2 GEORGE RENNIE, ANDOVER, MASS. 
1908-1944 
Once again I am pleased to greet my many 
customers, both old and new. [I thank them neartliy 
for their patronage. I especially thank those who 
have recommended my plants to their neighbors and 
friends, from whom I have received many oraexs. 
For 36 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 grow- 
ers do. In digging plants, I dig the whole row, dis- 
carding 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 trimming 
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 prosperous year for 
you, Iam 
Yours very truly, 
GEORGE RENNIE, 
The Strawberry Man 
of Andover, Mass. 
