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THEY tell us that the only sure things are death and taxes! However, 

 the ability of a bed of Premier plants to produce a crop certainly ranks 

 high in the list of sure things. 



Introduced in 1916, there have been 23 consecutive crops. A won- 

 derful record! 



AND what a crop! In many sections all the records for heavy yields 

 as well as large profits have been made with Premier. 10,000 quarts per 

 acre are not unusual and there have been many much higher. 



Premier is fine in all the middle and 

 northern states and is one of the best 

 in higher altitudes as far south as North 

 Carolina and Tennessee. In Canada, 

 New England and all our northern 

 border states east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, Premier is the mainstay of all 

 early varieties. 



The berries are of excellent quality 

 and are very pretty, as you can see by 

 the actual color photograph on the 

 front cover. Both the quality and the 

 appearance of northern grown Premier 

 are somewhat better than those grown 

 in states farther south than Pennsyl- 

 vania if soil and moisture conditions 

 have been about equal. 



The plants make a vigorous growth 

 and no variety has healthier foliage. 

 There is little difficulty in getting a 

 good fruiting bed if plants are set 

 early before they have made too much 

 growth, and while the soil is still cool 

 and moist. 



Some commercial growers, mostly in 

 the north, who set fairly large quanti- 

 ties of Premier, have had really amaz- 

 ing results with our Premier plants 

 shipped in March. Plants were held 

 in cold storage at 32 degrees Fahrenheit 

 until local soil and moisture conditions 

 were at their best. The results have 

 been uniformly good and we recom- 

 mend the practice where cold storage 

 facilities are available. 



