
22 J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 
LEADING VARIETIES FOR HOME 
AND COMMERCIAL FREEZERS 
There seems to be a matter of taste or cpinion of the preference of the 
most satisfactory varieties for freezing. We have been freezing most of the 
varieties for several years to test them in our home freezer and have found 
the following varieties to freeze satisfactory. 
Blakemore Aberdeen 
Missionary Big Joe 
Dorsett Catskill 
Premier Pathfinder 
Fairfax Chesapeake 
Fairland Fairpeake 
Fairmore Red Star 
Temple Mastodon 
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Instructions Lo Purchasers 
TERMS. Cash with order. Remit by Money Order, Bank Draft, Cash 
in Registered Letter or Personal Check. 
PACKING. No extra charge made for packing at these prices. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT. I ship plants from November 1st to May 1st. 
LATE SHIPMENTS. All plants ordered shipped after May 1st will be 
packed and shipped in best possible condition but at purchaser’s risk. 
CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION NO. 182 College Park, Md., Oct. 19, 1948 
This is to Certify that on the 19th day of October, 1948, we examined the 
nursery stock of J. H. Shivers Plant Farm growing in their nurseries at Allen, 
County of Wicomico, State of Maryland, in accordance with the laws of Mary- 
land, 1898, Chapter 289, Section 58, and that said nurseries and premises are 
apparently free, so far as can be edetermined by inspection, from the San Jose 
Scale, Peach Yellows, Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insect pests 
and plant diseases. 
This Certificate is valid until September 30, 1949, unless sooner revoked 
and does not include nursery stock not grown within this State, unless such 
stock is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by the State Entomolo- 
gist and State Pathologist. ERNEST N. CORY, State Entomologist 
G. S. LANKFORD, Chief Inspector R. A. JEHLE, State Pathologist 
