Nineteen Hundred and Ten. 
The greetings of another year to our customers, and hearty thanks for past favors. 
May our future relations be as pleasant as those of former years have been. It is very 
gratifying to us to receive your orders season after season, and the good work you do 
for us by recommending us to your friends and so bringing us cew customers is fully 
appreciated. To those who receive our catalog this spring for the first time we say 
that we should be glad to welcome you to our circle of patrons, and show you what 
service we can render. We should be most happy to have an order of some sort from 
every person who receives this catalog. 
We send out good plants taken from beds set last spring, well cared for during 
the growing season, and protected with a covering of straw from the alternate freez- 
ing and thawing of winter and early spring. Our plantation is on ground that was 
never before used for strawberries. Last season was a good one for plant growth, and 
we have a much larger stock than in 1909 when the supply was short the country over, 
by reason of the notable drouth of the preceding autumn. White grubs were unusu- 
ally prevalent in many localities last year, and we had them to contend with in some 
portions of our field. A few varieties suffered so severely that we have been, obliged 
to omit them from our list this spring. Among them are Cardinal, Commonwealth, 
Marshall, Margaret and Norwood, besides several that we intended to offer for the 
fiist time. All the plants named in this catalog were grown on our grounds. 
All orders received are acknowledged promptly, — within twenty -four hours as a 
rule. If you do not hear from us within a reasonable length of time please write 
again. So far as we know, there was but one order lost of all that were addressed to 
us last year. 
Our packing is first-class, including plenty of moss for security, and yet made as 
light as possible to keep down transportation charges. We receive many commenda- 
tions on its excellence. We ship by mail and express with equal success. The express 
companies make a special rate on nursery stock, which is 20 per cent, lower than that 
on merchandise, but the minimum charge is 35 cents. For this reason it is better to 
have small orders sent by mail, as the postage is only eight cents a pound. Our ex- 
press companies are Adams and United States. 
We warrant our plants to reach our customers in good condition. This practice 
was inavigurated by our Mr. M. Crawford when he issued his first catalog thirty years 
ago, and has been continued ever since. According to custom, we stipulate in this 
connection that while we are willing and anxious to make good any losses that may 
occur and to correct any mistakes, we shall not be liable for a sum greater than the 
original cost of the plants. Our warrant does not extend to Canada, the regulations of 
the Dominion in regard to the admission of nursery stock being such as to render it 
liable to delays which may involve loss. 
We begin shipping about the first of April as a rule, — sometimes earlier, sometimes 
a little later, according to the season. We push the work as fast as possible, aiming 
to send out every order when it is wanted. It will be a great help to us in this matter 
if buyers will name the time of shipment when ordering, or if unable to do tbis, say 
"Ship when notified," and then write when ready. 
We give good count, and our plants are carefully trimmed, tied in bunches, cor- 
rectly labeled, and true to name. We receive many fine testimonials every year, and 
few complaints. Last season brought us three of the latter, and gave us opportu- 
nity to make good our promise of reparation, which we did to the best of our ability. 
We request that we be notified as promptly as possible when there is anything wrong. 
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