Plant Strawberries for 
Not for a long period of time have prospects been so bright for the wide-awake Straw¬ 
berry grower. The country-wide drought of the past summer not only caused severe injury 
to young plantings of strawberries but also practically ruined the old fruiting beds that 
would be carried over for future crops. In many of the large strawberry growing sections 
of the country both young and old plantings were entirely killed. In addition, the straw¬ 
berry crop of 1936 was the shortest in years and canners’ stocks are now at an absolute 
minimum. The 1937 berry crop will be still lighter and there will be no opportunity for 
either commercial canners or housewives to build up a reserve. This positively means an 
unprecedented demand for berries during 1938 and succeeding seasons. 
The alert grower who realizes this situation will plan to reap his share of the profits to 
be derived from this accumulating demand for strawberries by planting heavily this spring 
to be ready for the 1938 season. 
The same is true, to a great extent, of the bush fruits. Many raspberry and blackberry 
fields were so severely injured by the drought that they will have to be removed and new 
plantings made. This will mean a greatly stimulated demand for all kinds of berries during 
the coming seasons with correspondingly higher prices and greater profits for the growers. 
In the face of these facts we can honestly urge you to plant as heavily as possible this 
spring but make your plans and order your nursery stock early or you may not be able to 
secure stock when you are ready to plant. 
MICHIGAN STATE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE 
Orchard and Nursery 
Inspection 
Certificate of Nursery Inspection 
No. 7348 
This is to certify that the nursery 
stock of J. N. Rokely 6? Son. Bridg¬ 
man, has been examined and found 
to be apparently free from danger¬ 
ous insects and dangerously contag¬ 
ious tree and plant diseases. 
This Certificate to be void after 
September 13, 1937. 
JAMES F. THOMSON, 
Commissioner. 
Bureau of Agricultural Industry, 
A. C. Carton, Director. 
E. C. MANDENBERG, 
In Charge of Orchard 
and Nursery Inspection. 
Lansing, Mich., Sept. 14, 1936. 
Order Early and Take Advantage of these Big Discounts 
This year we are offering two discount plans to our customers who place their orders with us early in the 
season. By receiving your orders in the winter we can take care of all the detail work in the office before 
the spring rush starts. For this reason we offer these discounts as an inducement for you to make up your 
order and send it in now. Early in the season we always have a full stock of all items and you are sure of 
securing exactly the stock you want, so order early and buy for less. 
CASH DISCOUNT PLAN 
10* 
DISCOUNT on all Cash Orders re' 
received during January, 1937. 
DISCOUNT on all Cash Orders re' 
ceived during February, 1937. 
DISCOUNT on all Cash Orders 
ceived up to March 20th, 1937. 
re- 
For example, if you send us a Cash Order amount¬ 
ing to $10.00 during January you may deduct $1.00 
and enclose remittance of $9.00 in full payment for 
$10.00 worth of stock. 
FREE NURSERY STOCK PLAN 
20% 
ADDITIONAL Nursery Stock with all 
Cash Orders received during January, 
1937. 
15 % 
10% 
ADDITIONAL Nursery Stock with all 
Cash Orders received during February, 
1937. 
ADDITIONAL Nursery Stock with all 
Cash Orders received up to March 20th, 
1937. 
For example, if you send us a Cash Order amount¬ 
ing to $10.00, during January, you may select an 
additional $2.00 worth of stock from our catalog and 
add it to your order at no extra cost. In other words 
you will receive $12.00 worth of stock for $10.00 
cash. 
Use either plan you wish but not a combination of both on the same order. 
THESE CASH DISCOUNTS AND FREE PLANT OFFERS APPLY ONLY TO STOCK ORD¬ 
ERED AT REGULAR CATALOG LIST PRICE, AND DO NOT APPLY TO BARGAIN COLLEC¬ 
TIONS OR SPECIAL QUOTATIONS BY LETTER. 
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