Showell, Maryland 



Plant now and prepare to take advantage of the 

 higher prices that will prevail. Strawberries have 

 always proved to be the most profitable crop grown. 



8. Prompt and Eflficient Services. Our motto is 

 "prompt shipments and painstaking care of all ord- 

 ers received, whether large or small." Perdue's 

 plants are fresh dug from the fields and are not 

 allowed to become dry or wilted before they are 

 packed for shipment. No cold storage plants. Under 

 no conditions do we deviate from this nractiee. Our 

 plants are well cleaned up and tied in bundles of 25 

 plants each, properly labeled and packed in the very- 

 best type of slatted crate with plenty of damp moss 

 to insure perfect condition on arrival at their des- 

 tination. 



9. Personal Supervision. I personally supervise 

 every phase of my business. Thrifty, hardy stock 

 leads to succes. The large size, strong, well rooted 

 strawberry plants we are offering the 1941 trade are 

 unequalled in every respect. 



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10. In Conclusion we solicit your 1941 orders for 

 strawberry plants confident you will become one of 

 our regular and satisfied customers. We want to 

 express our appreciation for the confidence our cus- 

 tomers everywhere have shown in the purchase of 

 our plants. We shall strive, as heretofore, to merit 

 our confidence in welcoming new customers. Don't 

 forget that early spring is the best time to set 

 strawberry plants, before the soil gets dry and the 

 weather gets too warm. Very respectfully, 



C. S. PERDUE 



Member of the: 



American Association of Nurserymen 



and 



Del-Mar-Va Peninsula Nurseryman's Association 



Qrowing Strawherries 



CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS, ETC. 



Any type of soil that will grow truck or garden 

 crops or land that will grow good crops of com, 

 wheat, etc., will produce strawberries. It is desir- 

 able for best results to plant on land that is improved 

 with barnyard manure or on naturally good soil, 

 also by plowing down heavy foliage crops the fall 

 or summer before plants are set fills it with humus 

 which is very essential for successful strawberry 

 growing. The land should be well prepared before 

 plants are set and mark the rows about SV2 to 4 

 feet apart and plants set about 12 to 15 inches apart 

 in the rows ; with all the roots set straight in the 

 ground and pack soil firmly around each plant. If 

 the roots are clipped off a little, especially the large 

 size plants, it will make setting better and easier. 



Early spring is the proper time to set strawberry 

 plants, as soon as weather conditions will permit 

 getting the ground ready. In the South, February, 

 March and early April; in the Middle States, March 

 and April; in the Northern States, April. There is 

 much that could be said about the culture of straw- 

 berries, but different locations and different types of 

 soil make it impossible to give any definite set of 

 rules, but they will respond quickly to good culti- 

 vation and good soil. Cultivation should begin soon 



