J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 
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GIBSON (Parsons’ Beauty). Plants very productive, berries very 
good in quality and excellent for canning. I do not recommend it, 
however, except for a moist, swampy soil of fair fertility; but when 
given that, it is one of the greatest berries ever grown, provided the 
season is not too wet at picking time. If there is much rain when they 
are ripening they are sure to rot badly. 
SAMPLE. Ripens in midseason about the same time as Aroma 
and Big Joe, and there is none that holds up better in size to the end 
of the season. Anyone wanting to plant main crop berries would do 
well to include Sample in their list. It is reliable, especially in Penn¬ 
sylvania and the Middle West. Big Joe and Sample make a great pair. 
WILLIAM BELT. This variety is the standard of excellence for 
quality. Berries average large in size, being somewhat irregular in 
shape, having an attractive cap, and the berries themselves are a 
bright, glossy red, which makes them very handsome. On any market 
where quality and appearance predominate among the buyers the 
William Belt will prove a good money-maker for the grower. It does 
best in the middle and northern states. It can be depended on for 
plant growth and productiveness. I recommend it to lengthen the 
Chesapeake season with a high quality berry. 
Norfolk County, Va. Gentlemen: Received plants in fine shape anl I 
am very well pleased with them. Thanks. J. J. Mansfield. 
Rockingham Co., Va., April 17, 1934. I ordered 5000 plants from you 
last spring. They were fine plants, grew well and look good to me 
now. Harry E. May. 
Perry County, Penna. Gentlemen: Please send me the enclosed order 
about May 1st. I bought plants from you last year and I liked them 
very well. Joseph P. Jones. 
DO YOU WISH TO SAVE MONEY? THEN ORDER YOUR 
PLANTS FPOM J. H. SHIVERS PLANT FARMS, ALLEN, MD. 
