Growing Strawberries Profitably 
Setting Plants 
Clip the roots if they can’t be planted without 
doubling. The plant should be set with the crown 
about even with the soil after it has been thoroughly 
firmed around the plant. 
Type of Soil 
Select a plot springy in nature but well drained 
and free of vegetation. Moisture is essential. The land 
which you contemplate setting to Strawberries should 
be kept as free from vegetation as possible during 
the previous year. If the land has been lying idle, 
plow late in summer before the weeds and grass 
develop seed to maturity. Heavy crops of Cow Peas, 
Soy Beans, etc., if plowed under in late summer while 
green increase the humus and fertility of the soil, 
making it loose and porous; therefore, more reten- 
tive of moisture. 
Soil Preparation and Fertilization 
Prepare soil same as for truck or garden crops. Lay 
out rows, usually 3 to 4 feet apart; set plants about 
15 to 18 inches apart in the rows. Do not use com- 
mercial fertilizer at the roots. If soil is fertile we do 
not recommend using any type of fertilizer when 
planting. After the plants have been set in the row, 
a light application of fertilizer may be applied around 
the plant and worked into the soil with a hoe. Do not 
allow the fertilizer to fall on the leaves of the plant. 
During the growing season additional applications of 
fertilizer may be applied if the soil is not reasonably 
fertile. 
The following spring after plants have been set, 
during the months of February or March, apply a 
good grade of commercial fertilizer carrying an an- 
alysis of 5 per cent ammonia, 6 to 8 per cent phos- 
phoric acid and 10 per cent potash, broadcast on the 
row of the plants, at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per 
hundred yards of row space. 
Cultivation 
Keep Rows Free of Vegetation. 
As soon as the plants are set in the spring, culti- 
vation should begin, and should be continued when- 
ever weeds start or a crust forms. Frequent shallow 
cultivation will make it unnecessary to do much hand 
hoeing or hand weeding. 
Mulching 
After the first freeze during fall months, wheat or 
rye straw may be applied over the rows of plants 
for winter protection. Early in the spring, before 
growth starts, it should be removed from the bed of 
plants and placed between the rows to retain mois- 
ture and keep berries clean. 
Planting Time 
Northern States—April and May. 
Central States—March, April and May. 
Southern States—February, March and April. 
Plants referred to as ‘’virus-free’’ in this 
catalog have been field-grown by us from 
virus-free foundation stock furnished by U. 5. 
D. A., Beltsville, Md. Our field-grown stock 
has been dusted with parathion to control 
aphids which transmit the virus disease. It 
has also been grown at considerable distance 
from any other Strawberry plants. Since virus 
do not produce clear-cut symptoms in most 
Strawberry varieties but simply weaken and 
devitalize the plants, no guarantee can be 
made that these plants are 100% free of virus. 
Because of the measures that we have used 
to protect these plants from virus infection, 
we believe them to be substantially virus- 
free. 
Dertelaud 
A new introduction of the North Carolina 
Agricultural Experiment Station. The vigorous 
growing plants have a strong color and pro- 
duce berries considerably larger and much 
firmer than Blakemore. Berries are very uni- 
form in shape and ripen about the same time 
as Blakemore. Truly an excellent shipper and 
we believe the best to date for freezing. Our 
Dixiel eral is a strain of the U.S.D.A. virus-free 
lanis. We take pride in recommending this 
berry to you. Prices: 25 for $1.50; 50 for $2.50; 
100 for $4.00; 250 for $8.00: 500 for $12.50; 
1000 for $20.00. 
Boles a $3.40 $5.95 $6.80 87.65 $9. 20 $10. 65 $14.00 $17.00 $75.00 
ede | 6.00 5.25 600 6.75 8.10 940 1240 15.00. 65.00 
Dixieland .... 4.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.80 12.50. 16.50 20.00 |. 
Dorsett ... 3.40 5.95 6.80 7.65 9.20 10.65 14.00 17.00 75.00 
Dunlap (3.00 5.25 6.00 6.75 8.10 940 12.40 15.00. 65.00 
Fairfax 900 6.15 6.85 7.65 945 10.95 14.05 17.50 77.50. 
