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HOLDRIDGE’S BOOK OF BERRIES—1937 
PLEASURE AND PROFIT IN BERRIES 
Each year when strawberries begin to fruit, most people 
resolve, “Next year I am going to have a bed of my own.” If 
you have just a home garden, one or two hundred plants will 
furnish all the strawberries that you can use. If you run a farm, 
strawberries offer you a fine cash crop with very little cash 
invested. A bed of a thousand plants will surprise you with 
the number of berries that you will have to sell, and will go 
well with a retail milk or egg route or roadside stand. A bed 
of an acre returns from three hundred to five hundred dollars 
on an average, which is about as good as any crop on the 
farm. Why don’t you look over our list of collections and pick 
the one best suited to your purpose? Each collection consists 
of Howard No. 17, Dorset and Pearl, the three best varieties, 
and is planned to give you the longest fruiting season possible. 
OUR REPUTATION 
The reputation of Holdridge’s strawberry plants continues 
to grow. We not only ship plants all over New England; but 
also ship plants throughout the Eastern States and Canada. Many 
people visit our farms each year and we wish you all could 
come and see just what we are doing in growing better strains 
and varieties of strawberry plants. We know that you all cannot 
come, so in our catalogue we try to give an honest description. 
We advise against setting your own plants, not only be¬ 
cause we would like to sell you plants, but because of the dif¬ 
ference which you will notice in the production and size of your 
berries that often come from a change of climate and soil. 
Well-cleaned plants and well-straightened roots make planting 
easier and more satisfactory. 
GOOD WILL 
We are glad to number among our customers many of our 
Farm Bureau and Grange friends. Having been members of the 
New London County Farm Bureau and of the local and state 
Grange for many years, we have had the pleasure of meeting 
personally many of our customers. 
In the past we have had the pleasure of filling many orders 
which came to us through the recommendation of members of 
the Extension Service and we will try in the future, as we have 
in the past, to live up to the confidence reposed in us. 
TESTIMONIALS 
In this booklet a few testimonials from satisfied customers 
are printed. If good plants had not been sent, they would not 
say, unsolicited, what they do in their letters. 
It is very pleasing to me to receive such testimonials. A 
satisfied customer is the best advertisement. Read what others 
say unsolicited. We are always pleased to have a kind word 
from customers. If our plants have pleased you, tell someone 
else. It will be appreciated. 
