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 goed 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 roots in water, even soak them for two or 
three kours if they are at all dry, or if planting conditions are not 
favorable. 
Keep the plants cool and moist. In many cases you can arrange to 
keep them in a cold storage at a temperature of 30° or near to it. If you 
can do this, the plants will hold for some time in good condition. 
If no cold storage is available, and they must be held for some 
time, heel them in. That is, dig a deep, narrow trench, break the bun- 
dles, set the plants along in the trench just touching each other, and 
cover to the crown with moist earth. Better if the trench is in a moist, 
cool, shady place. Set as soon as planting conditions are fit. 
_May 26, 1954 
“I received the strawberry plants in good shape. They were the 
best plants I ever received. They are all growing and look good except 
where cut worms and other insects worked on them.” 
Mrs. William Ball, Lexington, Indiana 
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