_\ Fairland | 3.50 6.15 6.85 7.85 9.45 10.95 14.35 17.50 77.50 
‘Florida 90° $3.00 5.25 6.00 6.75 8.10 9.40 12.40 15.00 65.00 
io “\Klondyke 3.20 5.60 6.40 7.20 8.65 10.00 13.20 16.00 70.00 
lonmore (3:20 560 640 720 865 10.00 13.20 1600 70.00 
_ Midland. 3.60 6.30 7.20 8.10 9.70 11.25 14.85 18.00 65.00 
et) 93.00 5.25 6.00 6.75 810 940 12.40 15.00 65.00 
_ Premier — 9.50 6.15 685 7.85 945 10.95 14.35 17.50 77.50. 
_ Stelemast 4.00 7.00 9.00 900 10.30 1250 1650 2000 | 
Suwanne 3.00 5.25 6.00 6.75 98.10 940 12.40 15.00 65.00 
Temple 3.40 5.95 6.80 7.65 9.20 1065 1400 17.00 75.00 
Soe 115 1 3.00 5.25 6.00 6.75 8.10 9.40 12.40 15.00 65.00. 
Tennessee. Shipper -----, L15 1.90 3.00 5.25 6.00 6.75 8.10 940 1240 15.00 65.00 
_ MIDSEASON: Le i | . oe 
| Albritton. ....,. 1 120 2.00 3.20 5.60 640 7.20 8.65 10.00 13.20 16.00 70,00 
_ Armore a ee | 190 2.15 3:40 5.95 680 7.65 9.20 1065 14.00 17.00 75.00. 
(a oe Le 220 450 G5 Ge5 785 945 1095 1455 17.50 77.50 
Edon | 120 200 3.20 560 G40 720 865 i000 1320 i600 70.00 
SEmplre 4... 135 225 3960 6.50 7.20 8.10 9.70 11.25 14.85 18.00 (85.00 
Massey || 130 220 350 615 695 7.85 945 1095 1495 1750 77.50. 
SPlenlifal | . | 1:05 2.25 3.60 6.30 7.20 8.10 9.70 11.25 14.85 18.00 85.09 
‘Pocchonicg sists |. 195 225 3.60 6.30 720 810 9.70 11.25 14.85 18.00 95.00. 
Hed Crop... 120 2.00 3.20 5.60 640 7.20 865 10.00 1320 16.00 7000. 
|Robincon =.= += 120 200 320 5.60 640 7.20 865 1000 1320 i600 70.00 
Sparkle .........5..... 190 2.20 350 615. 685 7.85 9.45 10.95 14.35 17.50 77.50. 
_ Tennessee Beauty --..-.. 1.15 190 3.00 5.25 6.00 6.75 8.10 940 12.49 15.00 65.00 
“sVermiion ......_ =. ~=-=« 1.20 200 3.20 5.60 640 7.20 865 i000 13.20 i600 70.00 
TAT: | a. : ee 
Ambrosia Late |... t20 200 3.20 560 640 7.20 865 1000 1320 1600 7o00. 
Aroma > a 00 3.20 5.60 6.40 7.20 8.65 10.00 13.20 16.00 70.00. 
Big Joe . 3.60 6.30 7.20 8.10 9.70 11.25 14.85 15.00 85.00 
=  Fairpeake: 3.40 5.95 6.80 7.65 9.20 10.65 14.00 17.00 75.00. 
“Red Star 3.80 6.65 7.60 8.55 10.25 11.85 15.65 19.00 90.00 
. _ EVERBEARING: |. B [ a. | 
Gem... 225 3.75 6.00 10.50 12.00 13.50 16.20 18.75 24.75 30.00 
| Mosiodon sts | 435 7.00 12.25 14.00 15.75 1890 2185 2885 4500 | 
_Streamliner ........_... 2.25 3.75 6.00 10.50 12.00 19.50 16.20 18.75 24.75 30.00 | 
_ Superfection 25 6.00 10.50 12.00 13.50 16.20 18.75 24.75. 
Oth Century ....... |) 295 495 805 16.00 1950 2310 3046 ash 
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