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



LATE STRAWBERRIES, continued 



Sharpless. 



There must be considerable merit to a 

 variety that has stood the test of time as 

 has Sharpless. It is the oldest variety in our list, except 

 Wilson Albany, but a good many of our growers still have a 

 tender spot for the old Sharpless. (Juite a few, when thinking 

 of large luscious Strawberries, will instinctively remember the 

 Sharpless, and when writing to the nursery for some Straw- 

 berry plants for the garden or a small patch to pick for local 

 market, they usually make a liberal percentage of their order 

 for Sharpless. The illustration we have of it on the left is 

 just right for the berry. Don't you want to grow some? 

 Price, $4 per i ,000. 



WM. BELT ^ or a ' ong time > ^' ra - Belt was tne 



- - standard of quality. Now it shares, the 



honors with Chesapeake. There are few lovers of Strawberries 

 who will cross plots of many varieties and not pick out Wm. 

 Belt and Chesapeake as the best-flavored ones. A grower in 

 Washington writes us: "The Wm. Belt and Chesapeake are 

 dandy.. I am going to run all my plantings to these two kinds. 

 They stood the drought best and are in good shape now." 

 The berries are rather large in size, and somewhat irregular in 

 shape. They have a rich glossy color, which makes them very 

 attractive in appearance. For fancy market or home table 



Wm. Belt is indispensable and it takes the lead wherever quality is the important consideration. Wm. 



Belt thrives especially well in the middle and northern states. Our stock of Wm. Belt this year promises to 



be especially fine and to have the heavy crowns and great root-system characteristic of all Allen's plants. 



Price, $4 per i,ooo. 



Sharpless Strawberry 



The plants ordered from you were the finest I ever saw. Set 

 the 1,200 in 1014, March 20, and gathered 1,280 quarts the 

 following spring. There are no better plants than Allen's. — 

 W. O. May, Page County. Va., February 29, 1016. 



I have always found your be rries to 

 be just as represented . — Mrs. A. I.. ^ajf 

 Wheeler. Larue Con ntv, Kv. 



The plants I bought of you some time ago were the best I 

 have ever seen, notwithstanding I have been in the fruit busi- 

 ness about thirty years, and have grown many thousands, and 

 handled many other thousands grown by other nurserymen 

 I and fruit-growers. I shall send you an order soon for some of 

 your newer varieties. — E. F. Greenlee. 

 Washington County, Mo.. January 28, 1016. 



Wm. Belt. The standard for quality 



