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



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KI/ONDYKE. — A very popular medium early 

 market lierry from Mississippi. 

 The Klondyke lias been quite extensively planted for 

 the last year or two both North and South. Hundreds 

 of acres of this variety have been planted in this sec- 

 tion for the Northern markets. The plants are only 

 medium in size, but fairly productive. Like Gandy. it 

 produces some pistillate blossoms early in the season. 

 The fruit is large, obtusely conical, smooth, red. firm 

 and of good quality. A grower in Mississippi says : 

 "I have 50 acres of this variety alone, and it leads all 

 the others as a sreat market berry. Here large growers 

 especially are making extensi\e plantings of this va- 

 riety and it seems to l)e giving satisfaction generally." 

 It makes a good crop of well-colored, firm, large ber- 

 ries, such as ship well and bring the top of the mar- 

 ket.. A fine grower, being no trouble to get a good 

 stand, and. in fact, should be thinned in most cases 

 for best results. It is a good, safe berry to plant 

 when it is necessary to ship a long distance. 



MITCK"^' L'S EARLY.— Originated by a Mr. 

 Mitchell, of Arkansas. 

 If grown on good soil it must be kept thin or It will 

 go too much to vines. For eating ?rora the vines after 

 it is full ripe, there is probably nothing better, and 

 until the Excelsior came it was the leading market 

 berry in this section, as well as for home use. A few 

 growers that I know of held on to it for a number of 

 years after the advent of the Excelsior, and claimed 

 that it paid them better than that variety. Too well 

 known to need further description. 



PENNSYLVANIA DUTCHMAN.— T h e orig- 

 inator o f 

 this variety is not known. I bought my stock of plants 

 from the Keystone State from one of my customers, 

 who writes me as follows : "I have a new berry that 

 has no name and eleven or twelve will fill a quart. In 

 the Ilarrisburg market they have been bringing 2.i 

 cents per box when the rest were only eight cents. 

 They have perfect blossoms and firm. No one ha:^ 

 them except one party and myself and he will not sell 

 any plants. I will spare you some if you wish to buy 

 them, and I will sell them to you and nobod.v else."" I 

 Iwught the plants and was well pleased with them. 

 The plants are very large — as large as any I have 

 ever seen. The foliage is a healthy light green, and it 

 makes ample runners. The fruit is large and very at- 

 tractive. The plants bear quite a resemblance to the 

 New York. We have been receiving some very good re- 

 ports from the berry, and I think our customers will 

 be pleased with it. 



NOKTH SHCKE.— Originated by Benj. II. Smith, 

 of Beverly. Mass., a w e 1 I - 

 known and noted strawberry gi-ower. It is a very fine 

 l)erry. fair quality and large size. It makes a splendid 

 ;:'ow;b (f larg». broad leaves, healthy plants, which 

 Ijear .t fair crop of fine berries of good qualit.v. Season 

 is very late. Those who are looking for a very fine 

 shlpirfng berry %ery late in the season would do well to 

 tr.v tills. I would recommend planting it In heavy, 

 rich soil, as I do not think it would give satisfaction 

 in liLTlit. -iiindv or thin sol!. 



OOM PAUL.— I have fruited the (torn Paul two 

 or three seasons and consider it a 

 vcr.v good variety. It is a good variety for the home 

 garden and firm enough for shipping. My opinion is 

 that it will do well in most locations. With me the 

 variety makes a good growth of large, healthy plants, 

 which make enough runners to bi'd up nicely. The 

 fruit is laige, the larger Ijerries being sometimes a 

 little flattened. The berries are dark red all the way 

 thro!!iLh. are firm and of good quality. I see no reason 

 why it is not more largely planted than it is. 



PARSONS' BEAUTY.— Originated in this coun- 

 ty, near Parsonsburg. It 

 is very productive, medium large and good quality. 

 Anyone who has a near market where the fruit can be 

 hauled in. or picked one day and sold the next morn- 

 ing. I would recommend this variety. Some claim that 

 it will shin well, but I have never felt that I could rec- 

 on^"-end this as a h-'vvY that would ship a long dis- 

 tar>ce an1 •A--e best results. It n-aUesa luxuriant 

 gro.'lh of ''ark green, vigorous plants, which bear an 

 Imnii use <t ;p of medium to large biriics. 



KING EEWAED — King Edward originated 

 with I). .1. .Miller, of Ohio. 

 The p'ant as grown here has made a very gjod show- 

 ing; large plants, large foliage and a free grower. 

 The fruit is also ver.v large, good quality and moder- 

 ately firm. Mr. Miller sa.vs the King Edward has 

 bern W'll t»sted from the Atlant'c to the Pacific and 

 has made a great recjrd and. all tilings considered, is 

 the greatest berry he has ever grown. Mr. Miller is 

 very enthusiastic over his new berry and expects it to 

 meet with great success. 



