S. E. HOLDRIDGE & SONS, NORWICH, CONN. 
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POTTED PLANTS 
Last year we were asked by some of our customers if we 
would pot some plants for them. They were unable to set out 
plants in the spring and wanted to have some plants to fruit 
from this spring. This was our first experience in potted plants. 
We accepted the orders only after telling each customer that 
it was our first experience. 
When the plants which we had set out last spring began 
to send out runners, we set a strawberry basket filled with very 
good soil under the new plant which had started to form. Thus 
the new plant grew and in a few weeks we had plants well 
rooted in the basket. 
The plants exceeded our highest hopes. They were large 
and the baskets of soil were filled with tiny roots. The buyers 
broke the strawberry basket away from the soil as they set 
the plants in their own ground. These plants will be kept in 
the hill system and each plant should bear a great many ber¬ 
ries this spring. 
This year we will be able to furnish potted plants in any 
of the following varieties: 
Howard No. 17 
Dorsett 
Aberdeen 
Catskill 
Fairfax 
We especially recommend that you try the Dorsett and 
Fairfax for potted plants because of their excellent flavor. 
To be sure of filling your orders, we must have them by 
August 1. The plants will be ready any time after September 1. 
We hope that each one of you will consider the possibility 
of potted plants in your own garden. Although we do not recom¬ 
mend them for commercial growers, we do feel that it is an 
ideal way for many home gardeners to get their berries, as it is 
possible to set these plants this fall and receive berries next 
spring. 
Prices: 5 cents each at the farm in any quantities. Orders 
of 50 or more plants delivered free anywhere in New London 
County. 
By mail or express, 7 cents each. Postpaid. 
(They will be shipped in small pots.) 
