Growth. Premier makes an abundant 

 growth for a good fruiting bed, making a 

 plentiful number of nice strong plants rather 

 than great numbers of small, weak ones which 

 require extra labor in thinning and hoeing, 

 although on very rich soil it is sometimes 

 necessary to keep the plants thinned some- 

 what. 



Appearance. The beri-ies are beautiful in 

 appearance, having uniform shape and a 

 glossy, rich, red color, extending clear through 

 the berry. 



Attractiveness. The berries have a bright 

 green cap which stays green to the en4 of the 

 season even in dry weather. This is not over- 

 size, but just right to add the proper touch of 

 beauty to the fruit. This attractiveness makes 

 for a larger selling price. 



Quality. The berries are delicious in qual- 

 ity, equaled only by the very best ones like 

 Chesapeake, William Belt, Big Late, and Red 

 Gold. 



Firmness. Premier berries are firm enough 

 to stand shipment considerable distances and 

 arrive in good condition. Most of the local 

 Premier however are shipped on trucks run- 

 ning from one to three hundred miles. It is 

 probably true that where bei-ries must be 

 shipped in iced cars for two, three, four days, 

 or even longer, some of the smaller, more 

 solid beiTies would carry better. In wet sea- 

 sons it is best to keep Premier picked up 

 closely but if growers get behind with their 

 picking of Premier occasionally in wet seasons 

 most of them seem to remember that they can 

 lose quite a few from over-ripeness or even 

 rotting and still pick from two or three times 

 as many good berries from them as they can 

 from Klondyke and some of the other "ship- 

 ping" berries. 



Frost-Proof. Premier and Chesapeake seem 



to be the nearest frost-proof of any varieties 

 grown; Premier, because of its very hardiness 

 and persistent blooming, and Chesapeake be- 

 cause of the fact that it blooms very late, 

 usually after the frost period is over. You are 

 practically sure of a good crop of fruit re- 

 gardless of late frosts. In many sections 

 where formerly early berries were not profit- 

 able because of late frosts they are now grow- 

 ing Premier and finding it even more profitable 

 than their later varieties. In this section there 

 has not been a crop of Premier lost, or even 

 materially cut down by frost since it was intro- 

 duced into this section more than ten years 

 ago. This has not been true of any other 

 variety grown locally except of Chesapeake. 



Size. Premier berries average large in size 

 and hold their size well throughout the long 

 bearing season, being much better in this re- 

 spect than any variety we grow which ap- 

 proaches Premier in productiveness. Chesa- 

 peake yields a medium crop and sizes up prac- 

 tically all of them. Premier yields a tremen- 

 dously heavy crop and sizes up a very large 

 percentage, but will run down somewhat to- 

 ward the end of a very dry season. 



Healthy Foliage. For any variety to pro- 

 duce a big crop of berries healthy foliage is 

 essential. Premier and Chesapeake, equalled 

 only by Blakemore, have the healthiest foliage 

 of any two varieties we are growing, and this, 

 we believe, is largely responsible for their out- 

 standing success as profit makers. 



Profit. If you are going to raise strawber- 

 ries at all you cannot afford to leave out Pre- 

 mier. If you can make any profit at all from 

 most other varieties you can make a good 

 profit with Premier. 



Our Premier plants are fine this year. Price 

 list, page 23. 



Premier for Big Crops and Big Prices 



Warren County. Ohio, March 5th, 1931. — Enclosed you 

 will find money-order for Premier plants. I have bought 

 plants of you for several years and a fev.^ from others, 

 but Allen's plants are finer, have a better root system, 

 grow better and produce a finer, larger crop of good 

 berries than all others together. Have tried several 

 other sorts but Premier are the best of all for a big 

 crop of finer berries and command a better price than 

 all others. I raise about a hundred bushel a season and 

 since the first season with your Premier haven't peddled 

 a quart out of my own town. Don't have to as it is 

 hard to fill orders at the door. You may depend on me 

 for an order each year as I can not get finer, better 

 plants anywhere else. Wishing you a good season for 

 1931, I am Jlr. E. W. Hopkins. 



Wants Premier or His Money Back 



Schuylkill County, Pa., April 1st, 1931. — I hope you can 

 fill my order at once. If you are sold out of Premier 

 you could substitute Howard 17 or return check. Trust- 

 ing you can take care of this order as I always received 

 good strong plants, I am Grover N. Eeber. 



Send Premier or Return Check 



Tucker County, W. Va., March 12th, 1931. — I a-m send- 

 ing you a small order for Premier strawberry plants 

 ■which I hope you can fill. If you cannot please return 

 check as I want to get Premier. I have bought plants 

 of you almost every year for nearly forty years and have 

 always found them true to name and good plants which 

 is more than I can say for a few orders I have sent 

 elsewhere. The plants I got of you last year came in 

 good shape and nearly every one started to grow but the 

 drought killed a good many of them. 



, John A. H. Swisher. 



Liked Premier Years Ago 



Spartanburg County, S. C February 27th, 1931.— The 

 strawberry plants received in fine shape. They are 

 splendid plants. If they do as well as the Premier which 

 I got from you several years ago I shall be entirely 

 satisfied. Emma P. Rogers. 



Premier Plants Pretty, Packed Perfectly 



DeKalb County. Ga., March 17th, 1931. — The •■Premier" 

 strawberry plants arrived yesterday at 12 o'clock and 

 we have about finished setting them in the field. They 

 sure are pretty looking plants and they were certainly 

 packed neatly and in such a way that they arrived in 

 perfect condition. Mr. R. F. Sams, Jr. 



We Have Premier, and They're 0. K. 



Floyd County. Ind., January 30th, 1931.— Find enclosed 

 S14.00 for which send 2,000 Premier strawberry plants. 

 If the plants are as good as in the past they will be all 

 riprht. If you do not have Premier do not send any other 

 kind. , Mr. William J. Reilly. 



Always Bring Top Prices 



Carroll County, Md., April 13th, 1931.— Your plants 

 have been giving me wonderful results, so much better 

 than I can g^et any place I ever tried and I grow some 

 of the best berries that go to the market here. Always 

 bring top prices. I would be glad if you could come 

 here some time and see what I a-m doing. 



Mr. Geo. M. V. Wantz. 



Premier Plants All Grew 



Orange County, N. Y., May 1st, 1931. — The Premiers 

 shipped me this spring were indeed as good plants as 

 any one could wish for. All are set and growing fine. 

 Lost practically none. Been cultivated once so far this 

 season. Mr. William Acker. 



Fine Condition — Not a Plant Even Drooped 



Cecil County, Md., May 7th, 1931. — I received the 

 pla-nts on the 5th instance and set them out late the 

 same afternoon. Really I don't believe one even withered 

 or drooped its head. All the plants are in fine condition. 

 They look like I will have some berries from them as 

 many blossoms as they have on some of them. I am so 

 proud of my plants. I will like a few hundred more 

 plants next spring and will write you early. Please 

 accept my thanks again. Mrs. L. L. Haskins. 



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