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





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CLIMAX. 



Climax. — This new berry was originated in 

 this county and has become quite popular. I 

 have an order now for 100,000 plants from one 

 grower who fruited several acres last season 

 and made sales in New York City as high as 

 twenty-five cents per quart. The Climax is 

 supposed to be a cross of Bubach with Hoff- 

 man. The foliage is beautiful light grpen that 

 can be distinguished from other varieties as 

 far as you can see the patch. The plants are 

 strong and hearty, no rust. Season of ripen- 

 ing, second early, size of fruit rather above 

 medium, productiveness simply immense. I 

 think that no variety ever off ered had a greater 

 record for immense productiveness than has the 

 Climax. T 1 e ^bove photograrh was taken by 

 the writer and is only an average of what the 

 patch was all over. It was so good it seemed 

 there was no special spot better than any other. 

 I sold every plant I had last spring, therefore 

 have not shipped any of the fruit to market 

 myself, but the experience above referred to 

 seems to substantiate the claims made for its 

 shipping qualities, and I have no doubt that it 

 will prove a valuable acquisition to most 

 growers whether for home, market, or 'for 

 shipment. 



Fairfield. — This is a money maker among 

 the early varieties ; another year's experience 

 leads us to believ9 that tli is is really a valuable 

 early sort. At the Ohio Experiment Station, 

 where there were one hundred and sixty vari- 

 eties, well grown and carefully mulched, it was 

 the most productive of all the early kinds; the 

 quality is also very good. Its season is only 



'two or three days behind Mitchell's Early, Hoff- 

 man, Excelsior, etc., and is far ahead of them in 

 size, quality and productiveness. No one will go 

 wrong in planting this for an early berry. 



Heffin's Early. — This berry has been grown to 

 considerable extent on the Maryland and Delaware 

 Peninsula and in large quantities in the South. It 

 does nnt seem to be over and above productive, but 

 every berry is a perfect one, and in the end the num- 

 ber of quarts compares favorably with other va- 

 rieties Makes a splendid growth and is free from 

 disease. Its fine color and canying quality makes 

 it popular in the market. 



Hoffman. — This is probably one of the best known 

 early berries among the Southern shippers. For 

 many years, most varieties have been compared by 

 the Hoffman when speaking of shipping qualities 

 and firmness. It is very early, very firm, and quite 

 productive on heavy land; does not do well in sandy 

 soil. I will say to those who wi°h to procure true 

 stock of this variety, that I have about 40,000 plants 

 that are strictly pure and very fine. 



Gen. Joe Wheeler. — This variety comes from 

 the South and is supposed to be a descendant of 

 Lady Thompson, which its foliage very much re- 

 sembles. It is about equa« to the Lady Thompson in 

 size, very much resembling it in color, and 

 more productive. It has a perfect blossom 

 and a very strong, vigorous and healthy foli- 

 age. It ripens early. 



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£ Madison County, N. Y., May 2, ]{ 



fc Dear Sir:— The plants arrived and are in good a 

 *■ dition. the shipment being prompt: everything O. K. 

 t Yours, F. S. Tuttle j 



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Jessie. — Very fine where ifc succeeds, but is 

 extremely hard to please in soil and location; 

 therefore, I do not recommend it, but as I al- 

 ways have a few calls for it, I carry a small 

 stock f plants, and to those who wish them 

 will say that my plants this year are very fine. 



JESSIE. 



