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



NEW YORK. — This giant among strawberries 

 has now been on the market seven years, being in- 

 troduced by me in the spring of 1899 at $5 per doz 

 It is a native of New York State and was originated 

 by Miss Yates, of Tompkins county, New York. It 

 is one of the famous prize berries, for which I paid 

 $100 for one dozen plants. The berry is extremely 

 large, some rather pointed, while others are thick 

 and broad; the color is blood red, with a shiny sur- 

 face. The seed are so nearly the same color as the 

 berry and so deeply seated that they are scarcely 

 noticeable. It is strictly a fancy berry and a prize- 

 winner, just the kind to make the grower famous, 

 because such a high-class berry always gains high- 

 class trade. Small, inferior berries have no show 

 by the side of New York, no matter how cheap they 

 are. It is very prolific and has long season of ripen- 

 ing, but it does not matter how fast they ripen; 

 there are always more eager buyers than can be 

 supplied. Its excellent quality and wonderful pro- 

 ductiveness make it a most profitable variety to 

 grow, either for shipping or home trade. The cap 

 is very large and stands out prominently ; the foliage 

 is light green and a luxuriant grower, with an extra 

 large, glossy, surfaced leaf. The plant is one of the 

 largest and healthiest on the place, equaling in this 

 respect the Marshall. The New York has been 

 grown on light soils and on stiff clay, with splendid 

 results in both cases. It is a seedling of the well- 

 known Bubach and Jessie. It has gained great pop- 

 ularity since its introduction, and we have hardly 

 been able to supply the demand at any time since 

 it became known. 



At a nearby station last season a load ot JNew 

 York berries" attracted more attention at the depot 

 than any other variety. It was who and who of the 

 buyers that could get them. A Philadelphia com- 

 mission merchant was at tha place, and he said it 

 far excelled anything he ever saw like strawberries, 

 and he was willing to pay almost any price to get 

 them. I have gotten 13 cents per quart for New 



York berries on the Philadelphia market 

 when other varieties were a drug at 6 to 8 

 cents. 



If you are planting for a local mar- 

 ket or home garden, you should not fail 

 to include a few New York. 



ECHO. — This variety was introduced by 

 Allen L. Wood, of 

 Rochester. N. Y., 

 who claims it to be 

 a great table berry, 

 with the highest 

 and richest of fla- 

 vors — the natural 

 wild strawberry 

 flavor, quite un- 

 known to many 

 varieties. It is 

 very productive, 

 medium size, and 

 especially valuable 

 for family use. 

 There is nothing in 

 my field that makes 

 a stronger, health- 

 ier, ranker growth 

 than does the 

 Echo. 



ENHANCE.-Ber- 



rias somewhat irregular in shape, 

 medium to large, and firm, sea- 

 son late. It is an excellent va- 

 riety for pollenizing late pisti- 

 late sorts. The foliage is a very 

 rich light green, and I do not re- 

 member of ever seeing a spot of 

 rust on it. 



HUMMER. — I offered this variety last spring for 

 the first time. I had a splendid stock of plants, but 

 every one was sold before the season was over, and 

 not one was left to fruit. From what fruit I could 

 see from young plants, it is in many respects simi- 

 lar to New York. The plants are immense in size, 

 very stalky and vigorous. Anyone who buys plants 

 of this variety cannot help but feel that they have 

 something valuable when they see the large, stalky 

 plants that it makes. 



This variety was first brought to my attention 

 by Mr. John Kolvoord, of Kalamazoo county, 

 Mich., who writes as follows : 



"Kalamazoo County, Mich., Jan. 21, 1906. 

 "W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md., Dear Sir— On my grounds is a 

 new strawberry that is a "Hummer." Understand me while 

 I am not its originator, it has been grown for several years by 

 a man who lived about ten miles from here. He always re- 

 fused to sell plants, notwithstanding as high as $2.00 each 

 were offered for them, but two or three years ago, he sold by 

 mistake for Sharp less. After he found it out he tried to in- 

 duce the man to dig them up, but the buyer mistrusted what 

 he had received and said he thought those would do. We 

 growers have not been able to compete with said berry in Bat- 

 tle Creek market. One of the merchants had its exclusive 

 sale and shipped it as a fancy berry to Kalamazoo, Jackson, 

 Lansing, etc. The original owner has sold out and moved to 

 the West. I know of but one besides myself that has this va- 

 riety. He is an old man from whom I got my plants. I do not 

 believe any introducer has it, It is my opinion that it is an Eng- 

 lish berry, beeause the man above alluded to is an Englishman. 

 The originator being cut of the field and out of the business, I 

 feel at liberty to let you have some of the plants. 



Yours truly, John Kolvoord." 



You will notice that in the beginning Mr. Kol- 

 voord calls the berry a "hummer," hence its name 

 We sold 100,000 plants of this variety last season 

 and have only about that quantity this year. 



r Fulton Co., O., April 3 1906. I 



W. F. Allen, Dear Sir:— Received seeds and plants I 

 1 all sight. Plants came today, thanks for extras. 

 1 Yours truly, Philip Eicher. I 



