STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
We have raised for this coming spring’s sales four acres of strawberry plants 
here with an estimated 400,000 plants ready to sell. The great majority of our 
plants are of virus free strains but there are ample amounts of plants of those 
varieties of which we are not yet able to offer virus free strains. 
One acre of our plants were raised on practically virgin soil in which straw- 
berries had never been raised before. ‘The balance of our beds are on fields 
especially treated to build up the soil for strawberry plants and fields which were 
chemically treated to reduce insect damage to roots and plants. 
We are one of the leading strawberry plant growers of New England and 
have the experience of 40 years of plant growing behind us. The sandy loam soil 
of our farms is excellent for the growth of the long, bright colored roots which 
start your plants off so quickly. 
On our farm, we still feel that fresh dug, freshly trimmed plants are more 
Satisfactory to most growers than the cold storage plants now handled by most 
nurseries. During the plant season we have men digging plants every day and 
ladies trimming the dead leaves off the plants just as quickly as possible. Most 
of the plants leave our nursery within 24 to 48 hours of the time that they are 
dug. Damp spagnum moss is used to keep them fresh during this time. 
We have the stock and we are equipped to start you off to a successful bed 
of berries. We hope to hear from you. 
REPORT ON VIRUS FREE STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Last spring we were the first strawberry plant growers in New England to 
offer virus free strains of strawberry plants in any quantity. We are now able 
to report to you better on the results obtained from virus free plants as com- 
pared with plants of regular strains. 
In nearly every report which we received where virus free plants were planted 
in conditions similar to regular plants—the virus free plants made heavier stands 
of plants with individual plants standing up taller than those of the regular 
strains. We had a few reports in which growers reported excellent results from 
both virus free and regular strains of plants, but at this writing we still have 
had no reports of virus free plants producing less runner plants than those of 
regular strains. 
Now, as to fruiting results, we can report as follows: On our own farm 
we picked berries from about 114 acres of virus free plants last June. From this 
bed we sold more than 10,000 quarts making our yield about 7,000 quarts sold per 
acre. This field of berries received no irrigation and most other growers in our 
area were reporting anywhere from a half crop to nearly complete crop failures 
with the weather conditions of last year. These are the actual results on our own 
farm. No wonder that we are completely sold on the merits of virus free strains 
of plants. 
