Rayner Brothers, Salisbury, Maryland 



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LUPTON — A very good midseason to late strawberry 



LUPTON. A mighty good late shipping berry, very large, in fact as 

 large as Chesapeake and just as attractive but only fair in quality but always 

 brings top prices in city markets. Lupton is a mightv heavv bedder and 

 therefore a fine variety to grow in land where it is impossible to get a 

 satisfactory bed of Chesapeake. Thev are very firm and excellent shippers 

 but we do not recommend them for the home garden. 



WM. BELT. This is one of the best flavored berries grown and is the 

 standard of excellence of quality. The berries are somewhat irregular in 

 shape but are fairly large, bright glossy red with a green cap and are 

 therefore very handsome. 



Wm. Belt is desired for home garden, local market and for the grower 

 who takes pride in the quality of the berries he ships. The consumer is 

 always willing to pay good prices for them. Be sure to try a few of them in 

 your patch this year. 



PARSONS' BEAUTY. This is a fine old varietv for the home garden 

 or local market. The plants make a vigorous growth, are easy to bed and 

 are very productive through a long fruiting season, of dark red, fine flavored, 

 medium size berries. The housewife will find them unexcelled for canning 

 and very easy to cap. 



Wants Price For 1932 



Dear Sirs: Huntingdon Co., Pa., Nov. 23, 1931. 



Will you kindly send me your price on 500 or 1000 Mastodon plants for 

 delivery next April? We have your Premier plants and could not get better 

 plants anywhere no matter how much we paid. Yours trnlv. 



J. E. Kauffman. 



Ripe Fruit From Mastodon In 58 Days 



Sirs: Schuyler Co., N. Y., June 13, 1931. 



I ordered 50 Mastodon strawberry plants from vou which arrived the 

 17th of April. I put them in water until night. When I set them out I 

 found I had 56 nice strong plants which I set carefully and I never lost a 

 plant. This morning my wife picked two ripe berries and there are quite 

 a few turning red. Just 58 -days counting the day set. You claimed they 

 would bear in 90 days which we thought rather short so we kept a record. 



Yours respectfully, Wm. E, Thomas. 



