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ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY PLANT CATALOGUE. 



riARGARET.— The plant is very large and healthy. The foliage is dark 

 green, and so clean and healthy looking, that it is a pleasure to work among the 

 plants. The blossom is perfect, and one of the strongest staminates we have. 

 It commences to ripen about mid season, and continues to bear until quite late. 

 Where grown in a deep rich loam, the berries are nearly all large size. The fruit 

 is a dark glossy red, and the berries not inclined to have white tips. The large 

 green caps add much to its beauty. The flesh is one of the firmest of the large 

 berries, and the flavor is excellent. For healthy, vigorous growth ^productive- 

 ness, size, beauty and quality, the Margaret is a remarkable variety. One of 

 my customers, a large strawberry grower of this State, was so well pleased with 

 this berry in 1901, that he bought all the plants I had; and you will see by re- 

 ferring to my catalogue, that I didn't list it that season. I heard him say at 

 our Peninsula Horticultural meeting, that he sent his crop of this variety to 

 some fruit dealer in New York, requesting him to return whatever the ber- 

 ries were worth to him, without any price being named. And he further 

 stated, that he received from 20 to 30 cts. per qt. for almost his entire crop of 

 this variety. While this is a very fine variety, and the foregoing statement a 

 splendid record, he no doubt had them in a very favorable location, and under 

 exceedingly high culture; and I do not think his success could be counted on 

 by the average g r ower. A deep rich loam and thorough culture, is one of the 

 requirements of this variety. 



MORGAN'S FAVORITE- — This is a large strong growing plant, similar in 

 this respect to the Marshall. It is very productive of large fine berries, well col- 

 ored and ^ood flavor. While I would not like to encourage my customers in buy- 

 ing large quantities of this variety, I think it would be well to try a few, per- 

 haps 100, and I have no doubt they would be pleased with the small investment. 



MARSHALL. — In plant growth, this is a veritable giant among straw- 

 berries. The foliage is very bluff, healthy and large. I have fruited the Mar- 

 shall for several years, and am much pleased with it, especially the color, firm- 

 nesi and quality of the berry. The fruit is very large, of regular roundish 

 form, the first specimen sometimes being flattened or wedged shape, dark glos- 

 sy red, and of the very highest quality, For a local market where quality 

 counts, the Marshall could not fail to give excellent results. Requires a deep 

 rich soil to make it do its best. Our stock of this variety this season is very fine. 



