BERRIES LIKE THESE 

 WILL MAKE 



YOU MONEY 



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BIG JOE— The Leading Mid-Season Variety 



1936 - GREETINGS - 1936 



I ahvays set aside this page or at least tlie greater part of it for a personal word and 

 I am glad of the opportunity to chat awhile for it is the only chance I have of talking 

 with most of you. I hope the past year has lieen a more prosperous one for each one of 

 you and that the coming year will be the happiest and best you have ever had. 



Strawberries last year, in most sections brought better prices than for several years. 

 Conditions in general seem to be much improved and I believe now is a good time to plant 

 strawberries especially the leading (which is also the best money -making) varieties like 

 Dorsett. Fairfax. Premier. Blakemore, Big Joe. Catskill, Chesapeake and a few others in- 

 cluding Mastodon. I would like also to add be sure to get good plants they will much, 

 more than pay tlie extra price you pay ; poor plants are cheap at any price and you do 

 not want to be handicapped in the very beginning by startijig with an inferior grade of 

 plants. Strawbery plants is my business (a specialty with me) and I exert every effort 

 to grow the best plants that can be grown, to give them the food and the culture nei-es- 

 sary to give them that vitality and stamina that will make them grow and produce re- 

 sults when planted in your fields. 



I am beginning my description with Dorsett again this year because I consider it the 

 best and most profitable variety in the list and is of such outstanding value that I was 

 tempted to devote two or tbree pages in the description of it alone but did not thiiik it 

 fair to devote that much space to one variety alone. Fairfax is a close second and con- 

 ceeded by many to be the best and if you have a market where the dark color is no ob- 

 jection you would make no mistake in planting it; in fact in many markets the consumer 

 now is learning that although they are dark they are still firm and good with the finest 

 flavor of any strawberry they ever ate. The two varieties are generally spoken of to- 

 gether and if you have never tried both would urge you to do so ; in this way you will 

 find out which one is best for your soil and climate as well as for j'our market and yon 

 might find a market that will pay a premium for ea.h thus paying you to grow them both. 



I have grown a fine lot of plants this year that I am sure will please you and hope 

 to serve you again and I am enclosing order Idank and return envelope for your 

 convenience. To tliose who have never dealt with me I invite you to send me at least a 

 part of your order and let me prove to you that 1 can fill your order to your entire sat- 

 isfaction. Remembcn- I guarantee to please you or refund your money. 



I thank you for your favors in the past and assure you it has been a pleasure to serve 

 you and if there is anyway I can help you solve your plant problems I would be glad to 

 do so. 



Yours for more and better berries M. S. PRYOR 



