STRAWBERRY SPECIALIST 
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Official Certificate No. 60 Boston, July 14, 1937. 
To whom it may concern: 
This is to certify that I have this thirteenth day of July 
completed the Inspection of the strawberry stock of George 
Rennie grown at Andover, State of Massachusetts, and find 
it to be" apparently free from all injurious insects and 
diseases which might be transferred on nursery stock from 
the nursery to the orchard or garden. 
This certificate good until July 1, 1938. 
Inspected by B. I. Gerry (Signed) R. H. Allen, Director 
GLADIOLUS 
Exhibition Mixture 
To secure the greatest variety and beauty from 
gladioli they should be grown in mixture Our ex¬ 
hibition mixture consists of a high grade assortment 
made up of the best named varieties that cannot fail 
to please the most exacting. Wide range of colors. 
50c per dozen; 25, $1.00; 50, $1.50; 100, $2.50 
Every one of our strawberry beds are grown for 
plants and not fruit. Some growers grow for fruit 
and dig and sell the outside edges of the rows for 
plants, the centers being saved for fruiting pur¬ 
poses. By this method the customer receives only the 
end runner plants, and naturally the smallest and 
most poorly rooted. Such plants are dear at any 
price. I would rather pay $10.00 per 1000 for good 
plants than take those small plants as a gift. With 
our method of digging and trimming plants, these 
small plants are discarded, your orders being filled 
with strong, fully developed young plants that will 
make a quick, sturdy growth in your fields this year. 
