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



HIGHLAND. —This variety 

 fruited heie 

 for tlie tirst time last spring and 

 was one of the best new cues 

 which we fruited. We found it 

 to he large in size, very produc- 

 tive and good ijualit.v. This was 

 introduced \>y M. (."rawford, of 

 Ohio, and is a chance seedling 

 found hy T. M. Carlisle, of Ma- 

 honing Co., Ohio. Mr. Crawford 

 claims to have tested this va- 

 riety for ten years and finds it 

 to be the best money-maker he 

 has. It makes large, healthy 

 pJajiis, And was _mori> productive 

 than any other variety at the 

 Wooster Experiuienlal Station. 

 The fruit is o£ good size, fine in 

 color and form. It has been 

 carefiilly tested at the Ohio Ex- 

 periment Station and has proven 

 one of the best. The accom- 

 panying illustration hardl.v does 

 it justice. As fruited here last 

 season, I was very much pleased 

 with it in e.ery way and feel 

 that it is a variety that I can 

 afford to recommend. Mr. Craw- 

 ford in his moo catalogue speaks 

 of it as follows : "We introduced 

 this berry al)out a year ago, w-ith 

 the co-opera I ion of about twenty 

 five otlier dealers, on the strength 

 of the reports sent out l>y tlv 

 Ohio Experiment Station, where 

 it was the uuisl productive 'a 

 riety in a large collection. We 

 gave it a fair test bist summer 

 and found that it was fully e<iu;'l 

 to its recommendation in all re 

 spccts and superior in some. It 

 was larger than we had reason 

 t<f expect, and better in quality. 

 We had a few ouarts canned and 

 found it first class for that pur- 

 pose. Both Iierries and syrup an 

 (lelirioi's. 'I'lie IMghbiiid mal<' 

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dark 



larg', li 



red. rich and 

 allliy |)lnnts. 



which send out a liberal number of runners. The 

 fruit is obtusely conical, glossy red. rich and refresh- 

 ing in flavor, though somewhat 

 tart, and very .1uicy. It is mod- 

 erately firm." 



LADY THOMSON.™ This 



is a 

 .great Southern b'U-ry, or, per- 

 hajis, more correctly speaking, a 

 great North Carolina berr.v. for 

 in this State hundreds of acres 

 ai-i' planted ef it in preference of 

 auytliing else. The variet.y seems 

 esjieeially adapted to the condi- 

 tions in North Carolina. This 

 does not m'-an that it will not 

 do well in other places, for \ve- 

 ship |)lants of this, in man.v sec- 

 tions besides North Carolina. It 

 is more particularl.v adapted to 

 warm climates than to Northern 

 ■lections. It makes strong, healthy 

 plants that produce large crops 

 of medium large, firm berries. It 

 is a leliable \ariety for such cli- 

 mates as California, Bermuda, 

 Cuba, and the South generally. 



MEADE. — Originated by Mr. 

 O. n. Meade, ex- 

 president of the Massachusetts 

 Fruit Growers" As.sociation, I 

 have fruited the Meade se^^eral 

 times and find it a medium, dark 

 red berry of unusuall.v fine qual- 

 ity. Moreover, it Is very produc- 

 tive and tirm enough to stand 

 sliiiipiug. It is good enough to 

 alli-ret the local . uiaik«t_ and 

 should lie a favorite on the lioiiie 

 table. It is a very stalky, low- 

 growing plant, with dark green, 

 .g'.ossy folir.ge : it makes plants 

 freely, but seldom crowding too 

 much for a matted row. The ber- 

 ries are of medium size, pointed, 

 globular shape: are well formed. 



