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ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1926 



Clearing new land for Strawberries 



Good Plants Essential For Success 



Good plants m&y not always assure success, but poor plants are practically 

 •certain to mean failure. We believe our selected, true-to-name plants are good, 

 and this is why: 



1. Allen Plants are Grown Right. Good soil, plenty of organic matter, many 

 of them grown in fresh new land. We encourage the young runners to take root 

 just as early as possible to insure proper development and the fine root system for 

 which our plants are famous. Clipping of the blossoms is another of the things we 

 do to put more "pep" into our plants, by conserving the vitality that would have 

 gone into the development of bloom and berry. Our young plants, except some- 

 times Everbearing, are never allowed to bear fruit. 



2. Young Beds. All of our plants are dug from young beds. We never have 

 dug and never expect to dig plants from old beds to fill our orders. 



3. Root System. Our plants are grown in a light, sandy loam soil. In this type 

 of soil any plant can develop its root-system to the fullest degree. And, having a 

 light soil, we can dig plants without breaking off any of the great bunch of roots. 

 With plants grown in heavier soils, the roots cannot penetrate the earth and make 

 the root-system they do here; and, even if they could, it would not avail in giving 

 fine plants, as plants are not removed from heavy clay soil without breaking off 

 many of the fibrous roots, the kind necessary to start plant growth. We repeat, 

 the root-system of our strawberry plants is never bettered, seldom equaled. 



Mr. R. S. Eastin, of Henderson County, Ky., says, "Your plants are the 

 finest rooted plants I have ever had, and I have a fine bed of them now in bloom. 

 Last year I had the finest berries in the city." 



Mr. C. E. Biever, of Dauphin County, Pa., wrote us, "I received my straw- 

 berry plants in fine condition. They had the longest roots on I ever saw. I believe 

 they will stand the dry weather better than any others owing to their long roots. 

 I planted them the same day I received them. Not a plant that did not grow. I 

 expect to come down to see your place." 



4. Allen's Plants are Healthy and Well Cleaned. Our plants are healthy and 

 vigorous as grown in the field. Furthermore, our plants are well-cleaned; the 

 dead and decaying runners and old leaves around the stems are trimmed off so 

 that it would be verv hard to transmit diseases even if they were present. 



