THE PREMIER 



Greatest Money-Makers 

 on Earth 



Mr. Donald Coon 

 of Columbia Co., 

 N.Y., picked near- 

 ly 600 bushels from 



a little over two 

 acres, in a dry sea- 

 son. 



Mrs. Scott \V&\- 

 ther of Ontario Co., 

 N. Y., sold $184X0 

 worth of berries from 

 one-tenth of an acre. 



Mr. Taylor C.Ly- 

 ford of Upton Co.,' 

 Mass., picked 1200 

 quarts from 10 

 plants and sold the 

 berries at 5c to 10c 

 per quart more than 

 other varieties 



PREMIER 



THE GREATEST EARLY STRAWBERRY 



PREMIER has taken first place with the most suc- 

 cessful strawberry growers. No other strawberry 

 will make as much money for the average grower 

 as the Premier. There is greater demand for Premier 

 strawberry plants than any other variety, and this de- 

 mand is steadily increasing every year. The variety is 

 now so well known that it seems useless to publish any 

 long description again. For those who have not yet 

 grown Premier and who have not already all the money 

 they need, I can truthfully say that there is no quicker 

 or more satisfactory way to get it than by growing 

 Premier strawberries. 



Howard 17— Premier. It seems unfortunate that 

 this grand variety must be known under two names. 

 The fact has been established that the Howards, of Bel- 

 chertown, Mass., were the originators of this berry, and 

 hence a great many growers know it by the name of 

 Howard 17. We list it under the name of Premier as 

 that is the first name it was introduced by. 



One of our customers says: If you have half an acre or ten 

 acres of land that is not producing anything but taxes, plant it 

 to Premier and you will make the best investment tliat you 

 ever made. He states that he is making twenty times as much 

 money per acre as he ever made by growing any other crop. 

 If your land is not bringing you in ^500.00 per acre net profit 

 every year, grow Premier strawberries, is what another custom- 

 er says. A widow lady stated to the writer a few days ago 

 whi'e on a visit to our nurseries, that she sold from one acre 

 the past season over $1,500,00 worth of berries. She was firm- 

 ly sold on the Premier. If I were to publish all the praise that 

 I have ever heard about this variety in the last five years it 

 would take a book more than a hundred times the size of this 

 to tell it. 



Premier succeeds everywhere (except possibly a few 

 sections in the far South). In plant growth it is perfect 



on any soil; will make a full matted row if allowed, and 

 will yield larger crops than any other variety under this 

 system; grown in hills or stools it will out-yield all others. 

 The plants are extra strong and vigorous, with extra 

 large crowns, and a perfect root system. The plants are 

 entirely free from any leaf spot or fungus. 



As a commercial berry and long distance 

 shipper. The largest shipping associations in the 

 country are growing it by the hundreds of cars every 

 year with perfect satisfaction. Not only does it carry 

 well but demands the very top price on any market. Its 

 uniform size and attractiveness is always sure to attract 

 the very best trade. 



One of the greatest frost resisters. We 

 have yet to hear a customer say, any year in any part 

 of the country, that he ever lost a crop by late frost or 

 freezing. Not only a frost proof variety, but one of the 

 greatest drouth resisters. The roots are large and extra 

 long and if there is any moisture within a foot of the 

 top of the ground they will get it. I have seen other 

 varieties planted by its side dry up to a crisp when Prem- 

 ier was showing the effects very little. 



For the past eight years we have made a specialty 

 of this variety and have grown and sold more Premier 

 plants than any other tv/o concerns in the country. Our 

 loose new ground soil grows these plants to perfection. 

 The demand on us for these plants is so enormous that 

 it is impossible for us to grow as many as we can sell. 

 Every j'ear finds us sold out late in the season, so take 

 this tip and get your order in early, as you sure do not 

 want to miss getting this variety if you are intending to 

 grow strawberries. We have never grown any finer 

 quality than we have to offer you now. 



