Pleasant Grove Review | 1952-01-18 | Page 5 | Improved Ever-Bearing Strawberry Developed

Improved Ever-Bearing Strawberry Developed Strawberries from your garden from June to October are possible with the new, improved ever-bearing strains. Although the biggest crop comes from mid-to-late June, plants will continue to produce enough for breakfast cereal and dinner din-ner desserts until frost arrives. Planting should be done as early in the spring as possible. : Said to thrive in any type of soil, is a new high-yielding variety developed de-veloped by plant breeders of the Westerhauser Nurseries of Sawyer, Michigan. Called the "20th Century", Cen-tury", this ever-bearing type is said to fruit in about 60 days and produce pro-duce large, sweet, full-flavored berries ber-ries all season long. Seasoned gardeners recommend picking off the first blossoms so as to enable the roots to develop plenty of strength. They point out that while you may lose the first few fruits, you will gain in much bigger yields later in the summer.