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



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Sharpless. My attoutlon w:ia lirst calh'd to this va- 

 riety duiina: tlie spi-ag of niO(!, wliPii a late iieavy 



BUSTER. — The Buster is of Canadian origin and 

 said to b? a cross of Bubach and 

 I a a lirst ca 

 niO(!, whe 

 frost liilled almost alh other l)errii'S. Buster gave us a 

 full crop. It is very vigorous and healthy, liaving a 

 luxuriant dark precu foliagr> that deries a reasonable 

 amount of dry vveither. Th° fruit holds up larjie all 

 througli its long season. This is a good, reliable va- 

 riet.v that I would advise my patrons to plant. It 

 would please you from the time it starts to grow, 

 after you have set the plants, until you have harvest- 

 ed your crop, '^'he Buster is one of the good things 

 that Si'ems to have been overlooked by a great ma- 

 .iorily of strawberry giowers. It is large in size, 

 bright red in color, moderately firm, medium quality 

 and medium to late in ripening. The blossoms are 

 pistillate, but extremely healthy. I especially recom- 

 mend this berry to tho.-e w ho admire the Bubach, but 

 want a stronger growing plant. One customer says; 

 "We cannot speak too highly of the Buster; it Is the 

 finest berry we have evrr grown. They were tlie larg- 

 est and (ine.'t on our market." .T. A. Russel, of 

 Beaver Co., I'a., says : "The Busier seem.=! to be the 

 best of all. It made a very fine .srrowth and s.H^ras to 

 stand the dry weather better than any of the others. 

 It is an immense yieldin- and the fruit is line flavored 

 and firm. Th? Buster is (). K. : It took very well with 

 the |)eo;)le. and I shall stand Iiy the Buster." fJeo. A. 

 Schurk, of Lee Co., Iowa, says ; "I got some Buster 

 plants from you two .vears ago when you were out of 

 Bubach. I am glad now that you were out of Bubach, 

 as 1 think Buster far ahead. They seem to be the 

 easiest plant to take care of I ever had. They made 

 .lust enough runners to make a good, strong row, and 

 you ought to see the berries we got from them." C. W. 

 Patterson, of California, says ; "Buster does well in 



our s'ction." Those who are looldng for a good berry 

 of the Bubach type can do no better than plant the 

 Buster. It is a good, relialile, standard variety that 

 seldom disappoints. 



COLO&SUS. — I fruited this variety for the first 

 time last spring and wj^s very well 

 pliased vMih it. Perhaps the mo.st coaipi*hensive de- 

 scription that I could give of it would be to say that 

 It reuiiuds .ae of the Bubach as it was twenty years 

 ago. Vigorous plants, large berries and lots of them. 

 Tue Colossus is said to be a seedling of the Bubach, 

 aad I do not doubt it, as it bears much resemblance 

 to that \ariety, but seems to surpas.-i it in vigor, size 

 and producti.eness. After reading the above It will 

 hardly be necessary for me to advise my customers to 

 tiy ir. as all those who admire the Bubach will be 

 most likely to do so. and I miss mj guess if thev are 

 not pleased with the result. 



CHES.\PEAKE A WINNER. '$ 



I'assaie Co., N. .7., .Tulv 30, 19Ui). ^i 



W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. " ♦ 



I'ear Sir — At my Held meeiing, June 16, the * 



Chesapeake won out as the best strawberry ^ 



now growing on my grounds. I must say it is ^ 



a winner. I have sold Chesapeake this season X 



at .fl.dl) ptr ijuart box. I will set out two' 'f* 



acres of this variety in S-i)tembor. Very 5* 



truly, T. C. KEVITT. f^ 



PACKING THE BEST. f 



•Tohnson Co., Ind., April 13, 1900. ^ 



W. F. Allk.v, Salisbury, Md. tf 



Dear Sir — I received the strawberry plants % 



all right and I am well pleased with them. I A, 



must say they were packed in best shape of ^ 



any pant I ever bought. The plants were tine. ^ 



I want 3,0(10 more plants. Please ship as soon At 



a.-i possible by express. KespectfiiUy, £ 



EVAN SWIFT. A 



