2 C. S. Perdue's Slrauberiv Plant Farms 



1900 To 1940 



40th ANNIVERSARY CATALOG 



Friends and Customers Everywhere: I am pleased 



to send to \ ou my 40th Anniversary Catalog of 

 strawberiy plants from the largest individually oa\ti- 

 ed and operated strawberry plant nursery; famous 

 for producing plants unequaled in quality, size and 

 productiveness, which is attested by the fact that 

 since my business was established in 1900 the straw- 

 berry growers located in all sections of the country 

 under many and varying conditions or types of soil, 

 etc., have used Perdue's Best Quality plants with 

 the most gratifying results. I am very grateful to 

 each and every one who has sent me their orders for 

 strawberry plants, and for the confidence my cus- 

 tomers have shown in their continued purchase of 

 my plants. The sales of Perdue's Best Quality plants 

 have increased each year since I first started to gro^^ 

 and ship strawberry plants in 1900. I now ship 

 several millions of plants annually to the most .5uc- 

 icessful strawberry growers and I am in a favorable 

 .position this year to render the services and fui*nish 

 S.ou the Best Quality strawberry plants obtainable. 

 In conclusion, to those who have not ordered niy 

 plants, I would be pleased to receive your orders; 

 confid^t that you will become one of my regular and 

 satisfied customers. Soliciting your continued pa- 

 tronage, I am. Verv respectfully. .^ 



C. S. PERDUE * 



^ Member of the: 



Afiierican Association of Nurserymen 

 and 

 Del-Mar-Ya Peninsula Nurseryman's Association 



-^< Soil Preparatipn 



To grow the superior type of strawberry plants 

 that you purchase from Perdue we have found cow- 

 pea vines to be the most satisfactory for soil pre- 

 pa.at.un. 



C. S. Perdue inspecting a field of Cowpeas 

 growing on his nursery farms. 

 Note the extreme large growth of cowpea vines 

 which are disced and plowed in the land before set- 

 ting out the strawberry plants here in my nurseries. 

 The pea vines furnish the necessary humus in the soil 

 for producing extremely large size, healthy, vigorous 

 and yellow rooted plants that make the celebrated 

 Perdue's "Best Quality" Strawberry Plants preferred 

 by the most successful strawberry growers in all 

 sections of the U. S. A. where strawberries are the 

 most profitable crop gro%\'n. 



