J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 7 




PREMIER- 
(HOWARD 17) 
PLANT GROWTH. Premier plants from good stock will make a good 
fruiting bed of perfectly healthy plants. Premier does well over a large 
territory, chiefly in the middle and northern states. They are usually called 
the frost proof berry and for this reason are grown by more commercial 
erowers than any other variety ever introduced. 
SIZE, QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVENESS. The berries are a medium 
red in color, have a medium size green cap that will stay green throughout 
the season under favorable conditions. I still think a quart of Premier berries 
that have been grown 1ight and picked well has a very handsome appearance 
and is attractive as any variety in its box. The quality will compare well with 
most other varieties. It is moderately firm and looks well. Good for local 
market or long truck shipments but do not advise it for ice shipments. 

We are sending you an order for Premier strawberry plants, with check 
to include parcel post charges. This order is being sent because Mr. Harvey 
B. Diener, of our county advised us to order from you folks. 
April 1, 1946, M. A. Blazier Lebanon Co., Pa. 
