. Descriptive catalogue of choice trees and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Berlin Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. CHOICE TREES AND PLANTS. 7. STRAWBERRIES. We grow the strawberry for plants and not for fruit. In digging the plants we take out the entire bed and throw out the old plants that were set; this gives our cus- tomers the parent plants, which are much better than the undersized and less thrifty that are in the middle of the row, What plants are left are allowed to fruit once, then turned under, put to corn and in August sown to Scarlet Clover. All
. Descriptive catalogue of choice trees and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Berlin Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. CHOICE TREES AND PLANTS. 7. STRAWBERRIES. We grow the strawberry for plants and not for fruit. In digging the plants we take out the entire bed and throw out the old plants that were set; this gives our cus- tomers the parent plants, which are much better than the undersized and less thrifty that are in the middle of the row, What plants are left are allowed to fruit once, then turned under, put to corn and in August sown to Scarlet Clover. All plants sent out are dug when ordered shipped and not before, this gives fresh plants. Maryland can boast of sending out healthy ?^•-^•-^•-^••^C'^o-^o'^o nursery stockisuch as p°ach trees' as~ ® „, „ „_ ,. _ ® paragus roots and strawberry phtnts. M PLANTS CAN BE HAD ® „.,.f -, , ", f at very low prices or some defers, but Whlle the-v do not ST0W as lal'Se as J good plants and trees, true to name, a some grow them in the West, yet we \ will always cost a fair price. Don't jr , ,. , . ® expect to get to get fin<; stock unless © can grow them lor less money in cheap- ® you pay for iu | er land, with less expense of labor, and ?^-®^®^*^'«^®^<9^0^-^ have the stock pure and healthy. West- ern nurserymen themselves do not claim for their stock equality with Delaware and Maryland grown trees and plants. Very often they buy from us and then sell to the farmer and gardner. So much handling tells adversely on the stock, and anybody can see that it is not from first hands. Always buy direct from the grower, and never from the dealer. The blossoms of all varieties are bisexual or perfect, except those marked with the letter P, which are destitute of stamens and are termed pistil- late or imperfect. Pistillate varieties must have a row of perfect flowered sort every nine or twelve feet among them, or better yet, every third or fourth row to pollenize th
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