Good plants — packed to arrive in good condition 
USE THE COLLECTIONS! 
If you just want some good strawberries for the 
home garden or small commercial planting, use 
the collections. No long study of varieties is 
necessary. You will get safe, dependable time- 
tested varieties, the best of them, if you use the 
collections. 
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INDEX 
Strawberries Pay 3 
Premier 4-5 
Fairfax 6-7 
Dorsett and Blakemore 8-9 
Other Early Varieties 10-11 
Catskill 12-13 
Other Midseason Varieties . . . 14-15 
Chesapeake and Starbright. . . 16-17 
Redstar 18-19 
Allen's Plants Pay 21 
Home Gardens 22 
Profit Plots 23 
Everbearing Strawberries .... 24-25 
Mastodon and Gem ......... 26-27 
Common Sense Methods 28-31 
Collections 32 
Picking the Winners 34 
Price List of Plants for 1942 ... 35 
INSTRUCTIONS TO PURCHASERS 
Terms. Cash with order. Remit by Money 
Order, Bank Draft, or Cash in Registered Letter. 
No C. O. D. shipments, without part payment. 
Packing. No extra charge made for packing at 
prices quoted on page 35. 
Time of Shipment. We ship plants from No- 
vember 1st to May 1st. See paragraph on page 29. 
"Set plants in spring — early." 
True to Name. We take every precaution to 
have all plants true to name and we will refund 
your money if any prove otherwise, but we will not 
be responsible for any sum greater than the cost of 
the plants. 
Late Shipments. All plants ordered shipped 
after May 1st will be packed and shipped in best 
possible condition but at purchasers' risk. 
Our Guarantee. We guarantee all plants 
ordered shipped before May 1st to reach you in 
good condition. If they are found to be otherwise, 
either through a slip on our part or delay or mis- 
treatment in transit, notify us immediately so that 
we can refill your order. Any claim for poor con- 
dition must be made immediately on receipt of plants 
as we cannot be responsible for drought, floods, 
insects, etc., which may affect the plants after their 
arrival, as these things are entirely beyond our 
control. 
WHEN TO ORDER— AND HOW TO SHIP 
Order as soon as you have decided what varieties and how many you want. Write plainly, so that we can get your name 
and address correctly for prompt acknowledgment of order and delivery of plants. Be sure to fill in your County on the 
order sheet. 
Express is generally satisfactory and the best way to ship plants if your order is large, or if the distance is great. 
Parcel Post. Generally cheapest and most satisfactory for small shipments and with larger shipments in adjoining and 
nearby states. 
Strawberry plants packed for shipment weigh approximately 4 pounds per 100 plants. Make up your order, calculate 
the approximate weight and if you do not know your zone from Salisbury, Maryland, use distances given herewith, or ask your 
postmaster. 
With zone rate published here you can easily calculate the amount of postage to send. 
Be sure to send enough postage as any excess will be returned. 
If sufficient amount to pay parcel post 
charges is not sent with the order, the plants 
will be sent by Express collect, or by parcel 
post C. O. D. for the amount of postage 
due, as we cannot keep accounts and send 
bills for small items of postage. 
Zone Miles 
1st to 
2nd SO to 
3rd 150 to 
4th 300 to 
5th ... . 
6th ... . 
1st pound 
50 8cts.. 
150 Sets.. 
300... 9cts.. 
600 10 cts.. 
600 to 1000 11 cts.. 
1000 to 1400 12 cts.. 
7th 1400 to 1800 14 cts. 
8th 1800 up 15 cts. 
Each additioanl 
pound 
or fraction 
1 1/10 cts. 
1/10 cts. 
cts. 
1/2 cts. 
3/10 cts. 
cts. 
cts. 
cts. 
WE HAVE NO AGENTS — If you want to be sure of getting Allen's plants, order direct from 
this catalog. Many agents buy their plants where they can get them the cheapest, regardless 
of quality, and sell them for as much, or in many cases more, than the cost of the best. To be 
sure of getting ALLEN'S QUALITY PLANTS at the best price, MAIL your order to us. 
Copyright, 1942, by W. F. Allen Co., Salisbury, Md. 
