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Title: Allen's book of berries 1957
Identifier: allensbookofberr19alle_31 (find matches)
Year: 1957 (1950s)
Authors: Allen Co. (Salisbury, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs
Publisher: Salisbury, Md. : W. F. Allen Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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'Berries like these always sell well. STRAWBERRIES AND MONEY Golden opportunities still exist in the production of fine strawberries. It is true that total production in the country is increasing. This makes it increasingly necessary to do those things which enable you to grow big yields of fine berries and to market them to the best advantage. Our "Common Sense Methods" (pages 24 to 27) may help you with the growing. Our variety descriptions state honestly what the different varieties are like and where they are best adapted. Where so much return per acre is possible and expected it is just good management to use some of your best land for strawberries. A study of market quotations emphasizes the difference in price between good berries and poor berries. We quote below prices received on a New York wholesale market from April 30, to July 13, 1956, covering shipments of berries from North Carolina to New York and Massachusetts. This table reveals (1) Good berries sold from 15c to 65o per quart more than others all season; (2) Good berries sold well all season wherever they came from; (3) Good berries sold high enough to yield a good profit all season. Good berries will make you money! 1956 Prices. New York Wholesale Produce Markets Date I Jighest Lowest Difference April 30 .60 .40 .20 May 4 .75 .50 .25 May 10 .75 .40 .35 May 16 .50 .30 .20 May 23 .60 .25 .35 May 31 .50 .15 .35 June 6 .70 .20 .50 June 13 .65 .10 .55 June 21 .60 .20 .40 June 29 .60 .20 .40 July 5 .50 .20 .30 Julyl .60 .25 .35 When Planning When planning your season's crops and work remember strawberries ripen earlier in the year than any other fruit crop and they bear quicker after planting than any other fruit crop. Caution Don't plant too many! One acre or less well cared for and suited to your market might well make you more money than two or three acres poorly cared for and poorly marketed. Profits do not automatically increase as acreage increases. $700.00 from 500 Plants. Summit Co., Ohio. Jan. 24, 1956. "Our strawberry crop in 1955 was our best yet. We picked berries through the whole month of June, and just enough rain to make ideal conditions. Our plants were one foot high and beautiful foliage. We had 500 plants and we picked 1400 quarts. Our average was 50^ a quart. Your plants are a great success. Catskill, they are IT." CHARLES E. OVERHOLTZER. Big yield for big profit. Dickenson Co., Va. April 5, 1956. "We set 2,000 Allen's strawberry plants in the spring of 1954 and in the spring of 1955 we picked over 3200 qts. of nice delicious berries." JOHN S. KENDRICK.

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