22 J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 
LEADING VARIETIES FOR HOME 
AND COMMERCIAL FREEZERS 
There seems to be a matter of taste or opinion 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 satisfactorily. 
Blakemore Fairpeake 
Missionary Red Star 
Dorsett Aberdeen 
Premier Big Joe 
Fairland Catskill 
Temple Mastodon 
Tennessee Shipper 
Instructions To 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 SHIPMENTS. I ship plants from November 1st to May Ist. 
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., October 6, 1950 
This is to Certify that on the 23rd day of September, 1950, 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 
Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, Section 58 and that said nurseries and premises 
are apparently free, so far as can be determined 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, 1951 unless sooner revoked 
and does not include nursery steck not grown within this State, unless such 
stock is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by the State Entom- 
ologist and State Pathologist. ERNEST N. CORY. State Entomologist. 
G. S. LANGFORD, Chief Inspector. R. A. JEHLE, State Pathologist. 
