Allen's Strawberry Plants 



Chesapeake Strawberries. If there is a better one, I have never seen it 



CHESAPEAKE. This variety, which I first offered to the public in 1906, has made a great record. 

 ^ — — — — ^^ It is grown commercially all over the United States, and is giving the best 

 results in every section. I visited a number of prominent growers in Connecticut and New Jersey, and every 

 one put it at the head of the list. In truth, if there is another variety that is as perfect in form, as good 

 in quality, and as firm, I have yet to see it. The plants are large and vigorous; no rust and no weakness 

 of any kind. The foliage is thick and leathery; upright leaf-stems, with leaves almost round. Like all 

 other Strawberry plants, to be at its best it should be planted in rich, springy land, but does remarkably 

 well on any land that will grow strawberries of any kind. It does not make a large amount of runner, but 

 beds up just right to give the best results in fruiting. 



The blossoms are perfect, fruit uniformly large, averaging larger than the Gandy, and as compared 

 with Gandy, it is more productive, firmer, better quality, without the green tips which are often found 

 in that variety. I use the Gandy as a comparison because it is universally known. The fruit is borne on 

 large stems, the great proportion of which stand upright, holding the fruit from the ground. The Chesa- 

 peake bears more fruit on single stems than any variety I have seen. The time of ripening is practically 

 the same as the Gandy, starting three or four days earlier. 



It is not a variety that sets an immense quantity of fruit, but every blossom makes a berry; the result 

 is a good crop of berries that are well developed and strictly fancy. Personally, I consider it the very best 

 late berry on the market, whether it is grown for home market, local market or distant shipment. The 

 Chesapeake is the easiest variety to pick of any that I know, and pickers can pick more of this than any 

 variety that I have handled, and where pickers are scarce this a great advantage. Everybody who has 

 seen the berry, both growers and merchants who sell the fruit, are undivided in their good opinion of this 

 berry. 25 cts. per doz., 40 cts. for 25, 50 cts. for 50, $1 per 100, $1.75 for 250, $3 for 500, $5 per 1,000. 



Copyright, 1911, by W. F. Allen 



