ODDS AND ENDS 
The history of the strawberry goes back many 
years and it may not surprise our readers to know 
that it has been honored in print by Virgil, who 
warned: 
"Ye boys that gather flowers and strawberries, 
Lo, hid within the grass an adder lies." 
Now, ladies, this doesn't mean that you will be in danger from an adder 
every time you run out to the berry patch to pick a quart or two for your 
dinner. We find adders few and far between and have yet to run into one 
in the berry patch. 
If you like to read, you are very apt to pick up some odd little bits of 
information. For instance, there's the article that stated quite positively 
that 90% of the weight of a strawberry is made up of water — and botani- 
cally, it is not recognized as a berry! This may come as a shock to our 
readers who look on the strawberry as just that. We have decided they 
can call it anything "botanically" — it will always be "the strawberry" to 
us at Allen's — and we are looking forward with anticipation to the next 
harvest. Don't you agree? 
Many funny things can happen to people growing strawberries and a 
book may be written in that vein some day. Would you believe that a 
playful puppy could steal strawberry plants out from under your nose, chew 
the plants off at the top — and those plants would still grow for you? Well, 
it happened and there isn't a doubt that berries will be harvested in the 
spring from those plants. This really is a great plug for our plants and we 
appreciate Mr. John Phipps, of Salem, Arkansas, writing to tell us all about it. 
Large size berries from vigorous plants 
JERSEYBELLE is a great favorite as a late variety in New Jersey and neigh- 
boring areas. JERSEYBELLE plants are vigorous and produce runners well. 
JERSEYBELLE berries are of large average size, good color when picked at 
proper time, with pretty caps. The skin is somewhat tender and this prevents 
JERSEYBELLE from being a good distance shipping berry. JERSEYBELLE is 
not considered particularly good for freezing but berries are excellent for 
fresh market, pick-your-own, and table use. See color picture, inside back 
cover. 
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