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



Cobden Queen. — I fruited this the past season and 

 found it to be very productive and firm, medium size, 

 and crimson color inside and out. It is not a very large 

 berry but shows up better than many of the larger kinds, 

 but it is a berry that will hold up well and look attrac- 

 tive in tbe^market after long shipment. The plant is 

 vigorous and healthy. 



Brandywine. — A very large, broad heait-shaped ber- 

 ry, of medium red color, with brignt yellow seeds and firm 

 flesh, which is red to the heart. Brandywine comes at a 

 good time, between the medium season berries and the 

 very late ones, and thrives on a great variety of soils. 

 These points combined with large size, productiveness 

 and firmness of texture, make Brandywine a very valu- 

 able strawberry, especially as it has a peculiarly rich 

 spicy flavor that charms all who taste it. 



Challenge. — This variety is from Missouri and origi- 

 nated by a Mr. Peck, about ten years ago. The plant 

 makes a fair amount of runners and medium large healthy 

 plants. It is very productive of large sized r regularly 

 formed fruit; the color is a dark, glossy red; quality is 

 excellent. 



Crozier. — This variety comes from Virginia and seems 

 to be an improved Sharpless. It makes a luxuriant 

 growth of healthy dark green foliage, is free to make 

 plants and is very productive of berries that would pass 

 readily for the old well known Sharpless. It seems to 

 have much more vigor, however, than that variety. 



Crimson Cluster. — This was found near an^old bed 

 of Gandy in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and is 

 supposed to be a seedling of that variety. The plants 

 are very much like the Gandy, but in claimed to make 

 more plants and to be freer from rust. It is also claimed 

 by some that it will bear one third more fruit to the 

 acre. Its"general appearance is very much the same as 

 Gandy, both in fruit and plant; others claim that it i 



none other than the Gandy. We offer them at 

 the same price and it may be well for our 

 customers to try some of both. It has not 

 fruited here yet, and I can not say personally 

 whether it is the same or not. 



Dixie Belle. — This berry comes from North 

 Carolina and is claimed to be one of the best 

 grown there. The plant is vigorous, free from 

 rust, berries ripen early, bright red in color, 

 large, smooth, firm, and very uniform in size. 

 Growers in that section say it is one of the best 

 berries grown. I have only a few thousand 

 plants which I shall be pleased to supply as 

 long as they last. 



Enhance.— Berries somewhat irregular in 

 shape, medium to large, and firm, season medi- 

 um to late and an excellent variety for pollen- 

 izing late pistillate sorts; the foliage is a very 

 rich light green and I do not remember of ever 

 seeing a spot of rust on it. 



Greenville.— Considered by many an im- 

 provpment on Bubach, especially in point of 

 firmness and vigor of plant; also in fine color; 

 has been favorably reported from many experi- 

 menters in small fruits, a very fine 

 variety. 



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