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ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1924 



A fine bed of Chesapeake to dig this spring. 



CHESAPEAKE 



The foliage of this variety is very strong and very healthy. The plants are not 

 made very freely, but the ones that do make are large and strong. If Chesapeake 

 has a weak point it is that on poor land it is hard to get a good fruiting bed. If you 

 can get this you will have all that can be desired in a fancy late strawberry. The fact 

 that Chesapeake makes such a few plants does not tend to make it popular with the 

 plant grower, but where a man has some good land and can give the plants good care 

 he can't afford not to grow this variety. Mr. Albert Reynolds, of Chester County, Pa., 

 says of Chesapeake, "My order to you for Chesapeake strawberry plants has been sent 

 and your receipt card received by me. If a person wants quality and a strawberry 

 that will take the lead for price and condition in market, then you need the Chesapeake. 

 It is a berry that will lead in any society, I don't care how aristocratic that is. We 

 took Chesapeake to town last summer on Saturday evening afer all sorts of berries 

 and prices had drummed all day, and people surely did grab for ours at 25c when others 

 had sold at 12c, 15c and 18c. We had a well set bed (which is hard to get), and we 

 had lots of them that 26 to 28 filled a box, and we sold some to a lady to preserve and 

 she said 26 of them made a pound. 



We had many other good varieties but Chesapeake for me because I can sell them 

 anywhere and don't have to pick so many to get a dollar. I know a man that five 

 years ago sold enough Chesapeake to get $1400 and he did not take any away from 

 home and he lives in back off a stone road, back by a woods. Folks knew the berries 

 were there." 



We have quoted at length from this letter because that is the exact experience 

 of thousands of our customers who are growing this variety. The berries are unex- 

 celled in quality. The plants set a large crop and every blossom matures a berry, the 

 last ones being just about as large as the first. The flesh is very firm and the berries 

 will keep for many days in excellent condition. One of the most valuable features of 

 the Chesapeake especially in the North is that the blossoms do not start out until quite 

 late, which makes it practically frost proof. We believe a quart or a crate of Chesapeake 

 will bring more money on any market than an equal quantity of any other strawberry 



