Fairfax beds for 1956 from virus free stocks. 



THE PLANT SITUATION - 1956 



The outstanding performance of plants 

 grown from VIRUS FREE stocks continues 

 to dominate the strawberry scene. If you 

 are a strawberry grower, large or small, 

 you simply cannot afford to be without 

 this planting stock. Not only is it easier to 

 grow a good fruiting bed but the crops are 

 huge and the profits greatly increased. 



All of our stocks are from these virus 

 free sources on the following varieties: 

 Catskill, Sparkle, Fairfax, Robinson, Ten- 

 nessee Beauty, Blakemore, Pocahontas, 

 Dixieland, Armore, Albritton, Tennessee 

 Shipper, Senator Dunlap, Redstar, Mid- 

 land, Missionary, Klondyke, Klonmore, 

 Massey and Vermilion. Most of our 

 Premier is virus free, a few of the regular 

 stock being retained for reasons given on 

 page 8. Outstanding for vigor among 

 varieties where virus free stocks are not 

 yet available are Empire, Erie and Big Joe. 



Among the newer varieties Pocahontas, 



Armore, Albritton and Dixieland continue 

 to shine in sections where they are a- 

 dapted. Stelemaster, highly resistant to red 

 stele, is a valuable addition for growers 

 where soil is infested with this disease. 



The sawdust mulch spaced plant sys- 

 tem is proving a boon to those who like 

 their everbearers. SUPERFECTION is way 

 out in front as the best of the everbearing 

 kinds. 



Plant supplies are adequate on nearly 

 all the leading varieties in spite of hot 

 dry weather in the early part of the sea- 

 son. Those wonderful, hard-to-grow vari- 

 eties — Midland and Redstar — are short, 

 but the plants we have of them are virus 

 free and our few beds have made a fine 

 growth. 



As this is written in late fall, 1955, all 

 our plants look great. Why not plan to 

 use some of them? 



ALLEN'S PLANTS, standard for the indusfry for 71 years, are still your 

 best bet for big crops of better berries. 



Delaware Co., Pa. March 10, 1955. "Still hove a little garden patch of berries in my 90th year, 

 order to your father was 70 years ago." N. P. Walton 



My first 



