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



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Clyde. — The foliage is light green in color 

 and makes a fine growth of vigorous plants the 

 first season but is so extremely productive that 

 the whole vigor of the plant seems to go to 

 fruit and does not provide enough foliage dur- 

 ing fruiting season to protect the berries. The 

 plants are strong and always have an abun- 

 dance of long roots which, even in the absence 

 of sufficient foliage helps ti.e variety to with- 

 stand dry weather and brings its crop to ma- 

 turity under surprisingly unfavorble condi- 

 tions. Eut for this weakness of foliage, the 

 Clyde would have attained greater popularity 

 than has ever been accorded any second early 

 variety. The fruit is as large as the Bubach 

 and nearly or quite a week earlier with dry 

 season and plenty of sun. It is an excellent 

 variety. 



ArnOllt. — This new variety is from the 

 Keystone State and was originated by J. L. 

 Arnout. There seems to be a mistaken idea 

 abroad that this is the same strawberry sent 

 cut a few years ago as Arnout's Improved 

 Parker Earl. Mr. Arnout says that no plants 

 of this variety were sent out nntil the spring 

 of 1905 and that in no case will any plants be 

 sold in his own county as he grows berries 

 for market and knows when he has a winner. 

 The Arnout has a perfect blossom, large, heavy, 

 thick, dark glossy foliage, sending its leaf 

 stems well up, thus protecting the fruit; it is 

 very free to make large healthy plants. The 

 berry is bright red, solid texture, and a most 

 delicious flavor ; the size is large, ripens all 

 over evenly with no hard core or green hard tips. 

 It is very productive and a gond shipper. Mr. 

 Arnout claims that it does not send fruit stems 

 above the foliage while in blossom and that he 

 has never had it injured by late frosts. He 

 classes it ahead of Haverlaud, Bubach, Brandy- 

 wine and Wm. Belt, and savs it does not re- 



quire the soil so rich as these 

 varieties. Mr. Arnout is very 

 enthusiastic over his new berry 

 and says that he has picked 

 many specimens tbat measured 

 over (\% in circumference, and 

 that in a patch that was flooded 

 and roots left bare by the heavy 

 current of water and underwent 

 a temperature of 20 degrees' be- 

 low zero in the spring of 1904. 

 All points considered he be- 

 lieves this variety to be the best 

 all purpose strawberry and offers 

 $100.00 for one dozen plants of 

 any variety that will excel the 

 Arnout in the following quali- 

 ties: size, productiveness, flavor, 

 color, quality of fruit, uniform 

 size, health and vigor of plant, 

 and freeness to make large 

 healthy" plants. The plants I bought from 

 Mr. Arnout last spring have made a very 

 healthy growth, they are very large and 

 many fine berries were picked from the 

 young plants during the season. We have all 

 of our blossom? pulled from young stock but it 

 seems as these were not out when the boys went 

 through the patch that many were missed: 

 from these I had man3 7 feasts of delicious berries. 



Echo. — Introduced by Allen L. Wood, who 

 claims it to be a great table berry with the 

 highest and richest of flavor — the naturally 

 wild strawberry flavor quite unknown among 

 many varieties. It is productive, large size 

 and especially valuable for family use. There 

 is nothing in my field that has male a better, 

 stronger, healthier growth. 



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Thin variety was sent 

 out three years ago with 

 many strong claims for 

 its superiority as an 

 early market berrj-. I 

 mtrst confess that I was 

 rather prejudiced 

 against it and did not 

 look for it to amount 

 to much, but after see- 

 ing it fruit the past 

 season I was very glad 

 that I had not entirely discarded it, as it 

 was one of the best early varieties in ^a 

 trial plant of over one hundred. It is good 

 sized, firm and of a beautifully attractive 

 color. 



