CARE OF PLANTS ON ARRIVAL 
Much of the success of your whole strawberry project depends 
upon how you handle the plants after they are in your hands. Do not 
neglect them when they reach you. Do not let them lie in the express 
office until you happen to get to town, or set the packages back in the 
corner until you have time to open them some day. Strawberry plants 
are green, growing things, and are perishable. If confined too closely 
too long where it is warm they will heat. If allowed to dry out they are 
ruined. 
We guarantee our plants to reach you in good growing 
condition, but we must be notified within five days after they 
are in your hands if there is anything wrong. Any faults in the 
condition of the plants will be immediately apparent, and we 
must disclaim further responsibility unless notified at once. 
We will write you when the plants are shipped, so that you can 
keep in touch with your express agent or postmaster and get them as 
soon as they arrive. They should then be reset as soon as possible. Just 
before transplanting, dip the roots in water, even soak them for two or 
three hours if they are at all dry. 
In any case, unpack the plants at once. If they can be held in a 
cold storage at a temperature of about 30, they will keep all right indef- 
initely. On no account allow them to heat, as they are then irreparably 
damaged. If no cold storage is available and they must be kept for 
sometime, heel them in. That is, dig a deep, narrow trench, break the 
bundles, set the plants along in the trench just touching each other and 
cover to the crown with moist earth. This handling should save them in 
good shape for at least ten days or two weeks. 
April 13, 1953 
",... The 1400 strawberry plants | ordered some time ago reached 
me in fine shape, but | had to heel them in on account of excessive rains. 
| want to tell you how much | appreciate the superior quality of 
your plants. Nowhere else have | been able to find their equal.'' 
Hamilton H. Card, Fillmore, Illinois. 
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