CONANT & BEAN. 



TORBION AND DOMESTIO 



Fruit and Produce, MftjlJBk Q&etUn, October 29 th, l9 04. 



15 FANEUIL HALL MARKET, 



Mr.w.F.AlXen, 



Salisbury ,Md. 

 Bear Sir: 



Understanding that you are to offer your berry the "New Home to 

 growers this season,we wish to give you our experience with it, also the 

 opinion oY those to whom we made sales. The first consignment we received 

 were thought to be Gandys,only it was remarked by all that they were much 

 brighted and firmer than they had ever seen before, even for this variety. 



We sold this particular lot mostly to retailers and without exception. 

 they pronounced it the best and most satisfactory berry they had ever handled 



Since then we have sold to wholesale buyers from outside cities and towns 

 as far as Portland Me. and have heard nothing but good reports concerning it. 

 Many retail dealers have told us that after Keeping them in their stores 

 two and three days, they were just as bright and firm as when they received 

 them. Everything considered, we think it is the best berry we Know of for 

 shipping long distances and predict for it .great popularity and success. 



Very truly yours, 



Dict.H.H.K. 



££^L~~-^ r-jrfL+~^ 



Messrs. Conant & Bean have sold a considerable quantity of the "NEW HOME" 



Strawberries to out of town trade, and here is a letter received by them from one of 



their customers in Portland, Maine: 



Portland, Maine, Nov. 11th, 1904. 

 Messrs. Conant & Bean, 



Boston, Mass., 

 Gentlemen: — Reptying to your inquiry as to our opinion of the "NEW HOME" Berry, shipped you 

 by W. F. Allen, and which we have purchased of you, would say that this berry is, in our judgment, a 

 first-class one for carrying long distances and for re-shipping purposes It has arrived in Portland after 

 a trip of four hours by express, in good condition, and has stood up well afterwards. Another good 

 point is the holding of the color as we have found to be the case with this berry. We think well of it. 



Very truly yours, 

 L,. B. Griffin Fruit Co. 



Fac-simile of original of above letter will be found on page 4, Spring Catalogue, 



1905. It must be remembered that the berries above referred to, were picked in 



Salisbury, and shipped over 500 miles by freight to Boston, being two nights and one 



day on the road, arriving in Boston the second morning, then sold and re-shipped 



to Portland, Maine, by express. If you grow berries for market, you need the 



"NEW HOME." 



Price $10.00 per 1000,— one price to all. 



For Sale Only by W. R. ALLEN, Salisbury, 2VId. 



