J. W. JONES & SON, FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA 
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A field of Premier for this years digging. This is on farm No. 1. 
Strong crowns and plenty of roots here. 
a r£>m9(?r Of berries ever introduced Premier has been more nearly 
B ideal than any we have ever grown. Before the introduction 
of Dorsett and Fairfax it was beyond all question the best early variety ever 
offered the American public. For several years now in spite of manifold 
adverse conditions it has produced enormous crops. In other years when 
other kinds were failing on account of lack of moisture Premier was still 
on the job. It is a good grower, making plenty of stocky, heavily rooted 
plants, but not inclined to get too thick, you always have a bed that is just 
about right. It is tremendously productive of good sized berries, and no 
matter how many kinds there are in the market Premier always brings a good 
price if there is not too much rain at the picking season. It does not matter 
where you may live we can recommend Premier, as reports from all sections 
agree in placing it at the head of the list. The weakness it has is a fail¬ 
ure to ship well when there is heavy rain during the ripening season, but if 
it is fairly dry and cool Premier is one of the best ever grown. 
PLANT SELECTION 
Premier is so popular and seems destined to remain so for such a long 
period that we are this year starting a plan to preserve and possibly to im¬ 
prove the stock. 
We are not pedigreeing anything; not claiming to do so. What we are 
going to do is to set a block of plants very thick in the row and then to care¬ 
fully cut out thru the growing season all plants that show any signs of 
weakness in any way, leaving for propagation purposes only the very strong¬ 
est and most healthy specimens. By this method we feel confident that we 
will be able to indefinitely secure a vigorous and healthy stock of the most 
popular strawberry that has ever been grown. It is neeldess to say that 
these plants will not have any special price tag placed on them. It is really 
being done for our own protection as well as for that of many of our cus¬ 
tomers. Premier is a great berry; we are going to try to keep it so. 
