14 GEORGE RENNIE FARM, ANDOVER, MASS. 
SUPERFECTION EVERBEARING (Per.) 
Superfection was originated in Michigan by the 
same man who brought out Gem. It is similar to 
Gem in many ways. With us Superfection sets a 
heavy crop of berries in the Fall and they hold 
their size well. To have fresh berries during August, 
September, and October, we would suggest that 
you plant some Superfection this Spring. 
Prices same as Gem 
SPRING VERSUS FALL SETTING OF PLANTS 
During the past few years there has been much 
discussion of the value of Fall set plants. 
In favor of Fall setting are: 
1) Grower has more time in the Fall. 
2) Plants will start to send out runners much 
sooner the following spring and will be larger in 
size and therefore should yield more. 
Disadvantages of Fall set plants: 
1) New runners will have to be thinned from 
two to four times during season to keep plants 
from crowding. Each thinning will take at least 
as much time as required to set out original plants. 
At today’s cost of labor, this would be very ex- 
pensive. 
2) Plants are usually mulched with two or three 
quarts of sawdust or shavings per plant the first 
winter and if the weather is dry and windy this 
mulch may blow away and plants may have to be 
remulched two or three times before the winter is 
over. 
3) Plants set in Fall of 1954 should have blos- 
soms picked off in Spring same as Spring set 
plants and will not produce a crop until the Spring 
of 1956 the same as plants set this Spring. Besides, 
