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To My Friends and Patrons; : pean, seu fs SS 

Please accept this catalog Se my very best wishes | ‘for ‘your — 
health and happiness for 1948. 
I hope that we are in for another Bonds year AN, our : Farms, our it rl 
Flower Gardens and our Vegetable Gardens. — (Seah Mie ee een 
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Nearly all our Garden crops did well fasta year. Sweet. Cann was at af. 
wormy late in the season but was sweeter than honey. Sweet, Pota- or 
toes were a fair crop and are eating fine up to now. Pe: “the — 
“Deep Freeze” are as fresh and sweet now as: they were in. ; 






Our stock of Garden, Field and Flower Seeds are as. eomplete 
as they ever were. Some items are nee in oa anes some : 
but many are unchanged. . E 
Please note that Ky. Blue Grass ae Lawn Grass s 
lower in price but are just as high in quality. 

We have a large stock of Fordhook Bush ee pone! eee 
ie World Record Peas, our own enne, Strain that we were ier of - oe 
ast year. Prk ates as Ber aN poy 
We were finally able to get some of the Epenehty grown Paya Be 
with pods 10 to 12 inches in length. We only Dave a fae of the 
the price is high. EYy. a few anyway. © Say 
Our Lawns should come out, af fter this hanes snowfall, in fine a 
shape unless the Jap Beetle grubs are there. If they are, use plenty — 
of Arsenate of Lead before they turn into Beetles the last of ane a 
That will get the eee : Z i to 
summer. An pe ieee of Bone Meal in the fall will give Seis grass - 
all the necessary elements to make the very best root and top growth 
This is especially essential for grass in shade. Ask us for a set of — 
Swift’s Beauty Plans when you buy a bag of Vigoro. . ESN pan es 

Agrico is a good fertilizer for your trees and shrubs, Make a 
number of holes around the tree as far out as the branches extend 
and put a small amount of Agrico in each hole. Then pound the hole | 
in and if there is proper moisture you will see the effects in more 
luxuriant growth in your trees and shrubs. We have a special “Acid 
Agrico for your Azaleas, Rhododendrons and Mountain Laurel. 
Thanking you for your patronage in the past. and asking a share, 
if not all, of your seed and plant business for 1948, I remain, — . 
su he 
Yours for better Seeds and Plants, f Se :; 
‘RALPH w. ‘STERLING 
P. S. I would like to take this S ooneian ca to thank every one She 
remembered me when I was in the Eastern Long Island Hospital last 
March. Your beautiful cards, flowers, fruit and ‘personal | calls | were a 
great help to pass those hours away. I will always peel the ki 
wishes of everyone. Thank you again. Ce oR We. 





