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ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES — 1928 



A field of plants (taken September, 1927) which wil 



orders this Spring. 



be dug to fill many of our 



Good Plants and Their Value to You 



Some Plain Facts 



Above is a picture (taken in October, 1927) of one of our fields from which 

 plants will be dug to fill your orders this spring. They are fine plants — healthy, 

 vigorous, well rooted and true-to-name. They are the equal of any plants you 

 will find anywhere — and greatly superior to many fields of plants less well grown 

 and less vigorous. 



However, it would be ridiculous for us to claim that these plants in themselves, 

 inherently, and just because we grew them are, as they stand, better than those 

 of any other plant grower whose fields might be equally vigorous and healthy. 



The plants of greatest value to you are those which give you best results. 

 We are going to tell you below why we honestly believe Allen's Plants will be of 

 greatest value to you, regardless of the price you pay. 



In the first place, they are obviously superior to plants from fields that are 

 not vigorous and healthy as shown in the picture. 



But, given a vigorous lot of plants in the field, they must be grown in the 

 lighter sandy loam types of soil to give you the wonderful development of fibrous 

 roots which our plants have. With plants grown on heavier soils, the roots cannot 

 penetrate the earth and make the root system they do here, but even if they 

 could, the plants would not be removed without breaking off many of the fibrous 

 roots, the kind necessary to start plant growth. Any growers who have tried to 

 dig plants from hard clay soil will know right off just what we are getting at. 

 Allen's plants for fine roots. 



Even if two fields of plants are equally vigorous, on the same kind of soil, 

 greater value can be added or maintained by the way they are handled. 



1. Plants that are true-to-name should be kept that way and not mixed by 

 careless handling. 



2. Plants should be kept fresh and moist while digging and handling — and 

 not allow sun and wind to make them dry and withered. 



- 3. They should be well cleaned and bunched evenly. Dead and decaying 

 leaves tend to prevent plants from reaching you in good condition. And well 



