WHY RAYNER'S STRAWBERRY PLANTS ARE 

 EXTRA INSURANCE FOR A SUCCESSFUL CROP 



1. Of most importance to you is the liig-li quality 

 of our planting' stoclv. All of our strawberry 

 plants are produced on land which has not been 

 grown to strawberries for at least two years. The 

 soil is fumigated with double-strength soil fumi- 

 jiant, Chlordane is api)lied with the fertilizer and 

 all plants are regularly dusted. In addition most 

 of our strawberry plants are virus-free. Plants re- 

 ferriMl to as "virus-free" in this catalog have been 

 grown bv us from virus-free foundation stock fur- 

 nished bV the V. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of 

 Plant liulustrv. Soils and Agricultural Engineer- 

 ing. Peltsville. :Md. Our field-grown stock has been 

 dusted with i)arathion to control aphids which 

 transmit the virus-dis(>ases. It has also been grown 

 at considerable distances from other strawberry 

 plants. Since viruses do not produce clear-cut 

 symptoms in most strawberry varieties but simply 

 weaken and devitalize the plants no guarantee can 

 be made that these plants are 100 percent free of 

 viruses. Because of the measures we have used to 

 l)rotect these plants from virus infecton we believe 

 them to be sul)stantially virus-free. 



Virus-free plants are just beginning to be appre- 

 ciated for their unusual vigor and ability to pro- 

 duce greater yields of better berries. In order to 

 give you some official facts on the value of such 

 stock we quote the following from page 31 of the 

 March -April. 1955. issue of Ohio Farm and Home 

 Kesearcli: "Yield of the commercial grade of Cat- 



skill was r),317 (juarts per acre Avhile virus-free 

 idants of this variety i)roduced !),22H (juarts — a 

 7:i() p(rceiit greater yield. Yields of the commer- 

 cial grade and virus-free plants of Premier were 

 4.04;} and O.fWl (]uarts i)er acre respectivelv. while 

 for the variety Sparkle they were 3,010 and 4.920 

 (|uarts per acre". Tliis work was reported by Drs. 

 R. (J. Hill. Jr. and ^V. A. Gould of the Ohio Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. 



In addition to growing our plants under virus- 

 free conditions we meet rigid insi)ection regula- 

 tions for freedom from diseases and insects. 



2. llayner's nursery stock is true-to-name and 

 Ave send you tlie varieties ordered. We ship only 

 dormant plants — the kind that will start growing 

 right away and produce lots of runners. 



8. We have a selection of 35 varieties which in- 

 cludes those best suited for all strawberry areas 

 east of the Rockies. 



4. Your plants are carefully prepared and pack- 

 aged for safe, speedy delivery. 



5. Complete planting instructions are provided 

 with each order. 



C. Our up-to-date "Better Berries" bulletins are 

 mailed to you free of charge at timely intervals. 

 They keep you informed with the latest informa- 

 tion on production of berries. 



7. Last but definitely not least is Rayner's guar- 

 antee that you Avill be satisfied with our nursery 

 stock or yotir money will be fully refunded. 



WHAT STRAWBERRY GROWERS SAY 

 ABOUT RAYNER'S PLANTS 



Piney Flats, Tenn., April 2, 1955 

 "I received my order of strawberry and rasp- 

 berry plants. All in good condition and up to 

 their usual high quality of your plants. Y'our 

 plants produced the finest berries I ever grew." 

 Joseph W. Dougherty 



Jelfersonville, Ind., April 28, 1955 

 "Have received all 4.400 strawberry plants I or- 

 dered this spring and as usual the service and 

 plants are tops. I will admit I am hard to please 

 but after dealing with you for some time now I am 

 confident I can place my orders with you and stop 

 worrying about the plants, service and honesty." 



J. A. Binder 



Upton, Mass., May 11. 1955 

 "We like your plants very much. We practical- 

 ly never lose a plant and the berries are big and 

 beautiful." 



I'ours truly, 



Arnold G. Burns 



Dalton, Ohio, May 4, 1955 

 "I also want to note the fact that while you were 

 out of the Fairfax, you did not attempt to palm 

 olf another variety to make a sale. I like that, 

 and will not forget it. All nurseries are not so 

 ethical." 



Y^ours truly. 



R. H. Buchanan 



Collinsville, Conn., March 14, 1955 



"Just wanted to let you know that my first crop 



of strawberries last summer (1954) Avas the talk of 



the town. The most luscious ever seen or eaten 



in this section." 



Very sincerely. 



Mrs. Henry Chapin 



Montpelier, Iowa, April, 1955 

 "In 1954 I got an order of your strawberry 

 plants — they were the finest plants I ever saw." 

 Mrs. John AVelchman 



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I This is one of our weeding crews helping produce grood plants for you. Tliey work long hours ev- 



ery day and ask onl.v weeds and a bit of corn as p:iy. AVe use young geese, at the rate of .3 per acre, 



, to help keep our strawberry fields free of grass and otlier weeds. They do an excellent job in helping 

 lis produce fine plants such as those shown above. 



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