Rayner's Consistent High Quality Means 

 SATISFACTION 



A RECORD OF GOOD SERVICE 



Clarion Co., Pa., April 11, 1941 

 I am sending another order for strawberry 

 plants. I have ordered from yon for the last 

 12 years and have always been satisfied with 

 both the price and quality of the plants. My 

 plants have always arrived in good condition. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Joseph W. Rex 



CONTINUED SATISFACTION and PROFITS 

 Columbia Co., N. Y„ March 15, 1941 

 For many years I have found your straw- 

 berry plants both satisfactory and profitable. 

 Due to the excellent results I have had with 

 your plants, will need 30,000 more this spring. 

 Thanks for your prompt shipments and good 

 plants. 



Yours truly, 



F. H. Stickles 



Copyrighted 1942, Rayner Brothers, Salisbury, Bid. 



Rayner's Plants Are Finer 



Through careful application of these rules — 

 Result: Better Plants at Lower Cost. 



True to Name: The plants must be true to name 

 and kept so by careful handling. The poorest 

 plants are often better than mixed plants or some 

 variety not suited to your soil or climate. 



Plants: The plants must be good, with large 

 healthy crowns and a full, well developed root sys- 

 tem with an abundance of fine fiborous roots. Such 

 plants can be grown only on light sandy loam such 

 we use for growing our plants. Sufficient plant 

 food applied at the proper time and careful culti- 

 vation are also essential in producing high quality 

 plants. 

 Cleaning: When plants are dug in the spring there are many 

 dead leaves and runners hanging to the crown and if these are 

 not removed there will be great danger of the plants heating in 

 transit. Our plants are throughly cleaned, all dead leaves and 

 runners removed and the roots straightened. This makes plant- 

 ing better and easier besides saving quite a bit on transportation 

 costs. 



Grading:: In every field there are always some late runner 

 plants that do not have fully developed root systems and are of 

 very little value. All such inferior plants should be discarded. 

 There will be full count of strong, vigorous plants. 



Handling-: Plants, if permitted to stand unprotectd in the 

 sun or wind, dry out quickly and in doing so lose much of their 

 strength and vitality. Plants must be kept moist and fresh, 

 handled quickly to retain all of their inherent value. 



Packing: Our plants are carefully packed in light ventilated 

 crates, small quantities wrapped in waterproof paper, the roots 

 in layers of damp spaghnum moss with the crowns at the outside 

 of the crate or package. Plants thus packed will arrive safely 

 at their destination in perfect growing condition. 



Promptness: Adds much to the value of the plants. Plants 

 that do not arrive until after your best planting time is past are 

 worth much less to you, even though the plants are of the very 

 best quality, than plants that arrive promptly, right when you 

 are ready for them. In Promptness we stand second to none 

 in the berry plant business. 



Any of these things omitted or carelessly done will detract 

 from the true value of the plants and when placing your order 

 with us you may rest assured all the above rules will be carefully 

 followed. We know too well what the results would be, should 

 we fail to maintain the high quality of our plants. 



To gain and hold the confidence and good will of our 

 customers and to build up a strong thriving business has 

 always been our aim. Wo believe the true statement of facts, 

 the honest description of varieties and by giving a "Square 



Deal" to every one to be the 

 only way this groat ambition 

 may be fully realized. 



The use you make of the 

 e nclose d order sheet will 

 prove to us just what you 

 (limit of the policy we are 

 following. Send your order 

 in now, shipment will be 

 made when you desire. 



