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





GLEN MARY. — The Glen Mary was originated 

 near West Chester, Pa., and in- 

 itrodiiced by myself in 1906. Ever since it was first 

 irown it has been immensely popular throuKhout New 

 England, the Northern Middle West and the North- 

 west. In this great territory we doubt If there is a 

 more popular and a more largely grown variety today 

 than the Glen Mary. This berry has never waned in 

 its popularity, but seems to gain new friends among 

 berry growers every season. For the benefit of those 

 who did not got my 1!)00 catalogue I will repeat the 

 description therein given, which covers the ground 

 very thoroughly : 



"I introduced this variety twelve years ago at $10.00 

 per ]00. Throughout New England and the \Yest it is 

 the leading berry of the list today. \Ye sell more 

 plants of it year in and year out than any variety 

 that we grow. I do not recommend It for this penin- 

 sula, or for the South, but for New England. West and 

 Northwest. I doubt if there is any variety that will 

 equal it in every respect. It is only semi-staminate, 

 but as its blossoms carry enough pollen to fruit its 

 own berries, it is listed as a staminate variety, but I 

 would not recommend it to plant with pistallate varie- 

 ties as a polleuizer. They are big. dark red beauties 

 with prominent seeds of bright yellow : the meat is 

 rich and juic.v and crims(m in color. They are of such 

 high flavor that when once eaten more are wanted. As 

 a good, firm shipper it is very popular ; for fancy local 

 market there are few. if any. better. For this reason 

 they are popular with both the largo and small grow- 

 ers. It has no particular choice of soils, and does not 

 require petting. The roots are lon,g and well-developed, 

 providing plenty of moisture during a drought. The 



foliage is large, upriglft in growth, dark green in color, 

 leaves nearly round with dark glossy surface, making 

 a beautiful appearance in the field. The fruit stems, 

 althoiif'h largo and .strong, are weighted to the ground 

 by the large clusters of berries ; for this reason they 

 should be well mulched to keep them clean. The ber- 

 ries are just the right size to make a fine appearance 

 in the crate, and you do not have to be timid about 

 asking a big price for them, as everyone will pay extra 

 to get extra fine berries. I will repeat below a few 

 quotations from letters received within the last month. 

 "Last spring I had the tinost bed of strawberries I ever 

 had, but a late freeze ruined the crop. Out of the four 

 varieties that I bad, Glen Mary came out the best." — 

 Harriot Crawford, of Licking Co., Ohio. "Have grown 

 Glen Mary for several years and find it my most profit- 

 able variety. The berries are large, showy and fair 

 quality, handle well and are immensely productive, 

 good plant maker, deep rooted, resisting drought won- 

 derfully well, and, above all, are long seasoned." — .T. 

 Howard Broomer. of Chester Co., Pa. "I have found 

 no plants to come up with Glen IMary, taking all 

 sides of the question into consideration." — ^.Tohn Ibson, 

 of New Haven Co., Conn. "Glen Mary is the berry for 

 Clermont Co.. Ohio. It has berries in abundance and 

 will bring a dollai- more per bushel than any other 

 borry on the Cincinnati market. Holds up well in size, 

 almost as large at last picking as first. If I was going 

 to sot out ,").000 plants next spring, 4,000 would be 

 Glou Mary." — Rev. E. R. Lewis, of Montgomery Co., 

 Ohio. "Glen Mary first place. Sample second, Gandy 

 third. Hummer fourth. Climax fifth. I give Glen Mary 

 first place because it yields the largest amount of big 

 berries." — Mr. T. Miler, of Chester Co., Pa. "With cur 



