1937 
GREETINGS. 
TODD’S CATALOGUE OF HIGH-GRADE STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Friends and Patrons: 
Again I am pleased to greet you with my annual strawberry plant catalogue, 
and herein you will find the dependable, standard varieties, and several of the 
newer ones that I consider worthy of a trial. I have always tried to make my 
catalogue dependable by giving you an honest description of the different va¬ 
rieties as they have done with me by telling you their bad, as well as their good 
points, and also, by sending you dependable, healthy plants, true to name. I do 
not like to boast of our plants, and I am not going to say they are better than 
anyone else can possibly grow but I am willing to have you test them by any 
plants that you may buy elsewhere. This catalogue is my only salesman except 
the friends who have been using my plants for many years and advise their 
friends to do likewise. I greatly appreciate this and right here I want to thank 
all of my friends for this favor. Every year I receive many letters from my 
customers saying, “You do not say half enough about the quality of your plants 
and the way you trim and pack them for shipment.” I am willing to let my 
customers do the talking, and of course am pleased to receive your kind words 
and the testimonials you send me. 
In reading the many catalogues you are sure to receive every year you will 
notice that several claim to be the largest grower and shipper of strawberry 
plants in the United States; somebody must be mistaken. I do not claim to grow 
and ship as many plants as many nurseries, but 1 will say that I believe our 
plants are as large and fine as anyone grows, and I am sure we trim and pack 
them for shipment much better than many nurseries do. I have bought new 
varieties from different nurseries and found that many of them ship the plants 
with the old dead leaves and runners attached, and then put in most of the 
soil in which the plants grew for good count. In many cases after we trimmed 
and threw out the plants not fit to set we did not have more than half of what 
we paid for; I expect some of you have had the same experience. 
The plants that I am offering yon were all grown from large, healthy, 
selected plants, plants with the “Fruit-ful” qualities and are large, healthy, heavy- 
rooted plants, equal to the best that I have ever sent out and customers who have 
been dealing with me for many years know that this means equal to the best 
grown. We send out nothing but first-class plants, cleaned and packed as they 
should be, and I assure you that you cannot buy better plants, or plants that will 
produce more or better fruit, no matter where you buy, or what you pay. 
In sending me your orders for this year you will receive plants of the same 
high-grade, and the same liberal treatment as in seasons past. I am only asking 
a fair price for good plants and service, and have always found my customers 
ready and willing to pay for this. 
STRAWBERRIES AS A MONEY CROP. 
While it is true that there are “off” years in growing strawberries the same 
as in all other crops, and that some years the large commercial growers realize 
very little profit, yet it is the grower who has berries every year who makes the 
