ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES 



all thru the summer and early fall months. Given good 

 land, good treatment and good growing conditions, every 

 plant of Progressive will produce a quart or more of 

 berries. While food prices are so high, it will pay you 

 to plant the everbearers, thereby saving on your grocery . 

 bill and enjoying some of the best fruit you ever ate. 



PROGRESSIVE. The very best of all the fall-bearing - 

 varieties and has been successful wherever planted. 

 It is the only everbearer yet found, which does 

 well in the south. There are a few places in the north, 

 where Superb seems to do better, but our advice to the 

 great majority is stand by the Progressive. It leads them 

 all, because of its remarkable yielding qualities. The 

 richer the land and the more manure you apply, the 

 more good fruit you will get. The berries are medium 

 in size, possibly not quite so large as Superb, but they 

 are produced in great abundance and the berries are 

 simply delicious in quality. If kept closely picked, the 

 berries are firm enough to stand shipment. The most 

 striking feature of the Progressive, is that you will get 

 fruit a few weeks after the plants are set and that they 

 continue to bear until freezing weather. The stock of 

 Progressive is the shortest since the everbearers were 

 first introduced and our advice is that you order early and 

 have them reserved. Price $12 per thousand. 



SUPERB. The fruit of Superb is large, firm and of fine 

 quality, resembling the Chesapeake in many ways. It is 

 not so productive and requires more care and attention 

 than the Progressive, but is larger in size and hand- 

 somer in appearance. In addition to its value as a fall 

 bearer, Superb will bear an excellent crop of berries in the 

 spring. They look well, ship well and sell well. Price 

 $12 per thousand. 



Peerless. A new everbearing variety, claimed to be 

 better than Superb, which it resembles. It is a more vig- 

 orous grower and more productive of somewhat larger 

 sized fruit and fully as good as Superb in quality. Price 

 $12 per thousand. 



Americus. Unexcelled in quality by any of the ever- 

 bearers. In many places this variety is very thrifty and 

 has given excellent results, but with us, it is hard to 

 grow and a rather shy bearer. Price $12 per thousand. 



SELECTION OF VARIETIES 



We have grouped the varieties as to season of ripen- 

 ing and in the price-list, we have given the page on 

 which each variety is described and also whether it has 

 perfect or imperfect blossoms. In selecting varieties, 

 it is well to consider the purpose of growing the ber- 

 ries. That is, home use, local market, or commercial 

 shipment. Our descriptions are made up from actual 

 observation of the varieties in our field and are as ac- 

 curate as we can make them. If you are uncertain as 

 to what varieties to plant, write us, giving your condi- 

 tions of soil and climate and market and we will help 

 you make a good selection. 



EXTRA-EARLY STRAWBERRIES 



CAMPBELL'S EARLY. The plant is a strong, healthy 

 grower and very productive of large, rich red berries that 

 have a bright green ealyx and are very high in quality. 

 On our own place, Campbell's early is not as good as 

 Premier, but in New Jersey, parts of Delaware and other 

 sections, growers are very enthusiastic about it. We 

 have a nice stock of large, well rooted plants. Get your 

 order in early and be sure of some of them. Price $6 pet- 

 thousand. 



EARLY OZARK. As an extra- early market berry. 

 Early Ozark stands very near the top, surpassed only by 

 Premier and possibly by Campbell's Early. The plants 

 are very tall, green and absolutely healthy. The berries 

 are o flarge size, good quality, dark red in color. The 

 plants are very productive; the blossoms are perfect and 

 make a good pollenizer for imperfect varieties. Price 

 $8 per thousand. 



Excelsior. An old standard. Fruit is medium size, dark 

 in color, firm enough to ship. The flavor is quite tart, but 

 is liked by some for canning and for syrup. Price $6 

 per thousand. 



Mitchell's Early. A very vigorous grower. Blossoms 



