. Allen's book of berries for 1940. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. {Vclu5 toJ^aulna 0top5 1. Select some of your best land for your strawberry patches. The best paying crop deserves—and needs—the best land. 2. Haye berries every year—a year skipped is sure to be the high price year. 3. Set a g'ood sized plot—1,000— 5,000—10,000 plants that you can han- dle properly—but no more. Don't "go crazy" and overload because of fine re- turns the previous year. 4. Select the b
. Allen's book of berries for 1940. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. {Vclu5 toJ^aulna 0top5 1. Select some of your best land for your strawberry patches. The best paying crop deserves—and needs—the best land. 2. Haye berries every year—a year skipped is sure to be the high price year. 3. Set a g'ood sized plot—1,000— 5,000—10,000 plants that you can han- dle properly—but no more. Don't "go crazy" and overload because of fine re- turns the previous year. 4. Select the best varieties for your -soil, climate and market requirements. This berry book describes varieties fairly. On page 34, we "pick the winners". 5. Start with good plants, strong crowns, well developed roots, true to name. 6. Follow good cultural practices such as suggested under "Common Sense Methods" pages 22 to 25. 7. Use every effort to have berries picked and handled carefully. Careful picking is better than grading after picking. 8. Use clean, bright crates and boxes and market as promptly as possible after picking. Precooling helps if fa- cilities are available. 9. Study possible markets and make use of the ones that pay best. Whole- sale produce markets, local auctions, roadside markets, sales to grocers, res- taurants, hotels, etc., sales at the farm by the quart or by the load, are all methods in wide use. 10. Advertise. A brand or label to identify a good pack, an ad in a local paper, a sign at the farm, or a sample to the prospective buyer, may be the means of increasing price or sales vol- ume of good strawberries. Wko Make5 Monei^ With. &'c'cie5? 1. Commercial growers whose main business is growing berries or who grow them as one of their main crops. 2. Poultrymen, dairymen, vegetable growers, and others who find strawberries an ideal money crop ?to work in with their main lines. 3. Home owners or small land owners find that berr
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