J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 17 
GIBSON (Parsons’ Beauty). Plants very productive, berries very 
good in quality and excellent for canning. I do not recommend it, 
however, except for a moist, swampy soil of fair fertility; but when 
given that, it is one of the greatest berries ever grown, provided the 
season is not too wet at picking time. If there is much rain when they 
are ripening they are sure to rot badly. 
SAMPLE. Ripens in midseason about the same time as Aroma 
and Big Joe, and there is none that holds up better in size to the end 
of the season. Anyone wanting to plant main crop berries would do 
well to include Sample in their list. It is reliable, especially in Penn¬ 
sylvania and the Middle West. Big Joe and Sample make a great pair. 
WILLIAM BELT. This variety is the standard of excellence for 
quality. Berries average large in size, being somewhat irregular in 
shape, having an attractive cap, and the berries themselves are a 
bright, glossy red, which makes them very handsome. On any market 
where quality and appearance predominate among the buyers the 
William Belt will prove a good money-maker for the grower. It does 
best in the middle and northern states. It can be depended on for 
plant growth and productiveness. I recommend it to lengthen the 
Chesapeake season with a high quality berry. 
Berry plants received today. I am well pleased. 
Jefferson Co., Ivy. T. A. Brentlinger. 
I bought my plants from you last spring and despite the dry 
weather, I dare say they all grew and look better to me now than any 
other plants I have had for the last five years. 
Lancaster Co. Leroy W. Gipe. 
I received the order of plants in fine condition. 
Berks Co. L. Francis Smale. 
Having seen your Premier strawberry plants at my good friend 
Wm. Koetter would like you to fill my order for 14,000 at the earliest 
possible date. 
Floyd Co., Ind. Edw. Lynch. 
Having bought your plants I have very strongly advised a friend 
of mine, who was contemplating buying some, to buy them of you, 
but discovered that I have misplaced our catalog. So please send 1000 
Premier C. O. D. to Robert V. Prince and include a catalog, as he needs 
them at once. I told him that I had found your price and the quality 
of your plants to be the very best. 
Wood Co., W. Va. Carl Hendricks. 
Fiease send this order by Parcel Post. I need these to fill out my 
rows. I received the order of 1000 Premier O. K. Have them set out 
and they are looking fine. 
Wood Co., Robert V. Prince. 
DO YOU WISH TO SAVE MONEY? THEN ORDER YOUR 
PLANTS FPOM J. H. SHIVERS PLANT FARMS, ALLEN, MD. 
