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ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1927 



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Good plants, correctly labeled, well packed 



Good Crops Require Good Plants 



Good plants may not always assure success, but poor plants are practically 

 certain to mean failure. We believe our selected, true-to-name plants are good, 

 and this is why: 



1. Allen Plants are Grown Right. Good soil, plenty of organic matter, many 

 oFthem grown in fresh, new land. We encourage the young runners to take root 

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

 for which our plants are famous. Clipping of 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 

 sometime, Everbearing, are never allowed to bear fruit. 



Mr. B. C. Cairns, of Kent County, Texas, says, "The shipment of strawberry plants arrived 

 here yesterday evening in excellent condition and I am very well pleased with the looks of them. I 

 am agreeably surprised to notice that their root-system is so well developed for plants of this sea- 

 son's growth, in fact they are as good as any that I have ever had shipped to me in late spring." 



2. Young Beds. All of our plants are dug from young beds. We never have 

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



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. 



Mr. Julius Idecker, of St. Louis County, Missouri, says, "Received my strawberry plants 

 in wonderful condition. They had nice hearts and roots and are all ready to grow. I also received 

 my returned postage check." 



