The Road to Success, 
There is only one way possible to succee<l in fruit growing-, and that is plant 
the right varieties. It does not matter how good your market is, or how well your 
Soil is adapted to the fruit, or how hard you work, you are bound to fail unless 
you plant varieties that will produce the kind of fruit you want, and in paying 
quantities. We have gone over the long list of varieties year after year for the 
past seventeen years, adding to and discarding, until we now have a list that can- 
not fail to do well. We have worked the problem out on our own fruit fanns, and 
we are sure we can help you. 
If you believe the plants you plant cut any figure in the results, if you think 
the best is the cheapest in the end, and if you want to be sure of getting the vari- 
ety you buy in the condition to make the most for yourself, I ask you to investi- 
gate the plants I grow. I don't claim to sell plants cheaper than any one else. I 
am not competing with the man whose stock has nothing but cheapness to recom- 
mend it, and it is not to your interest to buy that kind. My claim is, that I am 
producing the best, strongest, most ^-igorous, and most prolific plants that can be 
grown in a well favored strav/berry climate, and that I am selling them at a rea- 
sonable price. Is this the kind j'ou are looking for ? If so, may I have your order ? 
The season of 1911 was unfavorable to get a set of plants. The drought la.st 
ing as long as from ten to fifteen weeks, without any rain accompanying at all in 
that length of time. The result was very near a blank for those that set their 
plants late. Those that planted early, so the plants started before the drought set 
in, have a fair set of plants. If last year was a failure with you, try again. Don't 
say I will try another industry this year. The rolling stone never catches any 
moss, but plant just as early as the soil will permit, follow instructions, and then 
probably you will succeed. 
We planted our plants real early last spring, and will offer one of the finest 
supply of plants for 1912, we have ever furnished since we have been in the busi- 
ness. They are fine. I wish you could see them. 
