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Ss. T. WEBB 
GROWER or 
TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
R.F.0.NO.3 
WAYNESBURG, KENTUCKY 
Waynesburg, Ky., April 23rd, 1940. 
J.W.gones & Son, 
Franklin, Va. 
Gentlemen; 
Being so highly pleased with the Premier plants I 
received from you, I am constrained to express my 
gratitude for the quality of the plants, and the 
good count you sent me. They arrived in excellent 
condition and we set them out the same day they cane, 
and my stand will be one hundred percent. I am an old hand 
in the strawberry game, having been a commercial grower 
for 35 years, and a plant grower for fifteen years, and 
should know fine plants when I see then. 
1 have grom and sold more plants, perhaps , than any 
ether individual in Kentucky. 
Thanking you, I am 
Very truly /yours 

A page from the past, but it is as new as your morning paper. 
There are certain basic conditions that are necessary to the delivery of 
good plants. 
1. There must be a good soil. This is a primary necessity. Only good plants 
can be produced in a proper soil environment. But even as important, when 
plants are to be dug for shipping, it must be a soil that is porous eough so 
that all the small roots can be removed with the plants. Only a sandy soil 
has this requirement. In any naturally compact soil many of the roots will 
be broken off, even when the utmost care is used in digging them. 
2. There must be good healthy growing conditions available. And as a rec- 
ognized and very important factor in this respect this demand can only be 
met in a soil that is free from disease incidental to strawberries. It is ow 
known that continued use of the same soil in growing plants tends to increase 
the presence of disease in them. As a matter of fact, there are some locations 
that have become so obviously infected that plants can no longer be grown in 
them. Beyond all question a completely virgin soil is the best that is procurable. 
3. There must be care in handling the plants so far as exposure to sun and air 
are concerned. Late in the season this is a very important matter. A perfect- 
ly good plant may have its vitality greatly impaired and sometimes may be 
killed outright by laxity in not keeping the roots covered and moist, from the 
soil to the packing crate. 
4. They must be carefully and scientifically packed. Too much emphasis can- 
not be placed on this. All the above enumerated factors may be present and 
then if the packing is poor, plants are destined to reach destination in poor 
condition. They should be moist, but not too wet. The crowns should have air. 
They should be firm in the crate, so the roots will not get the air. A good 
grade of moss should beused. 
Jones plants are “grown right; priced right; packed right.” 
