Me(U*i'UHf '^Uem Lf, *7^e Qntuue^'i. lluU, "RESULTS" 



CHESAPEAKE MOST SATISFACTORY 

 IX MICHIGAN 



At Diy place, the Chesapeake are the most satis- 

 faetorv' berries we have. I have no objections to 



the Premier or Big Joe, which we are also grow- 

 ing, but the Chesapeake stand up the best, and our 

 buyers call for them most of the time. 



I am enclosing a picture of our Big Joe taken 

 with our children at the fourth picking. --Mr. Gay- 

 lord Doxtater. Kent Co.. Michigan. 



D OK SETT LEADS 



My Dorsott strawberries this year produced 

 5.000 qts. per acre. I much prefer the Dorsett, as 

 the Premier lay too close to the ground, and in 

 wet weather they get soft. I have found the Dor- 

 sett is a very good plant maker, as I did not get 

 my plants until late from you. and we had a very 

 dry season last summer, and they made a perfect 

 stand. They hold the fruit up off the ground and 

 carried over very well in firmness and size, as we 

 had very hot weather. — Mr. Herman Beyer. Harford 

 Co., Maryland. 



PKEFER DORSETT AXD FAIRFAX 



Of the 4 varieties of strawberries which I fruit- 

 ed, the yields were as follows : Fairfax, 800 qts. 

 per thousand plants; Dorsett. 700 qts. : Premier, 

 750 qts. : Aberdeen. G75 qts. I much prefer Fairfax 

 and Dorsett. as the Aberdeen was too soft, and does 

 not carry very well, while Premier runs small dur- 

 ing the last of the season. --Mr. J. \Y. Vicars, Roane 

 Co., W. Va. 



DORSETT AND FAIRFAX DO WELL IX 

 CENTRAL FLORIDA 



The Fairfax and Dorsett received in January 

 proved to be the best berries in the Central part 

 of Florida. Have been picking for the past 4 

 weeks. Am enclosing an order for 5,000 more plants 

 --Mr. Paul P. Ihrig, Orange County, Florida. 



A JOYCE BOOSTER 



The .Joyce still surpass all varieties for quality. 

 Their keeping quality and bright appearance and 

 size puts them in the lead of any other variety I 

 have seen in the markets in which I sell, and have 

 only to be displayed to be sold.--:Mr. O. B. Geer, 

 Potter Co., Pa. 



GOOD PLAXTS MAKE A SIXCERE FRIEXD 



We have seen a good many berries grow, but we 

 have never seen berries like these Avhich we picked 

 this year. "We had them of such size that I could 

 not explain how large they really were. But. I 

 can say our berries from the Dorsett and Catskill 

 were from l^o to 2io inches through. Premier of 

 very gl-eat size on the first pickings. Xo late frost, 

 and weather all in their favor, and rains enough to 

 bring the last picking, with very large berries all 

 the way through. 



My wife and I stood in the berry patch to see 

 berries that made old men of 75 years look. They 

 say they were the finest and best flavored berries 

 they have ever tasted or seen. We had from 11 to 

 lo pickers in the field, and they all said they never 

 put them on paper as fine as these berries really 

 were. So I feel Rayner Brothers should get all the 

 praise to help develop such beautiful "^and nice 

 shaped berries* and we cannot get through talking 

 about our yield, and how large and beautiful the 

 berries were. We know these are facts, and if 

 tliere is anyone who doubts our word, we can give 

 them the address of any or all of our pickers, and 

 also our neighbors, who really saw the patch grow 

 and were here to see the berries picked. Last sum- 

 mer, this patch was kept clean and worked and 

 hoed, and not a grass or weed grew in the whole 

 patch. We never lost any berries that got over- 

 ri]ie. as we had them picked daily. 



When the plants arrived in the railway station, 

 ]Mr. ;Marlin. the agent, said that they were the finest 

 plants that had ever been shipped into our depot, 

 and above all. we found these plants true to name 

 in every kind, and all these things count. 



If you would want any more information about 

 these plants, please let us know. --Mr. Ben Hiller, 

 Ripley Co., Indiana. 



JOYCE STAXDS DRY WEATHER BEST 



I have received the plants in fine condition. I 

 liave found the Joyce which I planted in 1935 stood 

 the dry season better than the Fairfax, produced 

 more, and did not dry up as quickly. I think a 

 ^reat deal of the Joyce. --Mr. Howard E. Getter. 

 Montgomery Co., Ohio. 



DORSETT SEEM BEST IX CALIFORXIA 



I would like to have your 1937 catalog. The 

 plants I received from you last year for setting at 

 El Monte were a perfect success, especially the Gem. 

 The Fugiema made very fine plants, but not very 

 many. Dorsett seems to be the best of its class 

 in California. --Mr. W. J. Sawyer. Kern Co.. Calif. 



GATHERING WOXDERFUL BERRIES 



From the strawberry plants purchased last May, 

 am now gathering a wonderful crop of the most 

 wonderful berries ever grown hereabouts. Your 

 plants are all you claim them to be, and I am en- 

 closing my order for more. --Mrs. Ethel M. Cordell, 

 McKean Co., Pa. 



SECOXD CROP PREMIER EVEX BETTER 

 THAX FIRST 



I wish to advise you that I had more strawber 

 ries from my second crop of Premier than from the 

 first yield. I don't know exactly, but I thing 

 around 2.500 qts. from the original 3.000 plants, as 

 compared to 2.200 qts. in 1986. I can't say too 

 much for your Premier. I had some wedge shaped 

 berries 3 inches or more across. --Mr. Howard 

 Herrmann. Franklin Co., Indiana. 



FAIRFAX, DORSETT AXD CATSKILL 

 SELL BEST 



This year I sold my berries to the retail trade. 

 The Fairfax. Dorsett. "and Catskill sold better than 

 the Premier. Mv wife said the Catskill were the 

 best of the lot. --Mr. A. N. Allender, Taylor Co., 



W. \2l. 



GOOD PLAXTS COME THROUGH 



Received the plants in fine condition. Wasn't 

 able to plant for a week after receiving on account 

 of wet weather, so left them packed as they were 

 shipped, and set in a damp cellar, and they all 

 started fine.--Mr. Harrv F. Troop. Lancaster Co., 

 Pa. 



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