CERTIFIED STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
We Are Exclusive Agent in the 11 Western States for 
MULLINS PLANT FARMS, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE 
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Mr. Mullins is County Agricultural Agent at Chattanooga (called 
Farm Advisor in California) as well as head of Mullins Plant Farms. 
He had the help of the Tennessee College of Agriculture in securing 
the best strawberry plant stock it was possible to find. 
His plants are grown in virgin soil under ideal conditions in 
eastern Tennessee and carefully rogued to eliminate inferior and 
off-type plants. His plants have been certified again this year by 
the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Regulatory Division, 
assuring you of plants free of disease and insect pests and free of 
mixtures of varieties, the choicest plants obtainable. 
On Aug. 31, 1949, Mr. Mullins wrote: “We have the best plants we 
have ever had. In fact they are the best I have ever seen.” On Sep. 
6th he wrote: “We will have the best plants this year we have ever 
grown. We spaced our rows wide apart and fertilized them heavy. 
They will be big plants with long roots. 
“T had a letter from Mr. Stites of Texas giving me an order for 
3 million plants. He visited us in April to inspect our plants. 
“W. W. Magill, Extention Horticulturist, was here from Kentucky 
looking for plants for his growers, who have gotten crown borers in 
plants from other sources. He was interested in finding a good 
source of supply for the growers of his state. He was well pleased 
with my plants.” ee 
A leading nurseryman ‘of Shenandoah, Iowa, on visiting the 
Mullins Plant Farms, was very much impressed with their set-up, 
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saying, “I am ready to stop looking for plants, I have found them! 
Mr. L. A. Niven, owner of Shelby Plant Farm and Horticultural 
editor of Progressive Farmer, in writing to Mr. W. W. Magill (men- 
tioned above), Field Agent in Horticulture, Kentucky Extension 
Service, said: “For more than~20 years I have been having my straw- 
berry plants grown by producers in the Chattanooga territory. 
During that time I have probably ‘sold more than 20 million plants. 
The one who is now growing my plants is the most satisfactory per- 
son that I have dealt with.: I have had four different growers 
during this time to grow my plants and until I made the last con- 
nection none of the others were completely satisfactory. All of 
these men I am convinced were honest but somehow or other they 
would every now and then get the varieties mixed. I was just about 
to discontinue completely the growing and selling of strawberry 
plants until I made connection with my present grower, who is Mr. 
Mullins of Mullins Plant Farms, Chattanooga. By the way, Mr. 
Mullins is County Agent, headquarters at Chattanooga. I have found 
