J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Marylan 
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Big Bill is a heavy producer 
BIG BILL. A very late variety that we have found, bearing even later 
than the Chesapeake. It is not inclined to bed heavily. The berries are large 
with a large green cap. Anyone interested in a very late berry will do well 
to try them on a small scale. We have only a limited supply of plants. 
GIBSON (Parsons’ Beauty). Plants very productive, berries very good 
in quality and excellent for canning. I do not recommend it, however, except 
for a moist, swampy soil of fair fertility; but when given that, it is one of 
the greatest berries ever grown, provided the season is not too wet at picking 
_time. [f there is much rain when they are ripening they are sure to rot badly. 
We received the plants in fine shape. I planted them a few days later 
and every plant is growing. I did not lose a plant, so I am very much pleased 
with them. 
May 5, 1944 H. G. Haverstock Adams Co., Pa. 
I was very well pleased with my strawberry plants which I purchased 
from you last year. They were as nice as I ever had. So many have asked 
me where I bought them. I told them and several are expecting to order from 
you. I would like my order of Premier about the second week in April. 
March 15, 1944 Mrs. B. H. Nissley Lancaster Co., Pa. 
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I have changed my address and want to plant some strawberries. I want 
your 1944 catalog very much. Shivers is still “Tops.’’ Both in quality and 
price. If you can spare three or four catalogs, I shall be pleased to pass 
them to interested people. This is a good fruit growing community. 
March 20, 1944 Carl J. Hendricks Columbiana Co., Pa. 

