Showell, Maryland 



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Because they afford not only one of the 

 greatest delights of the table but offer for the 

 smallest space of ground available the most 

 desirable product that nature has given us. 



As a source of profit to one interested in 

 the cultivation of the land strawberries occu- 

 py a high place with the professional or large 

 grower through a season which extends the 

 whole year around depending upon location. 



In view of this, great expense, time and 

 trouble can be eliminated if the stock is chos- 

 en with a view to long, healthy plant life, 

 true type and abundant productiveness. 



The plants described herein may be pur- 

 chased with the assurance that the greatest 

 care has been exercised in the selection of 

 the mother plants as to trueness of type and 

 has been cultivated so as to assure strong, 

 healthy plants for our customers. 



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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 



STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 

 CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION 



College Park, Md., October 6, 1936. 



This is to Certify, That or the 6th day of Oct- 

 ober, 1936 we examined the Nursery Stock of 

 C. S. Perdue growing in his nurseries, at Showell, 

 County of Worcester, State of Maryland, in accor- 

 dance with the laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, 

 Section 58, and that said nurseries and premises are 

 apparently free, so far as can be determined by in- 

 spection, from the San Jose Scale, Peach Yellows, 

 Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insect 

 pests and plant diseases. 



This Certificate is valid until September 30, 1937, 

 unless sooner revoked, and does not include nursery 

 stock not grown within this State, unless such stock 

 is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by 

 the State Entomologist and State Pathologist 



Ernest N. Corv, State Entomologist. 



C. E. Temple, State Pathologist. 



G. S. Lankford, Chief Inspector, 



