Our Own Modern 
PLANTS ARE THOROUGHLY COOLED BEFORE PACK- 
ING. PLANTS AND PACKAGE ARE COOLED AFTER 
PACKING AND BEFORE SHIPPING. 
THEY MUST AND DO ARRIVE IN BETTER CONDITION. 
We did not build this modern cold storage with the idea 
of storing plants all winter or all summer. We had the 
records of years of experimenting on putting plants in cold 
storage at point of planting by the planters in various sec- 
tions so as to keep the plants in good condition until soil 
conditions were favorable for planting them. EVEN THO 
THESE PLANTS WERE HELD UNDER UNFAVORABLE 
STORAGE CONDITIONS THIS METHOD HAS PROVEN 
MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN THE PLANTS WERE IN 
GOOD CONDITION WHEN PLACED IN COLD STORAGE. 
WITH AUTOMATIC CONTROLLED CIRCULATION, 
MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURES, PLANTS ACTUALLY 
BECOME INVIGORATED WHEN PLACED IN THIS STOR- 
AGE AND ARE HANDLED AS WE HANDLE THEM. 
We start digging our plants in early Spring and continue 
digging, as weather conditions permit, until our plants are 
dug. Unseasonable hot, dry and wet weather during the 
digging and shipping season can and does cause delays and 
plants not up to a high standard in quality and vitality and 
which naturally does not tend towards good success for the 
planters. Spring 1954 was one of the worst we have experi- 
enced in years to dig and ship plants. 
RIDGE NUR- 
THE BEST 
IT IS THE PURPOSE OF BOUNTIFUL 
SERIES TO GROW AND DELIVER TO YOU 
PLANTS YOUR MONEY CAN BUY. 
OUR NEW DIGGING EQUIPMENT — OUR COLD STOR- 
AGE AND HANDLING METHODS — OUR NEWLY DE- 
SIGNED SHIPPING CRATES, COMBINED WITH OUR 
FAVORABLE AND NATURAL SOIL AND CLIMATIC CON- 
DITIONS AND OUR MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN 
PRODUCING PLANTS AND FRUIT WILL MEAN A GREAT 
DEAL TO EVERYONE BUYING BOUNTIFUL RIDGE 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
Healthy foliage, clean roots; fresh dug plants are living 
examples of fine planting stock. When properly planted and 
cared for they will give results. 
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Cold Storage 
Entrance to our cold storage. Note crates packed and 
labeled ready to move on to our customers after being pre- 
ceoled. Note the type of crate used. The strips placed on 
each end of crate to give ventilation when packed in express 
cars or trucks or storages. OUR COLD STORAGE IS BUILT 
IN A SECTION OF OUR LARGE COMMON STORAGES. 
ALL STRAWBERRY PLANTS ARE BROUGHT DIRECT- 
LY FROM OUR GRADING AND COUNTING SHEDS AND 
PLACED IN THIS COLD STORAGE UNTIL PACKED AND 
SENT ON TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 
Mastodon Everbearing plants. They just 
better. 
Empire berries picked at Princess Anne, 1954. Becoming 
more and more popular each year in central and northern 
areas. 
