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



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A Truck Load of Allen's Plants Packed Ready for Shipment. 



Good Plants and True to Name 



Your success in growing strawberries will depend largely on the kind of plants 

 you use. With good care, Allen's Selected True-to-Name Plants will give you a healthy, 

 thrifty growing patch of strawberries that will produce maximum yields of fine, large, 

 good quality berries. We honestly believe that Allen's plants will give you a larger 

 crop of fine berries and consequently a larger return per dollar invested than any other 

 plants you can buy. We have bought plants (new varieties, etc.) from all the leading 

 plant nurseries in the country and we know that the average of the plants we send out 

 are larger, better rooted, more carefully graded plants than any lot we have ever received. 

 Other reasons why we believe in our plants. 



1. Grown Right. Our plants are grown properly. They are mostly grown 

 either in fresh new ground or on land chock full of humus and organic matter, with 

 plenty of fertilizer to insure proper development. We encourage the young runners 

 to take root just as early as possible to insure proper development and the fine fruit 

 system for which our plants are famous. Clipping off the blossoms is another of the 

 things we do to put more "pep" into our plants, by conserving the vitality that would 

 have gone into the development of bloom and berry. Our young plants, except ever- 

 bearing, are never allowed to bear fruit. 



2. Young Beds. All of our plants are dug from young beds, 

 and never expect to dig plants from old beds to fill our orders. 



We never have dug 



3. Root-System. Our plants are grown in a light, sandy loam soil. In this type 

 of soil any plant can develop its root-system to the fullest degree. And, having a light 

 soil, we can dig plants without breaking off any of the great bunch of roots. With plants 

 grown in heavier soils, the roots cannot penetrate the earth and make the root-system 

 they do here; and, even if they could, it would not avail in giving fine plants, as plants 

 are not removed from heavy clay soil without breaking off many of the fibrous roots, the 

 kind necessary to start plant growth. We repeat: The root-system of our strawberry 

 plants is never bettered, seldom equaled. 



