'These plants have had everytiiing they need 



They have everything you need in plants. 



THE PLANT SITUATION - 1957 



For the fourth straight year strawberry 

 plants from virus free sources have proved 

 outstanding. Starting with a few varieties 

 in 1953 we now have virus free stock 

 plants of nearly all varieties. In spite of a 

 rather unfavorable growing season our 

 plant beds are beautiful. No grower, large 

 or small, can afford to overlook these 

 superior virus free planting stocks. 



Supplies of most varieties will be ade- 

 quate — only a few varieties are less than 

 probable demand. 



Prices are about the same as last year 

 with only a few minor increases. This 

 holding of the price line is possible de- 

 spite skyrocketing cost of the extra things 

 now required of growers cooperating with 

 the U.S.D.A. — things like double soil 

 fumigation, heat treatment of planting 

 stock, dusting every two weeks, isolation 

 from ordinary stock, etc. Prices can be 

 held because these practices give supe- 



rior plants of tremendous vigor which 

 yield more fine plants as well as more 

 fancy fruit per acre. 



New Varieties should be noted. Earli- 

 dawn, Redglow and Surecrop from the 

 U.S.D.A., Jerseybelle (formerly 7A) from 

 New Jersey. Read the descriptions. You'll 

 find them all worth trying. 



Other Variety Comments. Pocahontas' 

 popularity continues to climb. Empire is 

 gaining. Blakemore and Premier are slip- 

 ping. Catskill, Sparkle and Tennessee 

 Beauty, for their respective areas, are the 

 top-notchers. Midland and Redstar, those 

 wonderful formerly hard to grow va- 

 rieties, are now availaiDle in quantity. 

 They are superb. Dixieland and Erie 

 highly favored in certain areas; Superfec- 

 tion, the best of the everbearers, is even 

 better with the sawdust mulch spaced 

 plant system. 



Your orders, as always, will be ap- 

 preciated. 



ALLEN'S PLANTS, standard of fhe indusfry for 72 years, are 

 sfill your besf bef for big crops of better berries. 



