CHARLES K. CRARY 
R. F. D. No. | 
NORWICH, CONNECTICUT 
One of Connecticut’s Largest Growers of Strawberry Plants 
CONNECTICUT NURSERY REGISTRATION 169 



Dear Friend: 
The 1948 season should be about the same as the past two years, with continued high 
prices for berries, and not too plentiful a supply. The plant situation is no better and per- 
haps not as good as in 1947. I think that I will have plenty of Premier, Pathfinder, Dor- 
sett, Temple and Robinson, but no Redstar; and only a limited supply of Fairfax and 
Catskill will be available. I will also have some other varieties, including some of the 
newer introductions. 
Speaking of the new varieties, Temple proved to me, this last season, that it will be up 
among the leaders in a very few years. Sparkleand Midland also did very well last June. 
The Connecticut Experiment Station gave a double inspection this past year, inspect- 
ing my beds in the spring and again in late summer; no trace of any disease was found. 
This double inspection is something new and is further protection to you growers against 
Red Stele. 
My business has continued to grow and I sold almost twice as many plants in 1947 
as I did in 1946. Repeat orders make up a large percentage of my business, and I think 
that this speaks well for the quality of the plants which I sell. This season I am trying to 
cut down printing expenses and other costs in order that I may maintain my last year’s 
scale of prices. 
If you are going to set out a strawberry bed this year, try Crary’s Hardy Connecticut 
Grown plants, and let them prove to you how good they really are. 
heeled ah my old customers for their orders and I hope that I may make many 
new friends this spring. 
Very truly yours, 
CHARLES K. CRARY. 

P.S. BE AN EARLY BIRD, AND GET YOUR ORDER IN NOW! 

