THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 



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15 Acre Field of New Ground, Plants to be dug to fill our orders this spring. A year ago this 

 field looked like the one in picture on opposite page 



Plants that are sold at ' 'bargain" prices of $2.50 or $3.00 per thousand are 

 seldom well-cleaned. They must neglect this as well as many other things. 



Mr. Charles T. Lowman, of Baltimore County, Md., says, "Your plants 

 arrived in good shape, yesterday. They are, without exception, the prettiest and 

 cleanest plants I havf ever seen. Expect to have great pleasure in setting them 

 out, and watching them grow." 



5. Hardiness. Our plants are producing fine crops of berries in every state 

 in the United States. We have numerous testimonials from Maine to California, 

 from Florida to Michigan and from Vancouver to Nova Scotia in Canada. We 

 supply many thousands of plants to Cuba and the Bermuda Islands. Wherever 

 strawberries are grown successfully you will find many of the most successful 

 growers using Allen's plants. They are hardy everywhere. 



Iva Hesson, of Madison County, Indiana, says, "Since you recommend Wm. 

 Belt so highly, I decided to set out a few in the small space I have. Your plants 

 have always fruited heavier and withstood the late freezing weather we sometimes 

 have better than plants from the North. Last spring my patch was white with 

 blooms when a hard freeze came and blackened every heart. Your Premiers set 

 on another fine crop and the plants were not injured while some others beside them 

 almost died out." 



6. True-to-Name. Don't waste a year's time and work growing your straw- 

 berry patch only to find at fruiting time you have small, inferior berries instead of 

 the large luscious profit or pleasure-giving berries you expected. We believe our 

 reputation for sending out true-to-name plants is second to none in this country. 

 It will pay to get plants you know are true-to-name. We exercise the greatest care 

 in keeping plants straight when planting. All our plants are labeled in the field 

 when dug and the label is never taken from them until they are in the field or 

 gardens of our customers. All plants are tied in bunches of 25 each and a printed 

 wooden label is in each bunch. 



