34 ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1926 



Prices 



Our prices are high enough to allow us to do all that can be done to grow good, 

 strong, thrifty, well-rooted plants, keep them true-to-name, dig and prepare them 

 properly for shipment and allow us a reasonable profit. "Bargains" may be alright 

 for shoes, hats, etc., where only the actual money spent is risked, but the time, 

 effort, and money required to grow a profitable strawberry garden should not be 

 wasted or risked with "bargain" plants of poor or uncertain quality. 



Our plants are priced about the same as last year. They are SI. 00 or more 

 per 1000 less on several varieties and $1.00 per 1000 more on two or three varie- 

 ties. 



Our prices are reasonable for the quality of plants we send out. They are not 

 high. They are fair. A fair price for good plants is a sound investment. You buy 

 insurance against fire or life. Allen's good true-to-name plants are your insurance 

 against a poor start in your strawberry garden. 



WHY ORDER EARLY? 



1. Early planting pays big. Look over the Berry Book and decide on what you 

 want and place the order while you have the time — before the rush of spring work 

 starts in. If you wait until your ground is prepared before ordering, 3^011 will miss 

 the best planting time. 



2. Early ordering gives us a better chance to handle your order in time. The 

 clerical work is completed and we know in advance what to prepare to dig on 

 certain dates to get orders out promptly. 



3. If your order is placed early, we reserve the varieties you want to plant. 

 If you delay, you may not get what you had rather have. We send out many 

 thousands of these berry books and have many thousands of customers whom we 

 are glad to count as friends. Lots of them, good farmers and gardeners, appreciate 

 our "Good plants and true-to-name," and place their orders so that what they 

 want will be reserved for them. We have a fine large stock of plants but we sell 

 a lot of plants. For example, not over two years in the last ten have we had enough 

 Chesapeake to supply all our calls for this variety. First come, first served. 



HOW TO SHIP 



Express is generally satisfactory and the best way to ship plants if your 

 order is large or if the distance is great. 



Parcel Post. Generally cheapest and most satisfactory for small shipments 

 and with larger shipments in adjoining and near-by states. 



Strawberry plants packed for shipment weigh approximately 4 pounds per 

 100 plants. Make up your order, calculate the approximate weight and if you do 

 not know your zone from Salisbury, Maryland, use distances given below, or ask 

 your postmaster. 



With the zone rate published below, you can easily calculate the amount of 

 postage to send. Be sure to send postage enough. If you should send more than is 

 required, the excess will be returned. If sufficient amount to pay parcel post 

 charges are not sent with the order the plants will be sent by Express collect, 

 or by parcel post, c. o. d. for the amount of postage due, as we cannot keep 

 accounts and send bills for small items of postage. 

 Zone Miles 1st Pound Additional Pound 



1st to 50 7 cts 1 ct. for each or fraction 



2nd 50 to 150 7 cts 1 ct. for each or fraction 



3d 150 to 300 8 cts 2 cts. for each or fraction 



4th 300 to 600 9 cts 4 cts. for each or fraction 



5th 600 to 1000 10 cts 6 cts. for each or fraction 



6th 1000 to 1400 11 cts 8 cts. for each or fraction 



7th 1400 to 1800 13 cts 10 cts. for each or fraction 



8th 1800 up 14 cts 12 cts. for each or fraction 



