Cutchogue, L. I, N. Y. 
January 26, 1950 
To My Friends and Patrons; 
Please accept this catalog with my very best wishes for your 
health, happiness and prosperity in 1950. 
Last year was the dryest year on record and it is still dry, but 
I am hoping we all have good soaking rains before Spring and that our 
lawns, gardens, shrubs, trees and farms all grow well and produce 
luxuriant crops for 1950. 
Lawns are in bad shape owing to the hot, dry Summer and Fall. 
If you scatter some Sterling Lawn Grass seed on the bare spots, rake 
it in and feed your whole lawn with Vigoro or Bone Meal and then 
wet it thoroughly you will be surprised how thick and green your “lawn 
will be, come June. 
Grass seed of all kinds are high, just as last year, but it pays 
to buy the best, as you have enough weed seeds in your soil without 
buying more as you would do in cheap grades. 
We will have a good supply of all kinds of seeds and plants for 
your farm and garden. Just because many things did not pay last 
year is no reason to give up in despair this year. I have never seen 
the time when you could judge one year by the previous one. 
Fordhook Bush Limas are lower than they were last season but 
just as high in quality. 
Blue Ribbon Brussels Sprout seed is new crop seed this year and 
we have a good supply. 
Peas, Fava Beans and String Beans, both green pod and wax, are 
in good supply and the price is reasonable. We strive to get the very 
best strains. : 
Agrico is a good fertilizer for your trees and shrubs. We have 
a special acid Agrico for Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Andromeda and 
Mountain Laurel. 
We have a nice lot of Strawberry Plants and Asparagus Roots 
for your garden and farm this year. So, if you will look my 1950 cata- 
log over carefully, I hope you will find some things of interest to you 
and that we will have part if not all of your trade in the lines we carry. 
Thanking you for your patronage and good will in the past, I re- 
main, 
Yours for the best in Seeds and Plants. 
RALPH W. STERLING 
Member of 
Long Island Nurserymen’s Association 
New England Gladiolus Society 
Long Island Farmer’s Institute, Inc. 
Suffolk County Farm Bureau 
Riverhead News, Inc., Riverhead, N. Y. 



