Showell, Maryland 



IT PAYS TO GROW STRAWBERRIES 



Shore Strawberry Crop Brings 



Record Returns 



Nearly S3, 000,000 reported received by pro- 

 ducers during current season. 



Since shipments started May 13, 1935, the 

 Eastern Shore's strawberry crop has brought 

 producers a financial return of nearly three 

 million dollars, the largest in many years. 



Shipment from the Eastern Shore of Mary- 

 land, including Monday's movement, totaled 

 818,907 crates, containing 32 quarts each it 

 was reported. This does not include berries 

 processed locally in preserving plants. While 

 the yield is below the five year average, prices 

 were consistently higher this season. The 

 shipments of strawberries from my farms 

 were around 1,000 32-quart crates. Prices 

 received F. O. B. farms were from $2.00 to 

 S6.00 per crate, making the season a very 

 profitable one for me. It pays to grow 

 strawberries. Why not grow them and real- 

 ize a good profit on your investment? 



C. S. Perdue. 



UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 



STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 



CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION 



College Park, Md., September 23, 1935. 



This is to Certify, That on the 17th day of Sep- 

 tember, 1935, we examined the Nursery Stock of 

 C. S. Perdue growing 1 in his nurseries, at Showell, 

 County of Worcester, State of Maryland, in accor- 

 dance with the laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, 

 Section 58, and that said nurseries and premises are 

 apparently free, so far as can be determined by in- 

 spection, from the San Jose Scale, Peach Yellows, 

 Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insect 

 pests and plant diseases. 



This Certificate is valid until September 30, 1936, 

 unless sooner revoked, and does not include nursery 

 stock not grown within this State, unless such stock 

 is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by 

 the State Entomologist and State Pathologist, 



Ernest N. Cory, State Entomologist. 



C. E. Temple, State Pathologist. 



G. S. Lankford, Chief Inspector. 



