Cutchogue, L. I., N. Y. 
February 2nd., 1954 
To My Friends and Patrons: 
Please accept this my 1954 catalog with my very best wishes for your 
success and pleasure in your Farm and Garden operations. Last year was a 
very poor year in many ways but we have to keep trying and take the average 
of two or three years before we get too discouraged. 
We have a good supply of all kinds of Seeds and Plants for your Farm, 
Garden, Lawn and Flower Beds and would be pleased to receive your orders. 
It looks like another good year for Strawberries and we have a nice supply 
of plants if you are in the market for any — from | doz. up to 5,000 as long as 
our plants last. 
Our Asparagus Roots are large, healthy roots and you can never enjoy it 
as much as when grown in your own garden. Try some this year. We also have 
many thousand plants if you want to set them for a paying crop. 
Lawn Seed is high this year on account of a short crop of Kentucky Blue- 
grass and Fancy Red Top but we use only the highest grade seed. Compared 
with other brands our price is very reasonable for the quality of the seed. 
Be sure to fertilize your lawns, shrubs, etc. with Bone Meal, Vigoro, or our 
V-C 5-10-5 early in the Spring. That will give you a good thick lawn which will 
greatly help to keep out Crab Grass and Chickweed. Don't cut your lawn too 
short for best results. 
Yours for the best in Seeds and Plants, 
Ooyt W. Slortng 
Member of 
New England Gladiolus Society 
Suffolk County Farm Bureau 
1954 PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST 
$5.00 for the best picture of your vegetable garden, 
$5.00 for the best picture of your flower garden and, 
$1.00 for each of the next 5 best pictures of flowers or 
vegetables. 
$15.00 in prize money in all. 
All pictures must be in black and white. Pictures in color will 
not be allowed in the contest. Pictures, in order to be judged, must 
be submitted by October 15, 1954. All pictures submitted become 
ihe property of Ralph W. Sterling and are subject for use in this 
catalog. No pictures will be returned. 
You may send in as many entries as you wish but send only one 
print of each entry. 
