
At It 58 Years 
L. J. Farmer, At It 58 Years 
The following editorial appeared in the March 1st, 1941 issue of “Better Farms,” a farm paper published 
by Major Hugh Barclay of Douglaston Manor Farms, Pulaski, N. Y. 
“Thirty years ago Lawrence J. Farmer,— 
‘Plum,’ as his intimate friends called him—was 
the daddy, granddaddy and King of the Straw- 
berry World. What he said about berries was 
never questioned, for he knew. He wrote books 
on the subject, lectured at Farmer’s Institutes, the 
local forerunners of the present Farm and Home 
Bureau, ran a newspaper for a brief period, whoop- 
ed ’er up for Teddy Roosevelt, was a good family 
man—still is—and a leading citizen. Many of the 
present day crop of nurserymen got their start by 
buying ‘Farmer’s Plants.’ 
“Time only has changed his ways. 
He's ease 
keen on the trigger as ever, if you’re : talking 
strawberries and the nursery business, though he 
no longer lectures to gaping listeners, indulges in 
the publication field or emotes for the Roosevelt 
of his choice. 
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“Today, as pictured above, he finds solace in 
his reveries, home, and pets. Though well along in 
years—well towards the four score mark—he’s far 
from doddering. Every day sees him around the 
streets, alert, kind to everybody, and as he terms he 
it ‘pluggin along 
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