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



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True to Name and Pedigree 



Varieties can be kept True- to -Name only by progapating them by means of 

 runners from the parent plant, and this is the method we use with plants offered for 

 sale in this catalog. 



"Pedigree" means having a known line of ancestors, which requires sexual repro- 

 duction. It is possible to cross two varieties when in bloom, and if the seed produced 

 were planted, the resulting plants would have known parents, but this would be a 

 new variety and not a pedigreed plant of either of the original varieties. 



The word "pedigree" is used without regard to the meaning of the word and to 

 convey an impression which is not true. We know that Chesapeake, Glen Mary, and 

 many other varieties are chance seedlings of unknown parentage, and hence cannot 

 possibly be pedigreed in any sense of the word. However, you can find some of these 

 varieties offered for sale by those claming to sell only pedigreed plants. We believe in 

 performance and not "pedigree". 



"The Experiment Station has put some of these so-called pedigree Strawberry 

 plants to the test and they have been found wanting. (Not one has shown any superiority 

 over the same variety from other sources." Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station 

 Bulletin 166.) 



Circular No. 31 of the New York (Geneva) Agricultural Experiment Station says 

 "Pedigreed plants are supposed to inherit from their ancestors desireable characters, 

 which have become fixed and which are repeated without change year after year. This 

 has not been proven to be true however, and it is not advisable to invest in such plants." 



We select our plants when planting in our nursery and also before shipping to a 

 customer. We discard all weak, poorly rooted, and immature plants and plant and ship 

 only those that are strong, healthy, vigorous, and well-rooted, which will grow well and 

 produce large crops of fruit if given proper care. This is the only kind of selection of 

 Strawberry plants that experiments, carefully conducted by experiment stations and 

 by practical growers, have justified. 



We know that with the same variety, properly planted at the right season, under 

 identical conditions, and given the same care and attention, any of our varieties of good, 

 true-to-name plants will grow as well, and produce as large a crop of fancy berries as 

 any "so-called pedigree," "thoroughbred", or any other kind of plants that you can 

 buy. 



Our plants are good plants and true-to-name. 



Thanks, We Like 

 This. 



Polk Co., Fla., 

 Feb. 25, 1922. 



Plants O. K. 100 

 percent alive and 

 growing at this 

 date. Recommend- 

 ed your plants to 

 Mr. Leary. You will 

 get an order from 

 him. 



Jas. Richardson. 



Beautifully Packed. 



Henderson Co., 

 N.C., 



May 10, 1922. 



We intended to 

 acknowledge receipt 

 of the Premier 

 plants, but over- 

 looked it. They 

 were beautifully 

 packed and reached 

 us in fine condition 

 and are growing 

 nicely. 



Fleetwood 

 Lannson. 



Good Plants, Correctly Labeled, Well Packed 



