W. Lee Allen 
Albert G. Allen 
Fulton W. Allen 
Sixty-six years ago this spring, Mr. W. F. Allen borrowed $50.00 to buy stock plants to start his 
strawberry plant business. From that date until his death, early in 1949, growing and selling good 
strawberry plants was his major business interest. Three of his sons, Fulton W., W. Lee and Albert G. 
Allen, who now own and operate the business, spent their teen-age working hours (and we did work) 
in the plant business and each of them now has over thirty years full time experience in it. 
Your orders in increasing numbers as the years went by have made this not only the oldest but 
also the largest nursery business in the country growing strawberry plants only. There are many ether 
firms that sell good strawberry plants, but we honestly believe that by specializing on strawberry 
plants only, we can and do sell plants that on average are the best your money can buy. Size and years 
in themselves are no virtue except as they indicate that our plants and service have helped our custo- 
mers to succeed. That is our constant aim and on that basis we ask for your orders for strawberry plants. 
*7Ue Plant Situation — 195i 
The supply of plants for the spring of 1951 is about normal. Some varieties are very plentiful, 
including the freer growing kinds like Blakemore, Temple, Sparkle, Fairland and Robinson. Others 
which normally make more moderate number of plants have about a normal supply. Of the leaders 
in this list we would name Premier and Catskill. Our own supply of Catskill is larger than the average 
due to special stock plants which have enabled Catskill to regain much of its original vigor. Our 
Catskill plants are almost as vigorous as our Blakemore. Among the varieties which are in less than 
normal supply are Midland and Fairfax. Midland especially seems determined not to make many 
runners. 
Plant prices on the whole should be about the same as last year. On our list Premier, Temple, 
Robinson and Blakemore are the same as last year ; Catskill, Sparkle, Tennessee Beauty, Tennessee 
Shipper and about a dozen others are somewhat less ; Midland, Fairfax and a few others are somewhat 
more. You will find our prices fair, based on present day cost, by comparison with other reliable 
growers and from the results which you can confidently expect from them. 
In the "What's New Department" we must mention first the new varieties and new methods of 
producing everbearers which may take them out of the class of expensive novelties and put them in 
the class of useful garden crops and more dependable money makers. Read about this on page 28. 
Even more important in the strawberry production picture as a whole is the increased vigor of 
our new Catskill stocks and the increasing popularity of the new red-stele resistant varieties Temple, 
Sparkle and Fairland. 
Allen plants will be of very high quality this season. Fall rains came early enough to develop 
unusually strong root systems, despite a very dry summer which reduced somewhat the total number 
of plants available of certain varieties. 
Order Allen plants this year. You need them for the kind of berry crop you want — we need your 
orders for the kind of plant season we want. Let's get together ! 
Copyright 1950 by W. F. Allen Company, Salisbury. Maryland Alco Gravure 
