4 J. W. JONES & SON, FRANK?TN, VIRGINIA 


A Page From The Past. 
We have always believed that our system of packing plants provided 
the very highest maximum of safety in transportation, and that the plants 
themselves had the stamina to stand long distance movement. The illustra- 
tion above is from a photograph of five hundred plants that traveled all the 
way to Kirkwood, M’ssouri and back again before being set in our fields. 
Mr. H. T. Blast of Kirkwood, Mo. sent us an order on the 26th of March, 1937 
in which there was included 500 Big Late. Instead of the Big Late he was 
shipped 500 Gandy plants. This did not suit him and very properly he asked 
for his money back, but he also packed the plants up and returned them to 
us. They laid in the crate in our packnig house for three days and since 
they continued to look fresh we decided to plant them, it having been more 
than ten days since they had left here. The result is indicated by the cut. 
The row in the center of the picture and the one immediately to the right 
are from the Gandy which had journeyed to Missouri and back. To the right 
of these two rows planted by the 500 plants are additional Gandy that were 
fresh dug at the time of setting. If there is any difference we cannot see it. 
These plants that had traveled about 2000 miles and had been held at many 
transfer points started promptly and have grown with vigor ever since. It 
does not matter how far from Franklin you may live we wish to assure you 
that we can ship you plants that will arrive in the very best condition. 
We feel that we are entitled to claim that our plants are good and that 
our packing is carefully done, so as to insure the very highest degree of 
safety while they are on the “road”. 
Jones plants are “grown right, priced right, packed right.” 
CC EE 


TESTIMONIAL: M. E. MICHAELS of Pennsylvania. June 6, 1947. 
Received strawberry plants in excellent condition. We planted them the 
following day and they are growing nicely. 
