ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE, 



NO AGCINTS. 



Last year I determined to dispense with all agents and give the dis- 

 counts to the consumer. This experiment proved entirely satisfactory and in 

 the future I shall employ no more agents to sell plants as I have always found 

 it more satisfactory to all concerned to deal direct with the consumer. Club 

 with your neighbors, make up a large order and get the full discount. Order 

 the club lot all in one name; it will be an easy matter to divide them as all 

 stock will be plainly labeled and tied in bundles of 50 plants each, except dew- 

 berries, which will be in bundles of 25 each. 



Some of my customers seem to persist in holding me responsible for their 

 grievances with the Strawberry Culturist. The fact is, I am not and have not 

 been in any way connected with the Strawberry Culturist for nearly three 

 years, having sold the paper and all my interest in it in June, 1898, to Messrs. 

 Perry & Hearn, of this city. I sold the paper in order that I might give my 

 entire attention to my plant and fruit business, and have not written a line 

 for the paper since and know no more of its business management than if it 

 were published in Egypt. "When I was publishing the paper prior to June, 1898, 

 I never at any time placed a single subscription in the hands of any collection 

 agency, and kind friends please remember that I (W. F. Allen) am in no mar- 

 ner, shape or form connected with the Strawberry Culturist, and you will 

 greatly oblige me by addressing your communications, intended for that paper, 

 either to the Strawberry Culturist or Ernest A. Hearn, its present owner and 

 manager, and not to me. Yours faithfully, W. F. ALLEN. 



Description of Varieties. 



KANSAS. — This popular new variety was originated in the state from which 

 it takes its name, and after seeing it in fruit, I paid $100 in gold for twelve 

 plants, and later bought the entire stock. The plant is an extremely vigorous 

 grower, and as free from disease or rust of any kind as any ever grown. Its 

 drouth resisting qualities are superb, blossoms pistillate. Its fruit is a brilliant 

 crimson, not only on the surface, but through and through. This feature, 

 together with its very strong strawberry flavor, will make if - , whm it becomes 

 better known, perhaps the most popular strawberry for canning ever 

 yet produced. Time of ripening, late. It is very productive of fine me- 

 dium to large berries that make a very handsome showing in the package, and 

 always attract the best buyers. The berry is firm enough to make a good com- 

 mercial variety, and as soon as it becomes known, and the price within the reach 

 of the average grower, we shall expect to see it rink high among the standard 

 market berries. The originator says : "I found it growing in the yard with 

 some other seedlings, which I planted out as soon as they were large enough to 

 handle. They fruited the next spring when I noticed the one row namedKan- 

 sas had a larger, stronger blossom than any of the rest. When the fruit ripen- 

 ed it was the finest of the lot, and it was the only one that I propagated. I have 

 now been fruiting Kansas for ten years, and have never missed a single crop ; 



