J. H. Shivers Plant Farms, Allen, Maryland 23 
LEADING VARIETIES FOR HOME 
AND COMMERCIAL FREEZERS 
There seems to be a matter of taste or opinion of the preference of the 
most satisfactory varieties for freezing. We have been freezing most of the 
varieties for several years to test them in our home freezer and have found 
the following varieties to freeze satisfactorily: 
Premier Fairpeake 
Missionary Aberdeen 
Blakemore Big Joe 
Fairland Catskill 
Temple Mastodon 
Tennessean 
INSTRUCTIONS TO PURCHASERS 
TERMS: Cash with order. Remit by Money Order, Bank Draft, Cash 
in Registered Letter or Personal Check. 
PACKING: No extra charge made for packing at these prices. 
TIME OF SHIPMENTS: I ship plants from November ist to May Ist. 
LATE SHIPMENTS: All plants ordered shipped after May 1st will be 
packed and shipped in best possible condition but at purchaser’s risk. 
WRITE US: We will be pleased to hear from you this season, if we can 
be of help to you in any way in answering questions regarding varieties, cult- 
ural methods, diseases or any other matter concerning strawberries. Please 
feel free to write us. 
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 
CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION NO. 182, College Park, Md., Sept. 29, 1954 
This is to Certify, That on the 15th day of September, 1954, we examined 
the Nursery stock of J. H. Shivers Plant Farm located at Allen, County of 
Wicomico, State of Maryland, in accordance with the laws of Maryland, 1898, 
Chapter 289, Section 58, and that said nurseries and premises are apparently 
free, so far as can be determined by inspection, from the San Jose Scale, 
Peach Yellows, Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insect pests and 
plant diseases. 
This Certificate is valid until September 30, 1955, unless sooner revoked 
and does not include nursery stock not grown within this State, unless such 
stock is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by the State Entomolo- 
gist and State Pathologist. ERNEST N. CORY, State Entomologist 
G. S. LANGFORD, Chief Inspector L. O. WEAVER, State Pathologist 
