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Mr, Smalc's First Berry Field 



Northampton Co., Pa., 

 Rayner Brothers 

 Salisbury, Maryland 

 Dear Sirs : 



Last Spring- I decided to plant a berry patch, 

 but as I had never planted any before, I sent to 

 two tirms for catalogs. I had studied them for 

 several days when I received your catalog. I saw 

 at once that your prices were much lower than 

 the others but I was afraid that the plants might 

 not be as good. But after I read the testimonial 

 of a large grower I knew I decided if they were 



f:ood enoug:h for him they would be good enough 

 or me. So I ordered 1000 Chesapeake and 1000 

 Joyce and 200 Mastodon. They arrived in fine 

 shape and on the day requested but I had to hold 

 soni;' of them two weeks before I could plant them 

 on account of weather conditions. I believe every 

 ])lant grew and they sure made plenty of runners. 

 Enclosed are photos taken from each end of the 

 T)atch. I haven't seen one that could beat it all 

 summer. The Mastodon plants have given us all 

 the berries we could use all summer and are still 

 hanging full. I am well pleased with your plants. 

 Yours very truly, 



Clarence Smale 



PREMIER YIELDING AT 20,992 QUARTS PER 

 ACRE 



Huntington Co., Penna., December 13, 1933. — I 

 am writing in regard to some Premier and Masto- 

 don Strawberry j)lants. I wish to get two or three 

 thousand Premier and 500 Mastodon. Please send 

 me a catalog and prices on this number of plants. 

 Last summer, on 1-4 acre we had 164 32-quart 

 crates. I now have 1-4 acre in rye to plant next 

 spring. I was talking to Mr. Menno Byler at 

 Belleville, lie is going to put out about an acre. 

 Now if you will send him a catalog I am sure you 

 will get his order. I told him to get his plants 

 from you as I never got nicer plants or better 

 treatment, and I told him that if things were not 

 right you people would make them right. — Mr. J. 

 E. Kauflfman. 



IJOO QUARTS FR03I 1000 PLANTS 



Carroll Co., Virginia, April ■'), 1034. — I am enclos- 

 ing an order for 1400 more Strawberry idants, 1000 

 Premier and 200 each of Big Joe and Chesapeake. 

 Last year I picked 240 measured gallons from the 

 KHH) Premier plants l)ought of you the spring be- 

 fore last. They were the finest berries I ever saw. 

 lU'sides the 240 gallons we ate berries for table use 

 for a period of almost five weeks. In all there 

 must have been 27") gallons.J— Mr. F. E. Dellaven. 



MAY EXPECT ORDER IN SPRING 



Lehigh Co., Penna., October 8, 1933.— The i)lants 

 we received from you have turned out wonderful. 

 We planted 9,000 bought from you on April ISth, 

 1933. Due to unfavorable weat^her they were not 

 planted until ten days later, April 28, 1933. We 

 have been growing strawberries for the last ten 

 years but the plants we received from you were 

 the nicest and best rooted young plants that we 

 have had during that time. This is the first year 

 that we are trying the Blakemore and Aberdeen 

 and we are pleased to say that we have never seen 

 two varieties that make so many nice young plants. 

 We are very well satisfied and know that you can 

 expect an order from us in the spring. — Mr. h. J. 

 Shoemaker, Mgr. 



BEAUTIFUL BEDS 



Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, August 20, 1934.. — 

 Enclosed please find an order for Chesapeake 

 straAvberry plants. I would like to plant them 

 now for next year. Last spring I planted some 

 Premier and Aberdeen which I ordered from you 

 and I am glad to say they did very well and have 

 formed l)eautiful beds already. I hope to have the 

 same good luck with these too. — Miss Mary Ott. 



VERY GOOD CONDITION 



Mercer Co., Penna., April IS, 1934. — Received the 

 plants Monday in very good condition. Set them 

 out Tuesday and they certainly look fine. — Mr. 

 Victor J. Schaller. 



Beautiful Beds oVa Months Old. 



$630.00 FROM 5.000 PLANTS 



Garrett Co., Maryland, July 30, 1934.— I want to 

 give you a report of my strawberry crop, also of 

 the plants that we received from you this spring. 

 We had a very bad spring on plants, a lot of cold 

 winds and hard frosts, then followed with dry 

 weather. But I have a fairly good stand and they 

 are coming along nicely now, starting to make 

 runners. The 5,000 Premier plants I got from you 

 last year yielded about 9,000 quarts, which is the 

 best yield known around here. We made two 

 gades which sold from Oc to 12c per quart, aver- 

 aging about 9c. Our best week we picked nearly 

 4,000 quarts.— Mr. Eli Yoder. 



Berks Co., Pa.. 



October 4,1933. 

 Rayner Brothers 

 Salisbury, Maryland 

 Dear Sirs : 



My fine stand of strawberry plants are now 5% 

 months old, looks like a year old patch and they 

 were grown without an ounce of fertilizer. The 

 plants were received fresh and bright and when 

 planted, started right off to growing without even 

 wilting. 



I think your plants are superior to plants cost- 

 ing twice as much. 



Yours truly, 



D. B. Weaver 



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