that rate you could expect $3,000.00 per acre. 
Picking costs were 10c per quart. boxes 1144¢ each. 
Phosphates are generally needed at the rate of 
two to four rounds per 100 square feet, mixed with 
one ounce of urea for extra yield. These should be 
mixed and worked into the soil. One fourth to one half 
pound of nitrogen can be added if the soil needs it. 
Occasionally a trace of zine or copper may in- 
crease the yield 5 or 10%. 
