. Annual catalogue of the Freeport Nurseries and Poultry Yards. Nurseries (Horticulture), Illinois, Catalogs; Poultry industry, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs. Freeport, Illinois. SMALL FRUITS. We claim to have the largest and best stock of Small Fruit Plants of any Nursery. We guarantee our plants to be perfect in every particular, and will refund the money paid us for any not as represented. We use the most thorough system of packing, so that the plants will reach you in perfect condition. We grow a great many varieties not mentioned in this catal
. Annual catalogue of the Freeport Nurseries and Poultry Yards. Nurseries (Horticulture), Illinois, Catalogs; Poultry industry, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs. Freeport, Illinois. SMALL FRUITS. We claim to have the largest and best stock of Small Fruit Plants of any Nursery. We guarantee our plants to be perfect in every particular, and will refund the money paid us for any not as represented. We use the most thorough system of packing, so that the plants will reach you in perfect condition. We grow a great many varieties not mentioned in this catalogue, which we will price very low on application. STRAWBERRIES. Culture. On arrival of plants, unpack them at once, loosen the bunches, "heel" them in the ground or dip the roots in a "muddle," made by mixing earth in water until of the thickness of cream, and lay away in a cool, damp cellar, where they can neither dry nor freeze, until they can be planted in suitable weather. The Strawberry delights in a moist soil, but will succeed almost anywhere if well manured and mulched. To grow large berries and plenty of them, fertilizer must be used freely. ' For hill culture, plant in beds four foot wide, with alleys two feet wide between them. Plant in each bed three rows of plants fifteen inches apart, and the plants the same distance apart in the rows. For the matted-row system, plant the rows three feet apart, and the plants a foot apart in the rows, requiring 14,520 plants to the acre. The blossoms of all varieties are bi-sexual or perfect; except those marked with the letter P, which are destitute of stamens and are termed pistillate or imperfect. Pistillate varieties must have perfect-flowered sorts planted near them to pollenize their blossoms, it is best to have every third row planted with some perfect flowering sort that will bloom at the same time. When properly fertilized the pistillate varieties are the most prolific. Our illustration on this page w
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