Keith’s 
GEM 
Bears Big Berries 
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2 
3 
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Bears sixty days after planting 
• in Spring. 
Bears all Summer and Fall until 
• freezing weather. 
Also bears next Spring. 
Three crops in one year from 
• one planting. 
Gem Berries Top the Market 
Gera berries bring premium prices at any market or 
grocery store. Below is a reproduction of a sample sale 
and comments received last summer from August Battaglia 
from South Water Market, Chicago. 
PHONES: CANAL 079S-0B34 
AUGUST BATTAGLIA 
— COMMISSION MERCHANTS — 
Wholesale Dealer and Distributor op 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
15 SOUTH WATER MARKET 
Sale No _ 26173 CHICAGO, IU.. r August 14 ;o? 4 
Sold for 
Acct. of _Ka.LUi.Brpa, Nursery,_ 
_Sawyer, Michigan_ 
Received. 6-14-34_ Vi a Truck _ Stencil Mn 1138 
2 2s• "Gem Everbearing" strawbarrlet 
2.50 
5. 
00 
FOR A SQUARE DEAL 
AND QUICK RETURNS 
SHIP TO US 
fie wish to compliment you on your 
Gem Everbearing" strawberries, 
rhey arrived In excellent condltic 
rhe berry Is not only firm but th 
color Is very attractive. They so^d 
readily at two fifty while other 
varieties moved slowly at two to 
twenty five. 
The season is Just starting and tl 
demand for your "Gem Everbearing 1- 
strawberries is great. We trust tt 
you will keep us well supplied as 
we are already receiving future o 
Gem berries certainly have size as well as 
firmness aiul quality 
WHY GEM WINS 
In this New Everbearer are a lot of fine winning 
characteristics, such as color, size, firmness, flavor 
and productiveness. You will find wrapped up 
in it so many favorable points to make it an ever¬ 
bearer like you would like to grow and tell your 
neighbors about. 
,||k. A bright lasting glossy red. Gem 
• equals our Kanner King in holding 
its color. A great factor in bringing top-notch prices. 
17* Gem berries hold up in size all during 
• the summer and fall seasons. No small 
ill-shapen berries from the Gem. 
3. FIRMNESS: 
This is one of Gem’s most 
outstanding points. Their 
tough skin and firm, solid flesh makes the berry an 
exception. Even during the hot days of summer, Gem 
berries reach the market in top-notch condition. That’s 
why commission merchants want them. No soft leaky 
berries in Gem boxes. (Read letter below.) 
We do not find Gem as sweet 
as some everbearers, but they 
have a rich inviting strawberry flavor—one that will 
cause you to want “just another berry’.” 
4. FLAVOR: 
WANTS MORE GEM BERRIES 
When you send your Gem berries to market, buyers 
always want more. 
Chicago, III., Aug. 22, 1934. 
Gentlemen: 
We have repeatedly asked you for larger shipments of your 
“Gem Everbearing” strawberries. Where are they? Are you 
selling them elsewhere? We want every crate that you have 
for our trade. The demand is great for this new Everbearer. 
Also zvill you have plants of the ‘‘Gem” variety? Quote us 
f. o. b. Saivyer. We have numerous inquiries for plants of 
this new variety. Write us. 
Thanking you for past favors and awaiting shipments of 
more ‘‘Gem” berries. 
August Battaglia (Commission Merchant). 
By Chas. Conant. 
Sawyer, Mich. 
Keith Bros. Nursery:—Your Gem berries sold very fast. 
Sold them out first. Their bright red color and size sold 
them. Geo. Parren Grocery Store. 
Keith's Reduced Gem Prices 
25 plants No. 1. $0.95 250 plants No. 1...$ 5.00 
50 plants No. 1. 1.55 500 plants No. 1... 9.00 
100 plants No. 1. 2.45 1000 plants No. 1... 17.50 
Write for special prices on 2,000 or more Gem plants. 
1. Planting Gem in 
Spring. 
2. Picking Gem berries 
all Summer until 
snow falls f rom 
plants set in Spring. 
3. Pick Gein berries the 
next Spring, yields 
equal to any spring 
variety. 
KEITH BROS. NURSERY, Sawyer, Michigan 
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