28 ALLEN’S Book oF BrErries — 1929 
AROMA. One of the best of all late varieties. A leader North and South be- 
cause of its vigor, productiveness, and the beauty of the berries. They are light 
red in color, every berry almost perfect shape, and a bright green cap adds greatly 
to their beauty and selling price. Added to all the above is the fact that they are 
excellent shippers, being by far the most popular and most profitable late shipping 
berry in the South. On page 5, Mr. C. W. Hudnall, of Hennepin Co., Minnesota, 
reports a small garden plot of Aroma yielding at the rate of 13,000 quarts per 
acre. Such yields are remarkable and extremely profitable. A-oma is a strong 
pollenizer for Sample, Haverland and Paul Jones. We recommend it especially 
to those whose condition don’t seem to quite suit the aristocratic Chesapeake, 
and to many other good growers who know, from experience, that Aroma is a real 
money maker. Price-list, page 35. 
BIG LATE. Given berries of same size, we believe Big Late to be the most 
handsome berry we have ever seen Surface of the berry is a bright glossy red, 
very shiny. The bright yellow seeds are quite prominent, and the medium size, 
handsome green cap makes the berry very beautiful. The perfect strawberry 
shape and their uniformity enhance this beauty. In quality, the berries stand at 
the top, only vaireties like Chesape ke and Wm. Belt being equal to it. In pro- 
ductiveness, Big Late ranks at the top with Premier, Haverland and Paul Jones. 
The plant growth is very vigorous and quite healthy, in fact, as good as any ex- 
cept Premier and Chesapeake. The blossoms are imperfect and should be fruited 
with some good variety like Big Joe, McAlpin, or Aroma, although we believe 
Premier or Senator Dunlap will bloom long enough to fruit it satisfactorily also. 
Big Late certainly stands at or near the top in every respect and deserves to be 
grown even more widely than it is. For those growers who know how to handle 
imperfect flowering kinds and have no trouble with pollenization, we doubt if 
any late variety will prove more profitable, even Chesapeake and Aroma. Price- 
list, page 35. 
BOOSTER. Highly recommended by introducers. Not so good with us. 
Berries uniform in shape, medium in quality and productiveness. Price-list, p. 35. 
BURGESS. Originated by an Alabama grower a few years ago. Claimed to 
be a seedling of Aroma and better than Aroma in every respect. That is certainly 
high praise because Aroma is a fine old variety. Our experience shows that it is 
even more vigorous as a plant grower, is equally as productive, and the berries are 
larger. They are almost as firm as Aroma, darker in color, altho not quite as uni- 
form in shape. We consider Burgess especially valuable to grow as a fancy late 
berry where the soil does not quite suit Chesapeake. Price-list, page 35. 
GIBSON (Parson’s Beauty). If the number of times a plant has been intro- 
duced is any indication of its worth, Gibson certainly should be good because to 
our knowledge it has been grown as Parson’s Beauty, Pocomoke, Sussex and Great 
Scott. Gibson is a very valuable variety. The plants make a vigorous growth, 
are very productive and bear through a long season. The berries are medium in 
size, dark red in color. The quality is fine. The deep red color together with the 
fact that the cap or hull parts easily from the berry makes them very popular for 
canning. Gibson is not a shipping berry, but for home garden or local market it 
is very valuable in many sections altho our own preference in late varieties would 
be Chesapeake, Big Late, Aroma or Burgess rather than Gibson. We have a nice 
stock of plants for those who know and prefer this fine old variety. Price-list, 
page 35. 
LUPTON, Fancy late shipping berry that has had its greatest popularity in 
New Jersey. It is also being grown in many sections where difficulty is had in 
getting a satisfactory bed of Chesapeake. The berries are just as large as Chesa- 
peake, ship practically as well, and, like Chesapeake, are very attractive in ap- 
pearance. The quality is only fair. Altho our own preference would be for Chesa- 
peake, Lupton surely does bring the money, and it is gaining new friends every 
