Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1916 (1916) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1916 . dreersmidsummerc1916henr Year: 1916 150 ' ' 5 50 300 ' ' 10 00 600 ' ' 19 00 Dreer's 'Home Garden'* Collection of Strawberries AH Pot=Grown Plants which will Produce a FULL CROP of Berries next Summer. Notwithstanding the care we take in keeping our list down so as to include only varieties of sterling merit, the amateur finds difficulty in making a selection that will produce a bountiful supply of the finest fruit from the beginning to the end of the season. It is for such that we offer this collection, made up of M
Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1916 (1916) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1916 . dreersmidsummerc1916henr Year: 1916 150 ' ' 5 50 300 ' ' 10 00 600 ' ' 19 00 Dreer's 'Home Garden'* Collection of Strawberries AH Pot=Grown Plants which will Produce a FULL CROP of Berries next Summer. Notwithstanding the care we take in keeping our list down so as to include only varieties of sterling merit, the amateur finds difficulty in making a selection that will produce a bountiful supply of the finest fruit from the beginning to the end of the season. It is for such that we offer this collection, made up of Marshall and Wildwood for early, Brandy wine for mid-season, Chesapeake and Gandy'S Prize for late, and Progressive for an Autumn bearing variety, all of them sorts which adapt themselves to the most varied conditions of soil and climate, and which, in our judgment, combine in .the highest degree all the qualities which high-grade strawberries should have. 6 each of the ' Home Garden ' Berries, 36 in all, for $1 75 12 ' ' ' ' ' 72 ' ' 3 00 25 ' ' ' << 50 ' ' 100 ' ' ' The Two Best Autumn-Fruiting or Everbearing Straiivberries. Fall bearing Strawberries of European origin have little value for planting in our trying climate. The two varieties offered below are of American origin and under ordinary conditions produce their main crop of fruit at the same time as other varie- ties and keep on bearing until frost. The proper plan is to cut off all buds as they appear until late in July, and thus conserve the strength of the plants for the fall crop. Treated in this way an abundant crop of berries may be looked for during September and October, or if the disbudding of part of the plants is discontinued late in June an almost continuous crop of this luscious fruit may be secured throughout the growing season. Good cultivation is essential to bring about the best results, a liberal mulching during the summer is beneficial and the plants should not be allowed to suffer for lack of
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