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ALBERT G. ALLEN 



W. LEE ALLEN 



FULTON W. ALLEN 



MEET THE ALIENS 



Who own and operate W. F. ALLEN COMPANY 



Founded 1885 by W. F. Allen, father of Albert, Lee 

 and Fulton. 



Greetings and best wishes from us all to berry grow- 

 ers everywhere. May our efforts make your efforts 

 more fruitful. 



RICHARD M. ALLEN 

 (Son of Albert G. Allen) 



THE PLANT SITUATION -1960 



Quality rather than quantity is the keyword for the plant supply this season. After 

 a wonderful start strawberry plants here ran into the toughest growing season since 

 1930. With runner growth blocked by the heat and drought of July, 1959, many of the 

 harder to grow varieties failed to start runner production again, even with the mid- Au- 

 gust and fall rains. The more persistent runner producers did start again and have 

 made fairly good nursery rows. With both groups runners were not crowded on the 

 rows and have had plenty of room to make splendid individual plants, fine well devel- 

 oped roots. 



"Order early to be sure of getting the varieties you want." This statement is some- 

 times used merely as a selling point, but it does seem worthy of full attention this year 

 because the crop is really short — probably the shortest since virus free plants first be- 

 came available. 



Among the varieties in shortest supply are Superfection, Earlidawn, Midland, 

 Sparkle and Catskill. Fairly plentiful are Pocahontas, Dixieland, Redglow, Surecrop, 

 Blakemore and Fairfax. 



Registered Plants. All the varieties we are offering are grown from virus free 

 stocks except seven minor kinds. Growers of virus free plants in states where compe- 

 tent inspection services are available are entitled to label their stock "Registered," if 

 they meet certain strict requirements as to soil fumigation, foundation stocks, isolation, 

 dusting, etc. All of our virus free varieties have met these requirements and will be 

 labeled and sold as registered plants. We hope that W. F. Allen Co. will receive your 

 orders for plants this year, but in any event we strongly recommend that you buy 

 your planting stock from a grower who meets the requirements for registered plants. 

 Such stock will pay you. 



ALLEN'S PLANTS. Standard of the Industry for 75 Years, 

 are still your Best Buy for Big Crops of Better Berries. i 



