Rennie Bros. Argilla Road Andover, Mass. 
Keaute Br08. 1955 Price List 
OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
In presenting you with our Strawberry Plant Catalogue for 1953, we thank all our 
old and new customers for the orders given us in the past, and hope to have the pleasure 
of serving you in the future. 
The summer of 1952 was very dry and hot. We were fortunate to be able to irrigate 
all our strawberry plants. All our plants run well, but in some varieties our plant supply 
will be short. We have a limited supply of Eden, Erie, Red Wing, Adirondack, Empire, 
Midland and Great Bay. All other varieties, we have a large supply. Order early, send 
your order with a down payment, balance before order is shipped. 
Success in the plant business depends entirely upon the success of customers and 
they can only succeed with strong, healthy plants of the best up-to-date varieties, well 
grown, well dug, and well packed. Our plants are all graded after being trimmed and all 
small and old plants or mother plants are discarded. We ship only one grade of plants— 
No. 1 grade. Our strawberry beds have been inspected by a strawberry expert and found 
true to name and free from disease. 
Our shipping season begins April Ist and continues until around June Ist. Potted 
plants can be had from August Ist until October Ist. A great many people ask us if we 
put our plants in cold storage after they are dug. No, we do just the opposite. The plants 
are growing in the fields when your order arrives. Plants are taken right from the field 
to the packing house, trimmed and tied in bunches of 26, labeled, packed, and taken 
every day to the Post Office or Express Office in Andover, Mass. Plants handled this way 
should reach you in good condition. 
Telephone Andover 833, Rennie Bros., Argilla Road, Andover, Mass. 
— 1953 SUGGESTIONS — 
How To Grow Strawberries 
Selecting and preparing the land is important in growing 
strawberries. Soil should be given the same thorough prepara- 
tion for strawberries as any other crops. The strawberries will 
do well on nearly all kinds of soil if well drained. The largest 
crops are grown on land where there is plenty of humus plowed 
under so that the plants can get plenty of moisture at all times. 
The ideal strawberry land should be porous and well drained. A 
slight slope is desired to secure proper drainage—enough to 
carry off the melting snows so that ice will not cover the fields. 
How much manure and fertilizer to be used depends on the 
condition of the soil. If plenty of barnyard manure has been ap- 
plied to the crops preceding the strawberries, your land should 
be in good condition for strawberries. 
We always plow plenty of green crops under before setting 
the plants—at least two crops. Cow-peas, clover, vetch and rye 
are very good. Sod land should be avoided as too many grubs are 
likely to be there. 
