THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 



Berry Growers Who Are Using Our Plants 



Monroe County, W. Va., Feb. 9, 1927. Please find enclosed check for $27.50. I am very glad 

 I have the chance to order plants from you again this year. Last year, I got over 100 bushels of 

 fruit from 2,500 plants, but the drought cut me short. I am very proud of the plants. — W. E. 

 FIELDS. 



Maury County, Tenn., May 12, 1927. Please send me about three of your 1927 catalogues, 

 as I have several friends who are interested in your plants. My father was a customer of yours 

 for several years and I, at present, am marketing some of the finest berries ever seen in this sec- 

 tion, grown from your plants. I have only a small patch, but have sold all at a premium on the 

 local market and have been unable to fill orders. Kindly forward catalogues as soon as possible. — 

 LESTER IRWIN. 



Fairfield County, Conn., April 12, 1927. Enclosed you will find an order for Big Joe plants. 

 I would like to say that the plants which I bought from you two years ago this spring gave the 

 finest crop of berries I have ever seen. I had 500 each of Premier and Chesapeake and they 

 yielded over 900 quarts of fine fruit. — L. N. WHITNEY. 



Marion County, Ind., Feb. 11, 1927. Please find enclosed order for 1,000 Chesapeake straw- 

 berry plants, as I have decided to try them for a late berry, for the Premier is my best early and 

 mid-season berry. The year 1926 was the best berry season I have ever experienced. There were 

 no late frosts to kill the first bloom, sufficient rain to bring the whole crop to maturity and cool 

 enough that all berries were picked. From one patch of 1 \i acres, we picked 450 crates of 24 quarts 

 each, or 300 crates per acre. The patch was two years old, and the finest berries I have ever grown. — 

 MARION W. ALLEN. 



Rockland County, N. Y., July 4, 1927. Last year, I purchased 1,000 Premier strawberry plants 

 from you and I must say they have surely borne their share of fruit. To date, I have picked 1,500 

 quarts and there is still a good 100 quarts on the vines and they are big berries to the last. All 

 these berries were sold right on the place for 20 cents a quart wholesale. We had a very cold 

 spring with snow, rain and freezing right up until the beginning of May, but I did not lose a plant. 

 The peddlers came to me: or berries from villages 10 and 12 miles away. They told me I had the 

 finest berries they have seen in years. Thank you for your wonderful plants. — MRS. W. G. 

 KAUFMANN. 



Rockland County, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1927. Just a few lines regarding those wonderful plants we 

 received from you. We planted 1,000 Premier strawberry plants on a plot of ground 75 x 75, or a 

 fraction over one-eighth acre, and picked 1, 626 quarts of berries. 1,476 quarts were sold at 20 cents 

 and 150 quarts at 15 cents, or $320.70. The picking cost 2y 2 cents per quart, or $41.65. The total 

 expense for plants, planting, straw for winter covering, picking and baskets was $86.50. This 

 makes a grand net profit of $236.50. 



You are welcome to use this in your catalogue, and I am recommending every one that asks 

 about plants to you. I am in the market for more plants in the spring and have several friends 

 who are going to add their order to mine. — MRS. W. G. KAUFMANN. 



Muskingum County, O., Feb. 12, 1927. Please send me your 1927 catalogue on strawberries. 

 Your Premier and Cooper berries are the finest berries grown. The Cooper were the largest; 23 

 berries filled a quart basket good and full. We received 40c. per quart for them at first and 35c. 

 for the last ones. The Premier brought from 25c. to 35c. per quart, same as Dr. Burrill. They were 

 fine. We never had such a crop of berries. We picked berries for one month, every day. We surely 

 had fine plants.— CHARLES W. FRICK. 



Jefferson County, N. C, July 14, 1927. Just a few lines to praise you for the 500 Howard 17 

 and 500 Premier strawberry plants that I bought from you in the spring of 1926. We picked and 

 sold 23 bushels besides what was used on the table and eaten in the patch. The berries began to 

 ripen June 1st, and we picked our last half case July 12th. We had berries that measured f>Yi 

 inches in circumference. 



Whenever you get your new catalogue ready, please send me one as I want several thousand 

 plants. I have an acre of plants now and want to set another acre next spring, and if nothing 

 happens, I am planning on setting six acres of strawberries in 1929. 



I thank you for the good and true-to-name plants that I received from you. — J. S. MILLER. 



Lancaster County, Pa., June 21. 1927. Enclosed please find check for $100.00 to pay for bal- 

 ance of strawberry plants. We are having a wonderfully good crop and I am realizing good prices 

 for them on the Philadelphia market, making shipments daily. I also wish to mention that the 

 plants I planted this spring are doing fine. 



You may expect future orders from me, larger than any previous orders, if my plans carry out. 



Hoping to have many pleasant business dealings with you people, I remain. — CHARLES 

 H. LUTZ. 



Snyder County, Pa., Sept. 12, 1927. The spring of 1926 I ordered of you 3,000 Premier straw- 

 berry plants. This last spring we sold 142 32-quart crates of berries off these 3,000 plants, besides 

 what was sold out of the patch in small lots. I had a few old strawberry men inspect this patch 

 and they said they never saw anything like it. This next spring 1 expect to plant 0,000 of your 

 plants, while I have plenty of my own plants, but I think it pays to order new plants at least 

 every two years.— D. H. MARTIN. 



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