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W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 



O I. C. Strawberry is large, firm and unsurpassed in quality 



O. I. C This berry is truly a high, sandy loam Strawberry, but the land must be rich if best results are ex- 



pected. It is a deep-rooted Strawberry, with strong-growing plant, free from all diseases that we 



know of. While this berry is not the largest of berries, it is large enough and firm enough to carry well, and 

 sell for 5 cts. or 6 cts. above the average of other varieties. The quality of the O. I. C. is unsurpassed. It 

 is red to the center and has no cavity in the center as do most berries of this size. The cap or calyx is most 

 beautiful, and remains green until the very last berries are picked. We picked from one acre this season 

 at one picking 960 quarts, and 4806 quarts during the season; this was on low, springy land, but being a 

 very dry season they were in the right place. Would not advise planting on land of this kind as they would 

 have too much foliage if it were not a dry season. These berries do not run down as most berries do, the 

 last picking is of a good, marketable size. To show you how much confidence the introducers have in this 

 berry, they sold to Mr. W. W. Seward, of Ridgely, Md., 75,000 O. I. C. plants this spring, guaranteeing 

 him a yield of 4,000 quarts per acre under ordinary field culture. This berry was fruited for the first time 

 in the spring of 1908 by Mr. O. Cordrey. It was the best berry he had out of eighteen of the very best 

 known market varieties. This did even better the next season compared with fifteen other varieties than 

 it did in the season of 1908. 30 cts. per doz., 50 cts. for 25, 80 cts. for 50, $1.25 per 100, $2.50 for 250, 

 $4 for 500, $8 per 1 ,000. 



Roosevelt. A vigorous grower. The foliage is 

 lusty, the root large and long. The fruit abundant, 

 beautifully shaped, a dark rich red, inside and out; 

 flavor unsurpassed, if equaled. Firm and solid, 

 and, like the namesake, will stand lots of rough 

 handling and still be a perfect specimen of its kind. 

 Any reason why the name Roosevelt? Because, he 

 who made the name worthy is admitted by all, 

 friend or foe, to be honest, vigorous and true. And 

 that is what I claim for the Roosevelt Strawberry. 

 'Tis honest in its every part, its form, color, taste, 

 and canning qualities. Hence the name Roosevelt. 

 It grows well on gravelly soil and without any 

 special care or forcing in any way. 



Saint Louis. Originated in Arkansas by J. A. 

 Bauer. This variety, as grown here, makes a very 

 strong, healthy plant, with plenty of runners, and 



very productive of large berries, considering the 

 early season at which they ripen. They ripened 

 with me the past season fully as early as the Excel- 

 sior or any of the other very early varieties. The 

 berries are about the same shape, fully as large, and 

 almost, if not quite, as productive as the Haverland. 

 But for one weakness I would prefer this berry to any 

 of the early berries I have ever seen. It is more pro- 

 ductive of large berries than any other extra-early 

 sort that I have ever grown, and I have had about all 

 there has been introduced of any importance for 

 twenty-five years. The one thing that keeps it from 

 taking first place as an early berry is the fact that it 

 is too soft, which practically takes it out of the mar- 

 ket as a shipping variety, but for the home table or 

 the local market it is the largest very early variety. 

 Every home gardener should grow it. 



