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



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SENATCR DUNLAP. Originated by 

 .1. K. Reasoner. 

 of Illinois, and named for Senator Dunlap, of 

 tke same State. Mr. Reasoner claims that the 

 Dbalap has started to encircle the .slobe. and 

 I ffuess from the demand we had for plants 

 the past season he must be about right. I 

 bave not counted up. but I think it is safe to 

 say that I sold a million of this variety : I 

 know it is not far short of that. I have 

 truited the berry for several years and tind it 

 «ne of the best of the medium size, mid-sea- 

 son varieties. The Dunlap is one of those 

 healthy plants that. If given a chance, will 

 look out for itself anyuhere you plant it. It 

 is one of those varieties that the bosinaers 

 who know practically nothing about strawber- 

 ries can depend on. The berries resemble the 

 Warfield in color and ripen about the same 

 time; in fact, it is taking the p!ace of the 

 Warfield with the largest growers for various 

 reawms. It has a perfect blossom and is a 

 better berry, better able to resist drouth and 

 less liable "to be injured by continued rainy 

 weather during the picking season. With me 

 It averagf-s Uii-ger than Wartield. The folia.ge 

 Is tall, dark green, upright, with a long leaf. 

 and has more than the ordinary power of de- 

 veloping a heavy crown system. It has an 

 extra long flowering season : the l)loom is 

 handsome and exceedingly rich in pollen. 

 which makes it very valuable to plant with 

 such pistillate kinds as ripen in its season. 

 Its Uuix roots go down into the subsoil for 

 naoietore. and a severe drouth seems to have 

 less effeot on this berry than on any others. 

 The fruit Is dark red. with a glossy finish. 

 shading to a dark scarlet on the under side. 

 witb proaiBeDl jeJJow seeds that look like 

 gold embedded in highly colored was. The 

 meat is bright red all through and is exceed- 

 ingly juicy. In 1007 1 fruited quite a large 

 pl^ce that bore one of the heaviest crops of 

 berries that I have ever grown, rnili r rerfain 



favorable weather conditions it has a decided inclina- 

 tion for bearing in the fall on two-year-old beds. We 

 do not claim that it would do this every year : in fact. 

 I know that it wo'ild not. It is a good, ■safe variety 

 for anjone to plant who are not sure as to what they 

 shoi Id n'ant or what would be b?st. Notwithstanding 

 we had a very large stock last season, we were barely 

 al)le to sujjpiy the demand for them. This year we 

 la e not quite so r^any and I fear we wi!l not have 

 enough to go around, but we have several hundred 

 thousand and will supplv the variety as long as pos- 

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FLORELLA — Orleinated by Mr. .T. V. II. Brown. 

 it Au^os;a. Ga.. and is said to be a 

 .serdlng of the Bv.liaeh crossed with Lady Thomson. 

 It has beautiful dark grei n foliage entirely fr»e from 

 r'st. Its root syst"-u i^ STjlendid. sending oi;t large 

 fberous roots to a great distance. The berries are 

 large to very large, crimson color and fine flai-or. and 

 almost as perfect in form as if each berrv were mold- 

 ed. F>u't stcTis are long and stal'-y- which hold the 

 berries up well from the dirt. Season of ripening 

 n' ariy a:, early a;; Laly Tho-uso-j. and its fivraness 

 comm"nds it to the commercial grower. I have been 

 watching this variety for several y ars and was so well 

 |;lea=pd with it last season that I planted nearly all 

 th'> plants that I bad. advancing the price on the few 

 that 1 had left. This year I have a very fine stock of 

 l.'lanis that I sni p.b'.e to offer at a very reasonable 

 jirice. For the two or three years that I have been 

 watching Ihe variety here it has made a very attrac- 

 tive and satisfactory showing of fancy, large, round, 

 conical berries that could hardly fail to bring the high- 

 est market price. 



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LIKE MOST OTHERS, HE IS ^VE1.L, 

 PLEASED. 



Flovd Co.. Ind.. October 4. 19(19. 

 W. P. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 



I) ar Sir — All the plants I bought of you 

 ha e made a r^'Tnarkable growth, due in large 

 measure to your careful method of packing, 

 and 1 am much pleased with my prospects 

 for the coming season. 



Yours very trulv. 



HENRY HANDY. 



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