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



One of the fields from which plants will be dug to supply our customers this year 



Some Unsolicited Testimonials 



NO CLIMATE TOO COLD OR TOO FAR NORTH FOR OUR 

 HARDY PLANTS 

 I have practically a perfect stand of plants and, as a conse- 

 quence of your generous count. I have quite a lot more plants 

 than I paid for. I have been buying plants from you for about 

 ten years and you may be interested to know how the different 

 varieties succeed with me. I try one or more new varieties 

 each year and so I find I have experimented with twenty-six 

 of the varieties you list this year, besides quite a number that 

 you no longer carry. If I were to set only one kind, it would be 

 Dunlap without a question, and for a second I would choose 

 Sample. Probablv my third would be Parsons' Beauty. — Edw. 

 M. Smith, Rockingham County, N. H., July 26, 1016. 



YOU TAKE NO RISK IN BUYING FROM US 



The plants that I received from you last year did fine. We 

 let some of them fruit, and the berries were very nice and 

 satisfactory'. The plants thickened up and made nice solid 

 rows, of the most thrifty, large, beautiful plants. We are 

 expecting a nice crop from them the coming season. I will 

 say right here for your encouragement that I have always 

 gotten better, more thrifty plants, and plants that grew and 

 did better from you than any that I have ever had shipped from 

 anywhere else. They have always given entire satisfaction. — 

 P. F. Mercer, Wood County, Ohio, February 7, 1916. 



OURS THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST PLANTS SHE 

 EVER HAD 



All the plants we have ever had from you are a joy. The 

 largest and strongest plants we ever had come by mail were 

 your plants. They always begin to grow and put out leaves 

 sooner after planting than from any other company we have 

 yet received from. — Mrs. E. M. Eastman, Shasta County, 

 Cal., March 29, 1916. 



ALLEN'S PLANTS ARE "THE PLANTS" 

 The plants I bought last spring are doing very well. I expect 

 a big crop. I want to say this: I have been buying plants from 

 W. F. Allen fifteen or eighteen years and the plants were 

 always good, and I have always recommended Allen's plants. 

 Allen's plants are The Plants. — Edw. A. HOWRY, Lancaster 

 County, Pa., January 26, 1916. 



HAD BERRIES UNTIL FROST 

 The Strawberry plants purchased of you last spring surely 

 came through in fine shape. The Progressive is surely "the 

 berry." We kept all runners and blossoms picked off until about 

 the last of July, then got tired as they came back so fast; they 

 kept coming. In a few days there were ripe berries, green berries, 

 and blossoms on the same vines. We had berries to use until 

 frost came, from the fifty plants; not only berries, but berries 

 of the best quality. — Robt. L. Thompson, Miner County, S. 

 D., January 20, 1916. 



A RECORD WE ARE PROUD OF 



During the past ten years. I received thousands of Strawberry 

 plants from you and they always proved true to name and of 

 the finest quality. Packing and shipping was always done in a 

 neat and first-class manner and I never had any trouble on 

 account of plants not growing, when properly planted. — M. S. 

 Leiby, Berks County, Pa., March 16, 1916. 



THIS CUSTOMER HAS ONE OF THE FINEST PATCHES 

 IN CENTRAL OHIO 



Strawberry plants arrived in fine condition and every plant 

 grew. I cultivated them well and have one of the finest patches 

 to be found in central Ohio. — Geo. E. Bowman, Licking County, 

 Ohio, January 31, 1916. 



LOST ONLY TWENTY-FD/E PLANTS IN FOUR YEARS 



First of all, I will say that plants you send me now, the last 

 four years were the best that I think, 1 dare say. that could be 

 had. I plant about 1,500 or 2,000 every spring the last four 

 years and I am sure that not more than twenty-five died in the 

 four years. As a rule, I get from 35 to 45 bushels in a season, 

 from about one-third of an acre. — Samuel T. Fry, Lancaster 

 County, Pa., March 20, 1916. 



IF IN DOUBT WHERE TO ORDER, READ THIS 



I have about twenty catalogs of berries. If I read descrip- 

 tions of berries in any of them, I always turn back to Allen's, 

 where I think I can depend on it. I am perfectly satisfied with 

 your way of packing. Out of the last 1,000 plants received 

 from you, I do not believe that three died. — Chas. D. Wert, 

 Lehigh County, Pa., February 5, 1916. 



STRAWBERRY-GROWING IS INTERESTING, PLEASANT 

 AND PROFITABLE 



We are just through marketing our Strawberries. Picked 

 and sold 5,120 quarts of the nicest, largest berries I ever saw. 

 Had no trouble to sell them right at home and could have sold 

 twice as many of the same kind of berries. Two families have 

 had all they could use besides the 5.120 quarts. — W. S. Secrist, 

 Mineral County, W. Va., July 6, 1916. 



ATTENTION TO THE INTERESTS OF OUR CUSTOMERS 

 IS OUR WATCHWORD 



Strawberry plants just at hand in fine condition. They are 

 the strongest and best lot of plants that I have ever seen. I 

 have shown them to several neighbors and our future orders 

 will be sent to you. I also want to thank you for your prompt 

 shipment. It is a common experience for growers to delay 

 shipments until too late for satisfactory planting. I am pleased 

 with your attention to this small order. — S. S. W. Brubaker, 

 Cabell County, W. Va., April 2, 1916. 



