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^|| AM PLEASED to present you herewith my annual catalog of Perdue's 

 Best Quality Strawberry Plants. I make a specialty of Strawberry 

 plants, giving my own personal attention to the cultivation of them, 

 as well as the digging and packing of them for shipment. I have 

 millions of The Best Quality Plants. It does not matter if your order 

 is for one dozen or one million plants I can fill it promptly and satisfactorily. 

 I have had more than 30 years of experience in growing and shipping Straw- 

 berry plants and having tested most all of the different varieties now in culti- 

 vation I am in a position to serve my customers with the very best varieties, 

 having a select list of 20 of the leading kinds. I grow only the varieties that 

 I can recommend and I sell them at a fair price, in fact lower than most of my 

 competitors. I have an ideal soil for producing the Best Quality plants and 

 you cannot get better stock no matter where you get them. Note a few of the 

 letters I received from my customers about Perdue's Best Quality Strawberry 

 Plants on other pages of this catalog. I am very grateful to them for their 

 words of encoragement to me. and I am pleased to know that I am prepared to 

 handle my business so that it gives perfect satisfaction to my friends and 

 patrons. My plants are strictly true to name; I do not sell mixed plants. They 

 are well-cleaned and tied in bundles of 25 plants each and packed in plenty of 

 damp moss. I guarantee satisfaction and safe delivery anywhere. I wish to 

 thank my friends and customers for their splendid patronage in the past, and 

 hoping to be favored with your orders for Strawberry plants this season. 



Yours very respectfully. 



C. S. PERDUE. 



Read What My Bank Has To Say About Me. 



Mr. C. S. Perdue, October 8, 1916. 



Showell, Md. 

 Dear Sir:— Replying to your inquiry of even date. I beg to say that we will 

 esteem it a very great pleasure to answer any inquiries that may be directed 

 to us regarding your honesty, integrity and square-dealing. You have been a 

 very satisfactory patron of ours since you have been in our vicinity. 

 With best wishes for your success. I am. Very truly yours, 



W. L. HOLLOWAY, Cashier. 

 Berlin, Maryland. 



Read What Our Rural Mail Carrier Says. 



Showell, Md., October 6. 1916. 

 As to the way C. S. Perdue does business. I have served him for some 

 years and have yet to hear the first compiaint about his honesty and prompt- 

 ness in all business dealings and I know he has a fine lot of Strawberry plants, 

 including the very best varieties and anyone would do well in placing an order 

 with him. WILLIAM E. THOMAS, 



R. F. D. Carrier. Route No. 1. 



