W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue Salisbury, Md. 



BAREYMCBE.— This mw berry 

 com"s to us from 

 , Massachusetts and was originated liv Mr. 

 H. L. Crane. This berry was tirst Ijrauslit 

 to my attention while In Boston durin'4 

 the fall of IPO". I succeeded in ol)tainin.!j 

 a f I w plants last spring bv paving at the 

 rate of $100.00 per M. for them. These 

 plants ha-e made a very good growth, 

 showing that the.v are l)oth healthy and 

 vigorous, as tli» past season has been ciuite 

 dry here. During the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Show of loot the Barryraore 

 was awarded a silver medal and three first 

 premiums, which is quite a record for one 

 new berry for one season. The color is a 

 glossy, rich, dark crimson, with red flesli 

 •of excellent quality. The beiTJes are large, 

 ripen at mid-s' ason and are regular conical 

 in shape ; blossoms staminate or perfect. It 

 Is claimed that this berry is quite firm and 

 will make a good shipper. It is a great 

 show berry, and it is also claimed that It 

 will b? a great market berry on account of 

 its Irr^o size, firmness and having the abil- 

 ity to hold its bright, gloss.v color a long 

 time after being picked. The premiums 

 this berry has taken are unusual, and from 

 all indications it is at least worthy of a 

 trial by all up-to-date strawberry growers. 



EAEXY OZAEK. — This new candi- 

 date for the early 

 market hails from Missouri and was intro- 

 duced by Mr. ShuU. The plants somewhat 

 resemble Excelsior, except that the leaves 

 are larger and the plants are taller and of 

 a more upright growth. Owing to the ex- 

 ceedingly high price at which th" plants 

 were sold. I did not get a large stock to 

 start with, and the product of what I did 

 plant were all sold last spring before I 

 realized that I had none left for fruit. The 

 Early Ozark is one of the SOO seedlings 

 which Mr. Shull claims to have tested, and 

 lie describes it as being a cross of Excel- 



sor and Aro ua. It has star.iinati- blossoms which are 

 full CI iji)...n. .^a».iu^ it an excellent variety lo plant 

 with pisii la\e sots. "Mr. Shull claims that the Early 

 Diarii is as ea.ly as Excelsior, or Mitchell's Early, in 

 s ..e ;>s i^.jj jr .aig r than Kloudyke, Aioma. ur Gan- 

 gly, fifttej Sjj.ci.urn berries tilling a quait rounding 

 I :il ; >cry i-.Ju eii ■. and lirm. good lla.or. not sour 

 .K.e Exce.sioi- . fi,liase large and coarse, of a dark 

 Lie. n cj.oi. ■ ill a p> rsonal letter from Mr. Shull, 

 da.ea Keb. 3. 10().>, he again writes me as follows: 

 •"W. !•'. A.l n. I.e^ir Isir — Eaelosed you w:ll lind uiy cir- 

 cular gj 1 jg a irae and exact description of my new 

 str, uberi;, . aid \, h n 1 .say as early as Excelsior and 

 Mitch?ll s i.arly I i.o not mer.n a day later, and it is 

 just K.5 laigi. i.iiu aad productive as I describe it and 

 furnish reMab.i r?f;rences lo prot'e ever.v statement I 

 1. ak . Ih-.e ;" .a-Ji ihe leasi doubt but that ihe Early 

 ;i;.ai"k vii i \a. ? ih^ t,lacv' of ail other ixtreme early va- 

 li (f. s jnst as f.st as p.'anis can be grown for sale at 

 a r-asenable i.ricf. ' \i i.at berries I saw last spring 

 iroai the yo..n..; 3!t plants ga . e me a fa .ora >le iv.ipres- 

 sii n of t.e b rry. but I cannot give comparisons, as I 

 ilo nJl coasi'.-i 1 lii. buries irom spriug-sel i^laais a 

 fair co_'pari?on >, illi fr.;iting beds. So far as i)lant 

 gro>.th .s ci,ui.ern d.- 1 fully r.gree with all Mi. Shull 

 Laj said. U ma. is a .ery h Mltliy. strong ])lant, and 

 I a ' that would i ipri'ss .vou as beiag a business variety. 

 We have now quite a good slock of plants, and beiu.g 

 iiuij lO iy.,.c u.,- puce at a aore reasonable ligure, I 

 l.e.ieve it \, old piiy those v. ho are inlerested in an 

 early shipping b< rry lo give this variety a fair trial. 



.ji EXCELI.EXT VAMES. % 



-;- Kenton Co.. Ky.. March 23, 1009. * 



•♦* W. F. Allen, Salisbury. Md. T 



V .My 1-ear S.r — 1 wani to express to .vou my * 



^* sat .-t'aeiiou av the v>ay in which you have ^i 



^ Treated an: Your strawberry plants certain- 4, 



t** ly \, ere excel!' nt. I ne er saw such roots as a 



5.^ 'lie.v pcssessi d ; good and health.v in appear- % 



,\ a:ice. Th" plants were fine specimens of their % 



^ kind. The Amoor River hedge plants were ^ 



^ ^ rlain;. daadies : also possessed of splen- ♦♦« 



A did n.ol". and of excellent size. I hardly * 



^ expect' d such splendid plants for the small 4* 



4> amo' m that I paid. The Dewberry plants ^jfe 



^ dre a so splend d. I can assure you that I A 



<J» am mor> than pli ased with your excellent * 



^ values. Kespectfully yours, <J> 



* CHAS. W. REYNOLDS. * 



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