Handy Shipping Packages 
T HK picture above shows the usual styles of packages that we use for ship¬ 
ping plants. The small bundle is the common package where 25 to 200 
plants are shipped by parcel post. The basket is used for small shipments 
by express and also for orders of the same size by parcel post. Most of 
our orders are shipped in these half-bushel market baskets. We buy them by 
the carload. They are light and easily handled and not only save on express 
charges but make a handy basket for our customers to use for various"purposes 
after the plants are removed from them. Large orders of strawberry plants are 
shipped in crates and other plants in boxes and barrels. We make no charge 
for packages or packing materials. 
Postage Must Be Paid on Parcel Post Orders 
Formerly we made a uniform charge of 25 to 30 cents per 100, in addition 
to the price of the plants, to defray the expense of sending strawberry plants 
by mail. The postage then cost us 8 cents per pound, regardless of distance. 
Since the parcel post zone system now applies to plants and seeds, we cannot 
any longer make this uniform charge. It will be seen that packages sent to 
customers who live nearer than the fifth and sixth zones will not require postage 
at the rate of 8 cents per pound, while packages sent to the 7th and 8th zones 
will require more than 8 cents per pound. As it seems impossible to arrive at 
any uniform scale, T advise that customers have their parcel post packages se nt 
C. O. D. for the amount of postage. This not only fixes matters so that you 
pay just the actual postage which it costs, but it practically insures your pack¬ 
age from loss in the mails. We have hundreds of uninsured packages lost in 
the mails every year. 
If patrons are short of money when they wish to send in their orders, they 
can send us just one-fourth the total amount with the order and we will send 
the plants C. O. D. for the balance and cost of postage. The advantage of 
parcel post is that your order is delivered right to your door, while you have 
to go to the express office for your package unless you live within the delivery 
limits of a city. 
