PREMIER 
Stilt the SAFEST 4jAxMul*e/iSuf in the wosil&H 
A champion for 24 years in succession!!! 
EVERY YEAR SINCE 1916, when it was introduced, Premier has heat 
down the efforts of Jack Frost to kill or injure its crop of berries. Not once 
has it failed. Through all those years Premier has been noted for heavy yields 
and large profits. Crops of 10,000 quarts and profits of $500 to $1000 per acre 
have not been uncommon. 
Popular approval of Premier swept almost like wildfire through all the 
middle and northern states in a very few seasons after its introduction. It 
is still the leading berry, even after the coming of such really fine varieties as 
Fairfax, Catskill and others. Our sales of Premier are still more than 2 to 1 
ahead of its nearest competitor. 
In higher altitudes as far south as Tennessee and North Carolina, Premier 
is fine. In Canada, New England and all our Northern border states east of the 
Rocky Mountains, Premier is the mainstay of all early varieties. 
Premier berries are of good quality and are very attractive. Both the quality 
and the appearance of Northern grown Premier are somewhat better than those 
grown in states farther South than Pennsylvania, if soil and moisture condi¬ 
tions have been about equal. 
The plants make a vigorous growth and no variety has healthier foliage. 
There is little difficulty in getting a good fruiting bed from our stock of Premier 
if plants are set early before they have made too much growth and while the 
soil is still cool and moist. 
Some commercial growers, mostly in the north, who set fairly large quan¬ 
tities of Premier, have had really amazing results with our Premier plants 
shipped in March. Plants were held in cold storage at 32 degrees Fahrenheit 
until local soil and moisture conditions were at their best. The results have 
been uniformly good and we recommend the practice where cold storage facili¬ 
ties are available. 
Our strain of Premier plants is so very fine that we do not have any trouble 
getting a nice plant bed. With over twenty-five acres to choose from we have 
for years selected plants from our strongest, most vigorous growing rows for 
our own setting. If you have been having any trouble getting an adequate bed 
of Premier, why not try our strain of SELECTED PREMIER PLANTS. 
If Premier has a weakness it arises from the fact that it sets so many 
berries. Normally they are medium to large in size, but in very dry years, 
especially in places where beds are densely set, the plants cannot size up all 
of the tremendous crop which it produces. This same factor of great produc¬ 
tiveness may be a big asset in sections where weevil or other insects claim a 
part of the crop. 
Furthermore, it is when this tremendous productiveness of Premier finds 
conditions of soil fertility and moisture favorable, that Records are made for 
yields and profits. 
The ability of Premier to come through with a crop in spite of cold and 
frost is no doubt what Mr. Orie Lowry of Jay Co., Indiana had in mind when 
he wrote us on March 15th, 1940. “I don’t believe your Premier can be beat for 
any kind of weather”. 
In spite of the fact that Premier is not as good in quality as Fairfax or 
Dorsett, Mr. George B. Welch also of Indiana (Fayette Co.), rates Premier 
100% as a moneymaker. Here’s what he wrote: “We grow small patches of 
good berries and get as many berries from 2,500 plants as most people get from 
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