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



Does It Pay To Set Plants From Your 

 Own Fruiting Bed ? 



There are two main things to consider: 



1. The trouble and expense of digging and cleaning your own plants. 



2. The money you would receive for the berries produced by the plants you 

 use, including the second crop where they are kept over. 



Other factors to consider are, (a) the invigorating effects that often come from 

 a change of soil and climate; (b) the convenience of having plants right at hand 

 when you want them, and (c) the fact that plants well cleaned, with evenly- 

 bunched, straightened roots, makes setting easier, quicker and better. 



Mr. Alfred E. Sharp, of Sussex County, Delaware, figured it out and wrote us as follows: "I 

 had 12 rows of Premier and I used one row for planting my bed this year. It took 3,500 plants. That 

 left me 11 rows to pick. They averaged llj^ crates to the row, or 126 crates off of the 11 rows. In 

 all, the 11 rows brought me $7-42.00, or about $66.54 a row (15c per quart) . I could have bought my 

 plants (3,500) from you for $21 .00. Then for picking and crates for each row it cost $13.25. If I had 

 bought the 3,500 plants, I would have cleared $32.29, besides the work of digging and getting the 

 plants ready to set. And, also, it pays to buy Allen's plants, as they are always true-to-name." 



This Book Contains 



Pages 



Big Profits 4-5 



More Reasons 6 



Strawberries for the Home 7 



Cultural Methods 8-11 



Good Crops Require Good Plants 12-16 



Best Varieties to Plant 17 



Premier (Howard 17) 18-19 



Other Extra Early Varieties 20 



Medium Early Varieties 21-22 



Mid-Season Varieties 22-23 



Chesapeake 24-25 



Other Late Varieties 25-29 



Very Late Varieties 29 



Everbearing Strawberries 30-32 



Asparagus Roots 32 



Instructions to Purchasers 33 



Early Planting Pays 34 



Your Money's Worth 34 



Price List 35 



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Every worthwhile business is, or should be, conducted so that its owners can 

 make a living and earn a profit. But with us, as with many others who earn a living 

 from the soil, not the least of the profits comes in satisfaction of work well-done 

 and in an appreciation of good service by those we are trying to serve. And we 

 want to say that it adds mightily to the "joy of living" to receive the many splen- 

 did letters from our customers. They are entirely unsolicited, but are very much 

 appreciated and enjoyed, containing as they do spontaneous expressions of good 

 will and satisfaction with the plants and service rendered by us. We will do our 

 best to merit the continued good will and patronage of those who have dealt with 

 us in the past or will deal with us in the future. 



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