mercial fertilizer are caustic. Applying evenly while the foliage is dry 
will prevent possible injury. 
Mating Varieties 
All the varieties we offer are perfect flowering and will produce 
a full crop when planted alone. Varieties. will not mix. 
Mulching 
Mulching is a good practice, and is necessary in the colder 
climates. Mulch should be applied at the rate of about three tons per 
acre or beds covered two inches deep just before the first hard freeze, 
if possible. Straw, strawy stable manure, wild hay, marsh grass are 
materials commonly used. Mulching will prevent winter injury and 
heaving of the plants from freezing and thawing. In the spring, as 
growth starts, rake mulch into alleys where it helps to keep the 
berries clean and also conserve moisture. 
Distance to Plant 
Plants should be set 15 to 30 inches apart (distance should vary 
according to the bedding habit of the variety) in rows 3% to 4 feet 
apart. 
Plants required per acre at various planting distances: 
Rows Distance in Rows Plants Per Acre 
312 feet apart 15 inches 10,000 
314 feet apart 18 inches 8,325 
31 feet apart 24 inches rae 
314 feet apart 30 inches 5,000 
4 feet apart 15 inches 8,750 
4 feet apart 18 inches 7,300 
4 feet apart 24 inches 5,425 
4 feet apart 30 inches 4,375 
Spraying and Dusting 
As strawberries are seldom subject to any serious damage from 
disease or insects, spraying or dusting is not commonly practiced. 
Setting healthy plants of varieties immune or resistant to disease is 
much more desirable. 
RASPBERRIES 
Gatineau, Muskoka, and Durham raspberry plants, after 
growing for the past ten years in our nursery, have not been 
troubled with the fungus diseases such as Spur Blight, and 
Anthracnose, which many varieties are subject to. 
\ MADAWASKA RED (Early) 
A wonderful berry everywhere—Middle Atlantic States 
north nearly as early as the earliest, and larger than any of its 
season. The cane growth is hardy and tough and we believe will 
stand our northern climate as well or better than most red 
raspberries. This berry ripens about two weeks earlier than 
Latham. 
~ LATHAM RED (Mid-Season) 
The leading, most productive money making red raspberry 
in most every part of the country. Bright glowing red and 
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