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Beautiful 11 acre field, grown from virus-free stock 



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i 953 9AO-UM.tia ,i/!eaACMt — One of the driest on record, certainly drier than any 

 year since 1931. 



1954 'Rtatlt !fiuflp£(^ — Very good to very poor, differing with the variety. 



Very Good Supply — Premier, Catskill, Sparkle, Robinson, Empire, Tennessee 

 Beauty, Blakemore, Armore, Temple and Big Joe. 



Fair Supply — Fairfax, Dorsett, Massey and Fairland. 



Very Short Supply — Fairpeake, Midland, Redstar and all everbearing varieties. 



It's amazing how many really fine acres of strawberry plants we have considering the 

 very dry season. We are proud of the pep and growing ability ALLEN'S plants have 

 demonstrated in such a year as 1953. 



Plants grown from completely virus free stock plants, furnished by the U.S.D.A. in 

 1951 and 1952, have definitely shown increased vigor and drought resistance. Some 

 varieties grown from this virus free stock are available this year — Premier, Catskill, Sparkle, 

 Blakemore, Massey, Albritton, Tennessee Beauty, Tennessee Shipper, Klonmore and 

 Klondyke. (See descriptions pages 7 to 23.) 



New and Very Promising for the middle and southern states — Dixieland, Pocahontas 

 and Albritton. 



Sawdust mulch hill system (See page 21) continues to give terrific improvement in 

 results with all varieties of everbearers. 



AMen^d fdatvU^ dandoAd ^^ tde LndudAi^ ^ 69 ^^xxM, 

 are still your best bet for big crops of better berries. 



Copyright 1953 by W. F. Allen Company, Salisbury, Maryland 



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