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GEORGE RENNIE, ANDOVER, MASS. 
1908-1939 
Once again I am pleased to greet my many 
customers, both old and new. I thank them heartily 
for their patronage, I especially thank those who 
have recommended my plants to their neighbors and 
friends, from whom I have received many orders. 
For 31 years I have been growing and shipping 
strawberry plants, starting in 1908 in a small way. 
The business has increased, from a few thousand 
plants the first year, until now I am shipping plants 
to every part of New England and New York State. 
The land here is ideal for growing plants, a light 
sandy loam, which causes the plants to go down 
deep into the soil, making very large roots that are 
sure to grow. I grow all my own plants and if I 
should be sold out of any varieties, I say so, never 
buying from any one to fill your order as some 
growers do. In digging plants, I dig the whole row, 
discarding all small plants, also the old or mother 
plant. My plants are all dug after your order is re¬ 
ceived, taken to the packing room, cleaned and 
trimmed, ready to set out in the field. This trim¬ 
ming of the plants makes them very easy to set out 
and saves you much time and labor, just when you 
are rushed with your Spring work. In shipping 
plants by express, I always send a postal notifying 
you when the plants are shipped. Trusting that I 
shall continue to receive a share of your patronage 
and hoping that this will be a successful and pros¬ 
perous year for you, I am 
Yours very truly, 
GEORGE RENNIE, 
The Strawberry man 
of Andover, Mass. 
