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Instructions to Purchasers 



ORDER AT ONCE, as soon as convenient after receiving this catalog. Late 

 in the season we may be sold out of some varieties, but if ordered early the plants are 

 reserved for you, to be shipped at proper time for planting. This is especially import- 

 ant this year when high prices for berries have made such a big demand for plants. 

 Reports we have from growers all over the country indicate that the crop is very short. 

 To be doubly sure of getting just what you want when you want it, ORDER EARLY. 

 Read "Time to Plant— Important," page 8. 



REMIT by Money Order, Registered Letter, or Bank Draft. Postage Stamps 

 will be accepted for the fractional parts of a dollar, the larger denominations preferred. 

 Foreign customers will please send Money Order on Salisbury, Maryland, or Bank 

 Draft payable in New York. 



WRITE PLAINLY. Fill in all blanks on the sheet, as they are necessary for 

 proper shipment, especially your name and address. When writing in reference to an 

 order, give its number and give your name the same as was sent on the order. 



TIME OF SHIPMENT. We commence to fill fall orders Nov. 1st, and ship 

 all winter to sections where the conditions are suitable for fall and winter plantings, 

 as in California and some parts of the South. Early Spring, March and April, is by 

 far the best time to set strawberry plants in the middle and northern states. Our 

 shipping season ends May 1st. We will, however, fill a limited number of 

 orders in the first and second week of May and put them in the best possible 

 condition, but at purchaser's risk. It is very important to have your plants shipped 

 early. Read on page 8 under "Time to Plant." The reason your plants should be 

 shipped early in the season is that plants are dormant and will stand digging and 

 shipping much better than after the growth has started. Don't order plants from us 

 during the summer months, excepting orders to be filled before the first of November. 

 Our plants are not ready and we can't do it. We don't grow potted plants. 



ON RECEIPT OF PLANTS. Where the climate is not so severe, place the pack- 

 age containing the plants in a cool place, protected from wind and sun, at once on 

 arrival. Be sure to keep the roots moistened while planting. If it is impossible to set 

 the plants as soon as received take them out of the crates, and bed them in by dig- 

 ging a V-shaped trench in soft moist soil, preferably in the shade; open the bunches of 

 plants and bed them in the trench by pressing the soil firmly to the roots, being care- 

 ful not to cover the buds or crowns. Water thoroughly as soon as bedded. 



TWENTY-FIVE. All plants are tied twenty-five in a bundle and each bundle 

 labeled. 



PACKING. We make no charges for boxing or packing at rates quoted in 

 this catalog. Everything is delivered f. o. b. trains at rates named. 



AT PURCHASER'S RISK. All plants ordered shipped after May 1st will be 

 packed and shipped in the best condition possible, but at purchaser's risk. 



TRUE -TO -NAME. While we use every precaution to have all plants true-to- 

 narae (and we believe we come as near doing this as anyone in the business) we will 

 not be responsible for any sum greater than the cost of the stock, should any prove 

 otherwise than as represented. 



We Are Pleased To Please You. 



Washington Co., Md„ May 16, 1923. 

 Received the strawberry plants in fine shape. They were as fine a rooted plant as I ever saw. I 

 planted them the same day I received them and I believe thet almost avery one will grow. I am much 

 pleased with them. Mrs. Nealy Dunn. 



Twenty Years a Satisfied Customer. 



Benton Co., Ark., Oct 12, 1922. 

 . I want to set some strawberries in the spring and in talking with Mr. J. B. Tor ley this morning 

 he informs me that he has purchased plants from you for the past 20 years and that they were entirely 

 satisfactory, and I would like to have your catalog. This is a new venture to me and I want to make it 

 a success and therefore want to get good plants and also want to read carefully all your instructions 

 regarding success in growing. R. S. Whitlock. 



