Buntings’ through Research 
_and Many Years of Experience 
\-ca- Offer the Finest 
IRA Plants Available 
We, at BUNTINGS’, have always valued very highly our reputa- 
tion, which was gained through a continuing pursuit for newer and 
better methods of growing, packing and shipping top-quality Straw- 
berry plants for our customers. We are one of the largest growers 
and shippers of Strawberry plants and Asparagus crowns in the 
country. We believe our staff of experienced men and modern ma- 
chinery are second to none in the business. 
Norman Bunting is in charge of our Strawberry production, de- 
voting his entire time and experience to this phase of the business. 
Carl Marcus, formerly with the United States Department of Agri- 
culture at Beltsville, Maryland, is now a full-time associate with us 
in the field of research. These experienced men are supervising our 
statf in a constant, sincere effort to bring to you the finest Straw- 
berry plants available. 
Norman Bunting Carl Marcus 
BUNTINGS’ NEW GROWING METHODS ASSURE HIGHEST QUALITY, DISEASE- AND INSECT- 
FREE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. THE RESULT—A SUPER-STRAIN. 
A large section of one of our farms properly screened for the sole purpose of growing disease- 
and insect-free Strawberry plants for transplanting in open fields in our nurseries. 
BECAUSE OF THE MEASURES OUTLINED BELOW, WE BELIEVE OUR STRAWBERRY PLANTS TO BE 
SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF VIRUS AND OTHER DISEASES, ALTHOUGH NO GUARANTEE CAN BE 
MADE THAT THEY ARE 100% FREE. 
organisms. Growth is very vigorous and plants multiply 
rapidly during this period. 
Special care and attention to our nursery fields is only 
half the story of BUNTINGS’ propagtion of healthy, well- 
rooted Strawberry plants. Our screenhouse, pictured above, 
has been constructed to be sure our planting stock is sub- 
stantially free of all harmful insects, diseases and soil organ- 
isms. The construction consists of an extra fine mesh screen 
over a wooden framework. 
When the growing period is completed within this house, 
they are dug and later transplanted in chemically treated 
fertile soil on our growing fields, where during the growing 
season we spray the foliage of the plants often enough to 
make it next to impossible for insects to attack the plants or 
for disease to appear to any measurable degree. The chemi- 
cal treatment of the soil on our farms again affords additional 
protection. Growth obtained, following program outlined 
above, is exceptionally vigorous and so far advanced from 
any regular method that plants are correctly referred to as a 
The program begins in a special greenhouse where plants 
are grown in fumigated soil to be sure that they are free from 
virus or other disease. Each plant set is a first generation 
runner from a virus indexed parent plant. 
Plants are then placed in the screenhouse in chemically 
treated soil under the extra fine mesh screen and are again 
protected from disease carrying insects and harmful soil 
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super-strain. This strain of Strawberry plants is passed on to 
our customers who receive the benefits in exceptionally 
heavy yields of highest quality berries. 
