TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



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HOW MANY PLANTS WILL STAND THIS? 



January 15. 1916, Montgomery County, Tenn. 

 Dear Sirs: The Strawberry plants that I ordered from you 

 last March arrived all right the 5th of April and were set the 

 5th and 7th. It was very dry then and continued dry for three 

 weeks. I expected to lose a large portion of them, but w r hen 

 the rain came. I don't think I ever saw anything grow like 

 they did. Don't think I lost over 50 out of 5.000 ?nd I have 

 the finest patch that I ever have had in the nine years that I 

 have been raising berries. I advise everyone not to set home- 

 grown plants, for they will not do as well as plants from you. 

 Yours truly, J. H. Pollard. 



PLANTED IN DRY WEATHER — LOST 4 OUT OF 4,000 

 January 17. 1916. Wyandot County, Ohio. 

 Dear Sirs: The plants I got of you last spring were in as 

 good condition as the day they were dug, and I planted them in 

 dry weather and it was dry for two weeks afterwards. Out of 

 the 4.000 I only lost 3 or 4 plants and now have a good prospect 

 of a dandy crop of berries. Years ago I got plants from other 

 places and I then sent to you for some plants, and ever since, 

 when I get plants. I get them from you, receiving plants 

 shipped a distance of 500 or 600 miles, in as good condition as 

 the day they were dug. Yours respectfully, Guy Greer. 



3. Our plants are healthy, grown in fresh new 

 ground, and this, together with our method of 

 cleaning plants, makes them practically sure to 

 reach you in good condition. Of the two plants in 

 the picture, the one on the right is properly cleaned 

 and the other is not. On first thought, it might be 

 considered a protection to the crown. It is really 

 not a protection. A sharp blow that would break 

 the crown of one would not be saved by a few dead 

 leaves and runners. Our plants are protected from 

 wind and sun thoroughly, by our method of hand- 

 ling. Before packing, the roots are moistened to 

 insure the plants against drying out in shipping, 

 and our light, well-built crates and fine sphagnum 

 moss used in packing afford ample protection for 

 plants even more tender than Strawberries. The 

 runners and dead leaves surely afford the plants no 

 protection. But they are a harm and menace, in- 

 asmuch as they form the best possible way of har- 

 boring disease and small insects. We believe our 

 plants to be absolutely healthy, but we make it 

 almost impossible to transmit disease, even if it 

 were there. And again, in case of delayed shipments 

 (which express companies sometimes make) or of 

 warm weather, the dead and decayed runners and 

 leaves around the plants make heating and rotting 

 much more probable. We repeat: Our plants are 

 properly cleaned — and we know by experience 

 what proper cleaning is. The New York Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station (Bulletin No. 366) in 

 describing the proper preparation of plants proceeds 

 as follows: "After the plants have been dug, they 

 are trimmed for setting by removing all dead leaves 

 and runners and all except one or two of the green 

 leaves. The roots are usually shortened back about 

 one-third their length. They should never be 

 allowed to dry out." 



BETTER THAN PLANTS FROM LOCAL DEALERS 



April 11. 19 16. Cook County. 111. 

 Dear Sirs: Your plants arrived in much finer shape than we 

 ever got from our local dealers. We certainly feel satisfied. 

 Yours, A. E. Roth. 



GOOD ENOUGH 

 February 7, 1916. Lancaster County, Pa. 

 Dear Sirs: My plants were the best plants I ever received. 

 They were packed so nice that they could not help but grow 

 and they have been so good that I don't see any use in trying 

 to get anything better. Yours truly, Elam Eisenberger. 



OUR PLANTS BETTER THAN THOSE FROM MICHIGAN, 

 IOWA, AND WISCONSIN 



September 24, 1916, Freeborn County, Minn. 

 Gentlemen: After having purchased Strawberry plants of 

 you for the last twenty years. I am convinced that your plants 

 suit me better than any others that I have bought elsewhere. 

 I have had plants from Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin, but 

 have failed to get as good satisfaction from any of them as 

 I have had from your nursery. Yours respectfully, 



J. L. B. Howe. 



4. Our plants are perfectly hardy anywhere in the 

 United States or Canada, wherever Strawberries are 

 grown. Northern nurseries often recommend north- 

 ern-grown plants because they are hardy. We can't 

 blame them for trying to sell their plants; but our 

 strong recommendation to northern growers is to 

 use our plants, because we can grow larger, stronger, 

 better-rooted plants that are absolutely hardy. In- 

 telligent reasoning and experience both uphold our 

 claim of hardiness of our plants. In our climate the 

 ground freezes to 6 to 12 inches deep and thaws 

 several times during the winter. Our plants come 

 through this without the slightest harm. Any 

 farmer knows that it is a more severe test of hardi- 

 ness to have freezing and thawing than it is in a 

 somewhat colder climate or season where the ground 

 freezes and stays frozen. And from actual experience 

 our plants have lived better, grown better, and 

 produced better than other plants. The following 

 four letters from extreme northern states are 

 selected at random from our big bunch of letters 

 from Allen's Plant-enthusiasts. 



MARYLAND-GROWN PLANTS THE FINEST 



January 31, 1916. Otsego County, N. Y. 



Dear Sirs: My business as a gardener has placed me where I 

 have seen berry plants from many growers and I can honestly 

 say Allen's Maryland-grown plants are the finest I have ever 

 planted. Your Haverlands are extra fine. If I have occasion 

 to order plants, will remember your house. Your truly, 



Ralph C. Hodges. 



EQUAL OF ANY PLANTS GROWN FARTHER NORTH 



January 31, 1916, Aroostook County, Maine. 

 Gentlemen: I wish to say the Amanda plants I got of you 

 grew fine. I have always had a prejudice against southern 

 plants to be planted here in the extreme North, but the Straw- 

 berry plants I got of you proved equal to the best northern 

 plants I ever had. Yours truly, 



G. F. Merritt. 



BETTER ALL-ROUND FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 



February 14. 1916, Rockingham County, N. H. 

 Sirs: I believe I have had plants from you three years. 

 I find your plants always get to me in better shape, are better 

 plants, live and grow better than any plants I ever got from 

 other places. Yours truly, W. H. Bliss. 



Strawberry plant 

 not cleaned 



Properly 

 cleaned 



