W. F. ALLEN'S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 



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The Commander — bas but one fault says 

 H. H. Meeker, the introducer, '"and that is it 

 can not hold up the immense load of berries 

 that it produces, they lie along the rows in 

 piles. Hay or straw should be put around the 

 plants so that the berries can rest upon it, thus 

 making them rlean for market. Mr. Meeker 

 eays he calls it Commander for the following 

 reasons; "-lst. It is extra large size; 2nd. The 

 most productive among fifty varieties; 3rd. 

 commands th%j largest price; 4th. No rust, 

 hardy plants and plenty of them ; 5th. Firm 

 solid scarlet berry, good shipper; 6th. perfect 

 blossom." Not fruited here. 



Glen Mary. — This va- 

 riety introduced by me in 

 the spring of 1896 is to- 

 day one of the leading 

 standard varieties in the 

 country. It has proven 

 especially valuable in New 

 England and the "West. It 

 is beautiful in color, of 

 large size and immense 

 productiveness making it 

 a general favorite; plants 

 are large, long rooted, and 

 the fruit is firm enough to 

 make a good shipping ber- 

 ry ; its quality is good 

 enough to make it sell. 

 For size, it is at the head 

 of the procession. I would 

 not advise, however, that 

 our Southern customers 

 plant it. The demand for 

 Glen Mary plants has 

 always exceeded the supply and it is more 

 than likely there will not be enough to go 

 around this season. 



Thompson's No. 2. — The originator makes 

 the following claims for this berry ; 



-Large size, beautiful color, having the appearance of 

 being varnished, large double cap like Gandy immensely 

 productive, the ground being literally covered: owing to 

 the enormous crop of berries, its season is from four to 

 five weeks. Very richest and best qnality. best shipper, 

 has very tongh skin not easily broken by handling. It re- 

 tains its beautiful dark green foliage all'through the sea- 

 son, not a spot of rust and has a perfect blossom/' 



It lias not fruited here yet. So far as 

 plant growth is concerned I can verify the 

 above description. 



Gandy. — This is the most popular late 

 strawberry in the world. In our voting con- 

 test two years ago, the Gaudy received more 

 than twice as many votes as any other variety 

 for late market, and a large majority over any 

 other kind for home use. This shows conclu- 

 sively that Gandy is considered best of all well 

 known late varieties for all purposes. It would 

 be useless to give a lengthy description. Plant 

 in black swamp land, clay land, or medium 

 land on springy order: never on dry «andy 

 land. 



Arizona Everbearing.— I have several 



thousand good plants of this variety. It is lit- 

 tle grown in the East, but very popular on the 

 Pacific Coast. I shall be pleased to fill orders 

 for tiiis as long as they last 



Beder Wood. — A strong grower with un- 

 usually large and long roots. Popular in 

 many sections of the West. Very productive 

 of medium sized early berries, but rather soft. 



£ Gibson Co.. Pept. 1, 1905. j 



t W. F. Allen. Salisbury. Md.: Dear Sir:— Your ^ 



t- plants were the best I ever bought. Yours trulv. 1 

 fc W. E. Fisher. ^ 



August Luther. — This is a good early sort 

 and may be planted with confidence if you 

 want a very early berry. The plants are 

 healthy and vigorous and at least fairly pro- 

 ductive. The fruit is of good medium size at 

 first but soon runs down; firm, rather oblong, 

 often necked, of good color and fair quality. 



Armstrong. — (A German seedling. ) This 

 variety came from Germany about ten years 

 ago. It has been controlled by three or four 

 German fruit growers. It is one of the largest 

 and most productive berries grown, whole 

 crates often being filled with berries that run 

 twelve to fifteen to the quart, and has been 

 sold on the market for ten to fifteen cents per 

 quart when other berries were bringing six 

 cents. From medium to late in season with 

 perfect blossom. 



Ben Davis. — M. Crawford says: "These 

 did well with us last season but in a small way. 

 as we sold the last of our plants. It i 8 described 



as very large, round to oblong, never mis- 

 shapen, dark red, very highly flavored and a 

 firm good shipper. " 



