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J. W. JONES & SON, FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA 
A crate of our plants ready for shipment. Note that the crowns have 
necessary light and air. This is very important. 
For thirty-six years we have been selling strawberry plants by cata¬ 
logue only, filling all orders with strictly fresh dug, true-to-name, high grade 
stock of our own growing. We can sometimes ship during January and 
February, depending on the severity of the winter, but after March first we 
are able to dig and ship daily until May first. After May first we can ship 
out a limited number of orders at purchaser’s risk. 
We will always replace anything that may reach you in bad condition, 
providing the transportation company has given it proper dispatch. If it has 
been too long on the road refuse to receive it. We will then refill your order 
and get our pay from the Express Company. 
We would prefer Bank Draft or P. O. Money Order in payment of plants, 
for please remember that our terms are Cash with Order. We cannot under¬ 
take to do a credit business at the price at which our plants are sold. To serve 
you at the lowest cash price is, we believe very distinctly to your advantage. 
We will book your order and hold the plants a reasonable time awaiting your 
remittance. 
All our plants are fresh dug, carefully cleaned, tied in bunches of 27 : 
(counted as 25), labeled with wood labels, neatly packed in slatted crates, 
none of which are more than 12 inches deep, and all of which are 12 inches 
wide. A Certificate of Inspection accompanies each package. We have an 
absolutely clean bill of health. 
Last year we w T ere not quite able to fill ail orders we received. That was 
a matter of sincere regret to us, but we had grown the biggest stock in our 
whole history, and had felt sure we would be able to supply all calls for plants. 
For this season we have a still larger stock, in fact fifty percent more 
than last year. We feel confident that we can supply all demands. In com¬ 
mon with most growers that we know our prices are a little higher than a 
year ago, but they are still such as to represent a substantial saving! to our 
customers. This advance has been made necessary by increased cost of pro¬ 
duction and shipment, since all items that go into the handling of plants 
have been marked up for this season, especially in labor. It is also true that 
with an acreage double that of last year we have grown only about fifty per¬ 
cent more plants. This means that our plants are larger, but we will get 
fewer per acre than a year ago. 
We appreciate your business and will do our best to please you, and ffeel 
sure we can. Respectfully, J. W. JONES & SON. 
