Frost Resistance: Catskill is 17 years younger than Premier, so its record of frost 

 resistance is not as long. However, Catskill performance in producing successive 

 big crops has really been amazing. If there is any "must" berry for growers in the 

 northern and upper middle states Catskill is it. 



Our supply of fine Catskill plants is large, but the demand is the heaviest of any 

 variety we grow. Our supply may last through the season but we advise placing 

 your Catskill orders early. Price List page 32. 



CATSKILL COMMENTS 



Catskill are Best! 



Kennebec Co. Maine, May 20, 1958. "I received the plants May 19 and they were o.k. and thank you. 

 We have had plants many times in the last 40 years and they have always proved wonderful. The 

 Catskill are the best we ever had." Percy Robinson. 



A Catskill Booster. 



Norfolk Co. Mass., July 29, 1958. "I have bought your plants for the past five years, having tried seven 

 different varieties but Catskill grows best for me, gives me more large, beautiful, well flavored berries 

 and are my best sellers. I will be ordering about 500 more Catskill next spring. Never have I lost 

 a plant in the past. Thanking you for past favors, I remain a Catskill Booster." W. W. Crane. 



Terrific Yield 



Sussex Co. New Jersey. July 11, 1958. "We have just harvested the most remarkable crop of straw- 

 berries we have had in years. From 5,000 Catskill and 1,500 Pocahontas plants we bought from you 

 in the spring of 1957 we have picked to date, and are still picking, over 10,000 quarts of berries. We used 

 irrigation in May for frost protection six times." Alex D. Everitt. 



You Ought to See Them! 



Summit Co. Ohio. July 28, 1958. "You ought to see our Catskill strawberry patch today! Beautiful, 

 large healthy plants. Never have I had a better stand. If the weather is favorable next year, and they 

 fulfill the promise they show now, I should indeed have a huge crop of berries. To anyone who wishes 

 plants I say, 'Send to Allen's!" Mrs. C. L. Manley. 



300 Catskill Plants — 500 Quarts Beautiful Berries 



Washington Co. R. I., Mar. 5, 1958. "I think the Catskill strawberry plants still make the best fruiting 

 rows of any plants. I picked 500 quarts from 300 plants I ordered from you. The most beautiful straw- 

 berry bed I have ever had." Mrs. R. Browning. 



Bumper Crop of Beautiful Berries 



Cambria Co. Pa., Sept. 27, 1958. "In the spring of 1957 I set out 200 Catskill and 100 Tenn. Beauty 

 and had what I call a bumper crop return. I picked 454 quarts or boxes of large, sweet and beautiful 

 berries, a crop that I don't think has ever been equalled around here. I should say from the 454 quarts 

 there were 435 saleable boxes. In this experince I think the Catskill were the nicer of the two. People 

 raved about them." Roy A. Rager. 



ERIE Another heavy yielder 

 from New York State. 



Erie, Empire and Catskill, in our opinion, make 

 up the three best varieties ever introduced by 

 the New York State Experiment Station. Erie's 

 parentage is Sparkle x Premier, certainly an ex- 

 cellent start for any new kind. Erie makes 

 strong, vigorous plants and plenty of them for 

 a heavy fruiting row. Berries are large, main- 

 taining their size well throughout the season. 

 Fruit color is medium red, bright and attractive, 

 with a skin somewhat tougher than Premier. 

 In quality Erie about equals Premier but ripens 

 about eight days later, about with Sparkle. Under 

 proper conditions Erie will give you as many 

 quarts per acre as > any variety you can grow. 

 Price List page 32. 



ARMORE 



Armore is one of the extra good late varieties 

 which should be tried in all areas except extreme 

 north and extreme south. The vigor of Armore 

 plant growth and its great productiveness as 

 well as the large average size of berries merit 

 much wider planting than it has had up to now. 

 In Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, 

 as well as in the states farther east, Armore 

 has produced some amazing crops. It is rated 

 high as a freezing berry, also for the fresh market. 



The berries are light in color, darkening some- 

 what on holding. Quality is good and they are 

 firm enough to ship moderate distances, firmer 

 than Premier and Sparkle, not as firm as Blake- 

 more and Tennessee Beauty. The first Armore 

 berries are large, irregular, wedge-shaped; the 

 later ones usually round-conic. 



Armore produces plenty of runners for a good 

 fruiting bed. For the territory mentioned we don't 

 see how you could go wrong with Armore as 

 a large, productive, late kind. Price List page 32. 



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