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ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1925 



Good packing puts them to you right 



Good Plants— What They Mean 



Good plants may not always assure Success, but poor plants are practically 

 certain to mean failure. We believe Allen's Selected True-to-Name Plants are 

 good and these are our reasons: 



1. Allen Plants are Grown Right. Good soil, plenty of organic matter, many 

 of them grown in fresh new land. We encourage the young runners to take root 

 just as early as possible to insure proper development and the fine root system for 

 which our plants are famous. Clipping of the blossoms is another of the things we 

 do to put more "pep" into our plants, by conserving the vitality that would have 

 gone into the development of bloom and berry. Our young plants, except some- 

 times Everbearing, are never allowed to bear fruit. 



2. Young Beds. All of our plants are dug from young beds. We never have 

 dug and never expect to dig plants from old beds to fill our orders. 



3. Root System. Our plants are grown in a light, sandy loam soil. In this type 

 of soil any plant can develop its root-system to the fullest degree. And, having a 

 light soil, we can dig plants without breaking off any of the great bunch of roots. 

 With plants grown in heavier soils, the roots cannot penetrate the earth and make 



IN FINE CONDITION TO DENMARK 



Ringhobing, Denmark, April 17, 1924. 

 I acknowledge with great pleasure the receipt of the strawberry plants. They came to my hand 

 the 12th inst., a couple of days after your letter had come, and they were in fine condition. 



Jens Kr. Jensen 



