OF CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



FIG. 2— A POOR PLANT. 



gift. I have often bou< 



FIG.. 3— A GOOD PLANT. 



POOR PLANTS and GOOD PLANTS 



Look at the accompany- 

 ing figure 2 and you will 



see a small, feeble plant, 



such as are sent out by 



some nurseries and called 



cheap, because they only 



ask a small price per 1000 



for them, when the fact is 



they are extremely costly 



at any price, or even as a 

 ;ht new varieties at fancy 

 prices and had just this kind of stock sent me. and 

 opening them I often hear my workmen say: ''Why is 

 it people send you such common plants ? You do not 

 send away anything as common as that. '? We jdo^not 

 send our customers any such plants, but throw all such in the trash heap. 

 Now look at fig. 3 and you will get some idea of the kind of plants you get 

 when you order from me. I buy plants largely myself and for my own plant- 

 ing I would sooner pay >5 per 100Q for plants like the one shown in fig. 3 than 

 I would plant fig. 2 as a gift. I have tried both and know whereof I speak. 

 Fig. 2 will stay just as far behind fig. 3 all the year as it appears in the above 

 illustrations, no matter how much attention you may give them. Now friends 

 decide which you will take, and if you decide on fig. 3 plants I would be pleas- 

 ed to have your order, and will do all in my power to give you satisfaction, but if 

 you want the kind shown in fig. 2, send to that other fellow. 



MY • PLANTS. 



I call your special attention to my fine, large stock of plants, which is pro- 

 bably the largest and most valuable selection to be found in this country. No 

 time' or expense has been spared to find the best of everything in the Straw- 

 berry family for our customers. The past season I have traveled far and near 

 that I might see the new varieties, claimed to be of great merit, in fruit. Some 

 I have found to be as represented, and in many respects superior to anvthino- 

 heretofore offered" These have been added to my list. Other varieties of 

 claimed importance have been found wanting and have been left out of my 

 list. I would also draw your attention to the fact that my stock is strictly 

 pure. Agents may tell you that because I sell stock at one-half their prices 

 it is not true to name. But if it should be found otherwise I will be at Salis- 

 bury, Md.: but if theirs should be badly mixed, where would you find the 

 agent ? Echo answers, where ? My business is directly with the grower and I 

 invite one and all who can do so to examine my stock.. Some unscrupulous 

 Western nurserymen, struggling to direct trade to themselves, have been pub- 

 lishing the claims through their catalogues that k 'Maryland stock, or Eastern 

 stock," is very inferior to Western grown. That claim is a lie, pure and 

 simple, and no respectable person would allow such a statement to be printed 

 over his name. The fact is, there are good plants and poor plants grown 

 throughout the East, and there are good plants and poor plants grown through- 

 out the West, and the kind of plants you get depends largely on the kind of 

 man you buy from. I have bought plants from a great many different sections 

 and different men and I have almost invariably found that the man I bought 

 from had more to do with the quality of the plants received than the section of 

 country from which they came. Some of those Western men who have been 

 making claims that Maryland stock is inferior to Western stock are amon°- mv 

 largest customers, and I challenge any Western grower to produce finer, larger 

 healthier and better rooted strawberry plants than lean and do grow here° tot 

 Wicomico Countv, Maryland. 



