. Allen's book of berries for 1936. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Typical Fairfax Berries—DEE-licious Strawberry Gardens Yield Pleasure and Profit Every good garden that will grow vegetable crops should have a few rows of strawberries for home use. The introduction of higher quality varieties like Fairfax, Dorsett, Narcissa, and Southland (for the South), will increase your en- joyment of them fresh off the vines, or at meal time. You will be proud to show them to and share them with yo
. Allen's book of berries for 1936. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Typical Fairfax Berries—DEE-licious Strawberry Gardens Yield Pleasure and Profit Every good garden that will grow vegetable crops should have a few rows of strawberries for home use. The introduction of higher quality varieties like Fairfax, Dorsett, Narcissa, and Southland (for the South), will increase your en- joyment of them fresh off the vines, or at meal time. You will be proud to show them to and share them with your friends. A small amount of expense and effort on a small garden plot of strawberries will be repaid in pleasure and profit many times. 200 plants will make a nice small garden; 500 a fine large garden. Berry Garden Dividends 1. Plenty of luscious "berries over a long sea- son, right fresh off the vines. 2. All you want fbr table use, "sugared down/' or otherwise. 3. Strawberry shortcake, strawberry ice cream, cool drinks from strawberry juices—and other ways. 4. Berries to can and preserve for winter use. 5. Enough to share with your friends. 6. Ready money from the salable surplus. 7. With the Everbearers, berries for use all through the late summer and fall. 8. As suggested above, the new, high quality berries, Dorsett and Fairfax, will add a touch of royal flavor with which you will be delighted. "From 50 plants each of your Dorsett and Fair- fax set in spring 1934 I have picked up until today 460 quarts of berries and Fairfax has several shortcakes left. The plants made a wide, solid bed, but not so close. Tried to leave three to five plants per square foot. They sold readily from 15^ to 114 per quart while peddlers were offering- berries from 8. The beneficial results of early planting are well known. You can take advantage of the first "open spell" (in the north) by setting Allen's plants instead of digging your own. C>. Well cleaned pla
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