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



GLEN MARY.— (See colored 

 plate.) I am proud to be the 

 introducer of this grand 

 strawberry Just ten years 

 ago this spring I first offered 

 it to the public at S10.00 per 

 hundred, the stock then be- 

 ing very limited. I have had 

 so many good reports on the 

 Glen Mary that I should be 

 astonished to hear of even a 

 partial failure, especially in 

 New England and Western 

 sections. It is not especially 

 recom-mended for the South. 

 They are big, dark red beau- 

 ties, with prominent seeds of 

 bright yellow; the meat is 

 crimson, very rich and juicy. 

 They are of such high flavor 

 that as the saying goes they 

 "always taste like more. "As 

 a good, firm shipper, it is 

 very popular; for fancy local 

 market there are few, if any 

 better, for this reason, it is a 

 great pet among large and 

 small growers. It has no par- 

 ticular choice of soil sand does not require petting; 

 the roots are long and well developed, providing 

 plenty of moisture for the plants during a drought. 

 The foliage is extra large, upright grower and of dark 

 green color; the leaves are nearly round, with dark 

 glossy surface, making a beautiful appearance in 

 the field. The fruit stems although large and strong 

 are weighed to the ground by the great clusters of 

 berries, therefore, they should be well mulched to 

 keep them clean. This variety, while listed as hav- 

 ing a perfect blossom and having always been grown 

 by the originator without planting with other varie- 

 . is, bv no means, a strong staminent, and we do 

 not recommend itto plant with pistilate varieties, 

 but it has ample polen for its own bloom. The 

 berries are just the right shape to make a fine ap- 

 pearance in the crate, and you should not be timid 

 about asking a big price for them,' as ^everybody 

 will pay extra to get such fine berries. 



H. W. Collingwood, of the Rural New Yorker told 



me once "if he were planting 10.000 strawberry 

 plants, 9,000 of them would be Glen Mary." A 

 large New England grower, with whom I was talk- 

 ing a few days ago, and who has grown many fine 

 varieties, says. 'T have yet to find any variety that 

 will equal Glen Mary for large crops and to bring in 

 the Dollars." 



I have a letter from a prominent New York grow- 

 er who says : "After testing seventy varieties, cover- 

 ing a period of several years, it seems as though 

 Glen Mary and Sample are the best." I have an- 

 other letter from a Connecticut grower that reads 

 thus : "I write to thank you for your information 

 regarding the two largest varieties of strawberries 

 grown, and at the same time to say that the Glen 

 Mary is the best and largest berry I can find. Every 

 year, the same as this, I try from four to eight new 

 ones, and so far none will equal the old Glen Mary. 

 Four-fifths of all I plant this season will be of this 

 variety." 



It is seldom that I have enough of this kind to 

 supply the demand, but being determined to have 

 enough to fill all orders this season, I have well on 

 to a million plants, and I think I am safe in saying 

 that they are as fine as any I have ever grown. 

 Many of the beds are from two to three feet across, 

 and here is a personal message to every grower in 

 the West and north of Mason and Dixon's line : "If 

 you are in doubt as to what to plant, don't fail to 

 include Glen Mary in your list." 



NIMROD. — This variety was originated by Mr. 

 Beaver, of Ohio, and introduced by Mr. Matthew 

 Crawford, of same State. Mr Crawford Jdescribes 

 the Nimrod as follows : "The Nimrod is the most 

 beautiful berry in our collection; the fruit is round- 

 ish conical, of regular form and smooth, glossy sur- 

 face, brilliant red, firm, and second to none but 

 Beaver in flavor. The plant is of medium size, with 

 healthy, thick foliage. It's a good berry; season 

 medium 



Now, ray stock of this variety was grown 

 plants received direct from Mr. Crawford, and I 

 shall be pleas < d to have orders fr who wish 



to plant this, but I certainly cannot recommend 

 it, as with me it has proven anything 

 tory. I have failed to get a good growth grown 

 under good cultivation where other varieties u 

 same conditions have made solid beds two to two 

 and half feet across. 



