2 C. S. Perdue's Strawberry Plant Far .is 



A Typical Perdue Strawberry Patch 



PERDUE FARM NEAR SHOWELL 

 YIELDS PLANTS. 



C. S. Perdue Is Well Known Here As 

 Strawberry Grower 



Usually Ships Over One Million Plants 



With the close of the usual strawberry season, at- 

 tention is being diverted among strawberry growers 

 to strawberry plants. C. S. Perdue of Showell, is 

 one of the largest producers of strawberry plants in 

 the Eastern United States, normally selling between 

 one and two million plants a year. 



The planting period is about the same as the dig- 

 ging and shipping period, since Perdue starts digging 

 the plants in November when he sells to the Florida 

 market, and continues on through as the season ad- 

 vances, coming farther north with his market, until 

 May 15th. Last season the number of plants Perdue 

 shipped was only about a million, due to the cold 

 winter and wet spring. 



Perdue is the son of W. S. Perdue, who was one of 

 the pioneer strawberry growers in Maryland. W. S. 

 Perdue had strawberries on his Parsonsburg farm 

 more than 50 years ago. Prior to 1<>14, when C. S. 

 Perdue moved to his Showell farm, the farm at 

 Parsonsburg was known as Perdue and Sons, and was 

 already famous for its strawberry plants. 



C. S. Perdue now owns three farms, two in ad- 

 joining territory south of Showell and one in Jenk- 

 in's Neck. 



NOTE:— The above article was clipped from the 

 "Eastern Shore Farmer" section of the "Eastern 

 Shore Times" Berlin, Md., under date of July L6, L936. 





