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roots, the kind necessary to start plant growth. We repeat: The root-system of our 

 strawberry plants is never bettered, seldom equaled. 



4. Sturdiness. Our growing season is moderately long, just long enough to 

 secure maximum development of both roots and crowns. Constant hoeing and culti- 

 vation and the tons of manure we apply help keep them healthy and in prime grow- 

 ing condition. The large size, good roots, and great vitality of our plants are a form 

 of insurance, worth in itself, the cost of the plants. You want this kind. 



5. Healthiness. Our plants are healthy and vigorous as grown in the field. 

 Furthermore, our plants are well cleaned; the dead and decaying runners and old leaves 

 around the stems are trimmed off, so that it would be almost impossible to transmit 

 diseases even if they were present. 



6. Hardiness. Our plants are producing fine crops of berries in every state in 

 the United States. We have letters of testimonials from Maine to California, from 

 Florida to Michigan and from Vancouver to Nova Scotia in Canada. We supply 

 many thousands of plants to Cuba and the Bermuda Islands. Wherever strawberries 

 are grown successfully you will find many of the most successful growers using Allen's 

 plants. They are hardy everywhere. Read paragraph page 32 on "Allen's Plants 

 in the North." 



7. True-to-Name. Don't waste a year's time and work growing your straw- 

 berry patch only to find at fruiting time you have small inferior berries instead of the 

 large luscious profit or pleasure-giving berries you expected. We believe our reputa- 

 tion for sending out true-to-name plants is second to none in this country. It will 

 pay to get plants you know are true-to-name. We exercise the greatest care in keep- 

 ing plants straight when planting. All our plants are labeled in the field when dug 

 and the label is never taken from them until they are in the field or gardens of our 

 customers. All plants are tied in bunches of 25 each and a printed wooden label is 

 in each bunch. 



8. Grading and Packing. Our plants are dug fresh for shipment each day. 

 Practically all of them are shipped out within 24 hours after they are dug. The plants 

 are counted and bunched in our packing houses which have dirt floors. This prevents 

 the wind and sun from drying out the roots, and the dirt floor also helps keep them 

 fresh and moist. But the roots of all our plants are moistened before packing, which 

 aids the plants in keeping fresh and "plump" in transportation, rather than dry and 

 withered. The counters are instructed to throw out any broken, immature, poorly 

 rooted plants, and close supervision is given to see that this is done. Twenty-five 

 good plants are in each bunch. The plants are packed in light strong crates. The tops 





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