Too Little - Too Late 
Not referring to war supplies but to the rains that didn’t come 
during the growing season of 1944, serious drought conditions and 
unusually high temperature, finally broken by the hurricane of Sept. 
14th. Under such conditions strawberries could barely survive, much 
less produce a normal number of runner plants. 
Even with a considerable increase in acreage, our supply of plants 
is less than what we believed was the all time record short crop of 
1943. By following the best possible cultural practices and attempts 
at irrigation, those plants which were produced are strong and vigor- 
ous, fully up to our usual high quality. Short of nothing but 
Quantity. 
As the strawberry acreage is very small all over the United 
States, as evidenced by great demand last season, and the sale at 
ceiling prices of all fruit offered, now is the opportune time for ex- 
tensive new plantings, and there is every assurance that good re- 
turns may be expected for the next several years. The nation-wide 
shortage of planting stock is very serious, and ordering your plants 
very early and giving second and third choice, will greatly aid us in 
serving you. 
Fortunately our blueberries are under irrigation and with hot 
summer days all summer, very good growth was made. We are offer- 
ing a Jumbo three year 24-86 inch size this year, and if you want 
loads of blueberries quickly it will just fill the bill. 
The commercial crop of blueberries brought very good prices last 
season, and our wholesale sales ranged from a low .56c to a high of 
$1.30 a quart for the entire crop. A field or a home planting of culti- 
vated blueberries is a permanent investment for both profit and plea- 
sure. 
We wish to thank you for your patronage, and we want you to 
know that we are continually striving to serve you better, and every 
effort will be made to give you plants of the very highest quality at 
Dorsett the lowest possible price. We are going the limit to have a bumper 
strawberry plant crop for 1946. 
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Celli thsi et tabi achaninaitets a cavabetiobiioed 
Size, Beauty and Flavor All Present In Rayner’s Blueberries 
