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



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BRADLEY. — Originated at Cobden. 111., b.v J. H. 

 Bradley, a little over ten years ago. 

 It is thought to be a seedling of the Crescent open to 

 chance polenization by Tenn. Prolific, etc. As fruited 

 here it has made a good impression and I consider it a 

 most (excellent variety. The leaves are medium largi\ 

 dark gi-orn : the leaf stems inclined to be long and 

 slender, blossoms and ripens mid-season to late. It is 

 very prod^icii'^e. large size and looks promising gener- 

 ally. My opinion is that it will compare very favor- 

 ably vrith any of our best standard varieties. 



BOUNTIFITL. — This is said to be a seedling of 

 the Glen Mary probably crossed 

 polenized with Clyde and originated in New .Jersey 

 with Mr. .T. E. K"hns. The plants are large, vigorous 

 and numerous, with dark green foliage : a good yielder, 

 holding its size well. The fruit is large, showy and at- 

 tracti'e : roundish conical, sometimes slightly flatten- 

 ed. The flesh is red and juicy, moderately firm and of 

 good flavor : season medium early. The Bountiful has 

 made an excellent growth here and looks very promis- 

 ing. 



COMMONWEALTH. — Originated by .James Mon- 

 roe near Boston. Mass. I 

 have fruited this berry and find that it Ijears a good 

 quantity of fine, large berries, a variety, however, that 

 I do not especially recommend for the South, as I think 

 it more arlapti d to Northern sections, and for l)est re- 

 sults should be given rich so'l and high culture. When 

 these conditions ?re met it is a very fancy berry. The 

 following I coiy froTi Mr. Monroe's description : "The 

 CommonvFalth is the olltco^le of the desire and effort 

 to produce a berry that would perceptibly lengthen the 

 strawberry season. In the Commonwealth we ha' e a 

 berry that is as Iar2ce as the largest, as productive as 

 the largest, as fine l?a -cr. as solid and as dark color as 

 any. It has a smooth surface, is very rich and juicy, 

 and has a strong sta-uinate blossom. On the 1 7th day 

 of July, TP02. as good b-^rri s were picked as at any 

 time during 'ts s"a?on. Marshall. Gl°n Mary and Mc- 

 Ivinley growing side by side of it being all gone The 

 last berries were picked .July 22. The plant is a strong 



grower, but not so rank as 

 the Marshall, and makes a 

 fair amount of plants. The 

 Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, always ready to rec- 

 ognize special merit, award- 

 ed the Commonwealth first 

 prize in compeiition July 5, 

 11102. and July 11, 1!>03.- 



Mr. James 11. Gregory, the 

 well - known seedsman, o f 

 Marblehead, Mass., was at 

 the grounds of the originator 

 and was impressed with the 

 lateness of this variety, lie 

 says "fourteen berries that 

 he' picked tilled a quart bas- 

 ket and that they had just 

 begun to ripen when he was 

 there on July 2. wht n the bed 

 was loaued with bushels of 

 growing fruit, but he had to 

 search very carefully to find 

 a quart of ripe berries at 

 that time." 



Benj. F. Smith, a well- 

 known strawberry grower of 

 Beverly, Mass.. says: "I have 

 watched the Commonwealth 

 very carefully from its ori- 

 gin, and for vigor of plant, 

 productiveness and qviality 

 of fruit it excels them all. It 

 is very late and one of the 

 best I ever saw." 



AROMA. — An old berry 

 that is more 

 or less popular in some sec- 

 tions. The berries are large, 

 firm, attracti-e and g o o (J 

 quality, but here it is a poor 

 grower and not productive 

 enough to be prontable. 

 While there is a number of 

 growers who still want thia 

 ' ariety, especially in the Mid- 

 dle West, we do not consider 

 it near as good as Chesa- 

 peake. Gandy or Brandywine. 

 Here in Maryland one acre of 

 Chesapeake would be worth 

 three or four in Aroma. 



MASCOT.— This variety 

 hails from 

 Virginia and as yet has 

 only fruited here in a smalt 

 way. The variety is well thought of by many grow- 

 ers and some are planting large areas of it. I have 

 not fruited this except in a small way myself. What 

 berries I had were large, shapely and very attractive. 

 It is a good grower, makes plenty of plants with large, 

 III althy foliage, which bears some resemblance ta 

 Gandy. but is much more vigorous and is claimed to 

 be a great deal more productive. It starts to ripen 

 about a week earlier tharw Gandy and continues as 

 late as that variety. It is very promising and should 

 not be ignored by those who are looking for good new 

 varieties. It is the general impression with growers 

 in this section that it is gong to prove a valuable 

 variety for them. ' 





THE BEST EVER. PEDIGREES NOT 

 EXCEPTED. 



Tusearowas Co., Ohio, June 6, 1000. 

 W. F. Ai-LEN. Salisbury. Md. 



Pear Sir — I want to set one acre of straw- 

 berries next spring, and, of course, W. F. 

 Allen will get the order. I have purchased 

 plant's of all the leading plant growers in 

 the country, including the famous Pedigrees, 

 but tho Allen plants are the finest of any I 

 ever s' t. and it would do you good to si e the 

 big, shiny berries laying around in piles. 

 One of my customers remarked that he did 

 not know strawberries could grow so large : 

 said thev looked like red apples. The cron is 

 the finest I e-er gr"W. C. R. BLACK. 



PROMPT SHIPMENT. GOOD P1-.\XTS. 



Mnskingim Co!, Ohio, May 8, lOOO. 

 W. F. Ai-LEX, Salisbury, Md. 



Dear S r — 1 write to thank you for the 

 prompt shipmi nt and good plants you sent 

 me. They are doing fine : they hardly know 

 they ba.e heen dug. Yours very truly. 



WESLEY EVANS. 





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