WHEN TO ORDER AND HOW TO SHIP 
Order early, as soon as you have decided which variety and 
how many you want. Write plainly so we can get your name 
and address correctly for prompt acknowledgment or shipment. 
EXPRESS is generally satisfactory and the best way to 
ship plants if your order is large or if the distance is great. We 
do not prepay express charges. Deduct 5% on express orders 
when sent F.O.B. Bradford, Mass. 
PARCEL POST is generally cheapest and most satisfactory 
for small shipments in adjoining and nearby states. We advise 
having plants sent by Parcel Post whenever possible. Parcel 
Post deliveries are prompt and satisfactory. 
We ship strawberry plant orders PREPAID up to and in- 
cluding the fourth zone by Parcel Post or a distance from Brad- 
ford, Mass., of approximately 600 miles. All orders over the 4th 
zone add 10 per cent to your order for SHIPPING CHARGES 
if sent Parcel Post. 
Instruction to Purchaser: TERMS cash with order. Remit 
by money order, bank draft, cash in registered letter, or per- 
sonal check. 
PACKING—no extra charge is made for packing. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT. We ship during months of April, 
May, October and November. 
LATE SHIPMENTS. All plants ordered shipped after May 
25 will be packed and shipped in best possible condition, but 
at purchaser’s risk. 
STRAWBERRIES 
PREMIER (Howard 17) EARLY 
Try our new strain of Premier or Howard 17. Sometimes 
called the Barnstable Strain. 
Of many specimens tested from the eastern states, one 
stood out as the heaviest bearer and most virus free. We have 
this new strain. 
The Frost Proof Berry. 
Premier is the only strawberry that we feel can be called 
Frost Proof. Other good varieties are frost resistant. It has 
taken many years of heavy cropping to make the frost proof 
claim a fact. It is probably the safest strawberry of all to plant 
in the middle and northern states and the higher altitudes as 
far south as North Carolina and Tennessee. 
Catskill will do well in the same territory. Premier is a 
most prolific berry and we believe more good pickings can be 
had from a Premier bed than any other variety. There have 
been years with us that Premier has given us long picking 
seasons. We were still picking them when the late varieties 
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