Catalog of C. S. Peidiie's Strawberry Plant Farm, Showell, Md. 



This Is The Time To Grow Strawberries 



Prices for strawberries in the year 1919 were exceptionally high, selling for 

 50 cents per qaart. The luscious strawberry is for once as expensive as it is del- 

 icious, with the prospect of high prices f)r the next four or five years at least. 

 The prices paid last year were r-ally almost as good as digging gold in California. 

 One farmer is reported to have sold in one day $4,250.00 worth of strawberries 

 from his plantation and to have actually received the money in cnsh and carrien it 

 home with him. In ordinary times this would hav > been the price of his Farm 

 and yet this was only one days transaction from his land. Many of our people 

 have sold their days picking for as much as $500.0 ) to $800.00 and kept the steady 

 inflow of money day after day to such an extent that some were almost tired of 

 gettmg the green-backs in their hands. William Vickers a farmer of Sussex ('o., 

 Del,, estimates his crop of strawberries from 4 or 5 acres will have brought him 

 $5,000.00 when through picking. The above will give you an idea of the profit 

 made growing strawberries. I would advise all who can to set out strawberry 

 plants this Spring of 1920. Note clipping from (ne of our local papers of April 

 10, 1919. The price of strawberry plants has never been known to be as high as 

 at this season and many farmers who would like to set out a large acreage are 

 handicapped because they are forced to go on the market and buy their plants at 

 what is considered very high prices. Strawberry plants which originally sold for 

 $2.00 per 1,000 are now bringing $4.00 to $6.00, and the Chesapeake brand which 

 is one of the most famous of strawberries grown in this section are so much m 

 demand that many orders have to be turned down by the strawberry plant shippers. 

 You will note from above clipping the high prices for strawberry plants in 1919, 

 and when you consider the additional cost of digging and packing the plants that 

 will necessiarilly have to be added to above prices you will understand that I can- 

 not fill your order for them at lower prices than quoted you in this catalog. 



I have a select list of fourteen leading varieties of Perdue' s Best Quality 

 Strawberry Plants grown in a well favored soil and climate. You cannot get 

 better plants no matter where you get them. I have about 1,000,000 of them to 

 offer the trade for the spring of 1920 and can fill your order promptly and satis- 

 factorily at reasonable prices. My plants are strictly true to name, well cleaned 

 and tied in bundles of 25 plants each and packed in plenty of damp moss for 

 shipping. My plants give satisfaction and I hope to be favored with your order 

 for I know they will please you. 



My plant farm is located near Showell, Md., on the P. B. & W. railroad which 

 gives me excellent shipping facilities to all shipping points in this country. 



Very respectfully, 



C. S. PERDUE. 



