To Our friends : 



for the past S9 years, the policy o£ W. F. klten Company 

 has been to provide the. best possible plants to the. grower. 

 We have, added Vr. Glenn J. Stadelbacher to our {irm as manager 

 and customer advisor to assist us In this e{{ort. We intend 

 to broaden oua customer service pAogAam, in addition to 

 providing SupeAior planting stock and planting suggestions. 

 Oua motto is that you, the. customer, mast make, a pro{iX in 

 oAdeA {or us, as a nuAseAy, to be, success {ul. 



Glenn's bAoad background in all phase* o{ beAAy research, 

 production and marketing, as welt as service to beAAy producers 

 wilt enable, him to suggest many money making and many money 

 saving ideas to you. We. hope., through cooperation with your 

 State. Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension peASonnet, 

 to provide, you with the, latent and most practical suggestions 

 lor producing profitable, beAAy crops. 



Glenn grew up on one o{ Illinois' leading smalt {ruit 

 {arms. The day-to-day production and marketing problems 

 encountered in operating a large berry {arm {or the wholesale 

 {resh {ruit market provided him with an exceltent background 

 {or his {uture work in research and extension. 



He conducted extensive research under Vr. L. E. Scott, 

 Vro{essor o{ Horticulture, at the University o{ Maryland, to 

 determine the optimum nitrogen {or strawberries as part o{ his 



