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J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 
Dear Friends: 
I wish to extend to all that receive my catalog the best 
wishes possible for 1934. 
You all know, as I do, the trying conditions now con¬ 
fronting the average farm owner; high taxes to pay, high 
prices to pay for what he buys, but selling his products 
some times much below the average cost of production. 
For the past five years I have been managing the J. W- 
Jones & Son Co. plant business- Last February Mr. Jones 
decided to sell his farm and place of business. I purchased 
it. Our agreement being that I was to continue the plant 
business of 1933 under the name of J. W. Jones & Son Co., 
and if I should continue the plant business I was to use my 
name, which I have decided to do. 
I have tried to serve the customers both old and new 
honestly. I wont say I have not made mistakes, but I have 
had very few complaints and have tried to adjust them 
satisfactorily. 
This year I have as fine a lot of plants as any grower 
can offer to the public. They are grown in land that to my 
knowledge has never been in strawberries before. They 
have been government inspected and found free of disease. 
They are plants that you can expect to grow and bring you 
profitable results. They are large, well rooted and true to 
name. 
Send me a trial order. The price is right and my guar¬ 
antee will assure you of getting absolutely the best plants 
it is possible to produce- 
Wishing you all a better year, better health and last of 
all, bigger profits from berries grown from my plants. 
Sincerely, JAY H. SHIVERS, 
