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



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Pride of Cumberland.— Like Gaudy, this 



berry will carry from Florida to Boston, or 

 from Louisiana to Chicago, and arrive fresh 

 «ud firm. It is ^brilliant red in color, and 

 holds its lustre and freshness longer than most 

 other varieties. It thrives on any soil, but 

 owing to its immense crop, better results are 

 obtained bv putting it in rich springy land. 

 fruit is equal to the Gandy in every re- 

 spect and better in quality. Ripens one week 

 earlier than Gaudy. The past season I shipped 

 Pride of Cumberland to Boston en Saturday. 

 which were de- Igg 



laved and didn't 

 arrive in market 

 until the follow- 

 ing Tuesday. 

 They were repor- 

 ted to be in per- 

 fect condition and 

 sold for IT cents 

 per quart. This 

 is one of the best 

 market berries for 

 distant shipment 

 on the list. 



Ridgeway. — 



I grew this va- 

 riety several years 

 ago and did not 

 like it. I have 

 not been growing 

 it for several 

 years, but having 

 had n u m er o u s 

 calls for it, I pro- 

 cured stock lasst 

 spring and now 

 can supply it. The 

 plant is of medium 

 size and a good 

 grower fruit is 

 medium large, 

 round, smooth, 

 dark red and good 

 quality. t h e i 

 growers say it suc- 

 ceeds well and it 

 is considered by many a safe variety to plant. 



Nimrod. — Originated by Mr. Beaver, of 

 Ohio, who is about seventy-five or eighty 

 years old. The variety was introduced last 

 spring by Mr. Matthew Crawford, of Ohio, who 

 describes it as follows: 



"The Nimrod is the most beautiful berry in our collec- 

 tion : the fruit is roundish couical. of regular form, and 

 smooth, glossy surface, brilliant red, firm and second to 

 none but Beaver in flavor. The plant is of medium gize 

 with healthy thick foliage. It is a good berry, season me- 

 dium." 



Lyon. — The Ohio Experiment Station de- 

 scribes it as follows; 



"Red flesh, moderately firm, good quality, plants rather 

 blender in growth but vigorous and healthy; the berries 

 of thi3 variety were strikingly beautiful, attractive and 

 distinct in form.'' 



Sharpless. — Too well known to require a 

 lengthy description from me. It is a great 

 favorite with many people for the family gar- 

 den. It is enough to say that I haveast- 

 very flue plants. 



Somerset Maid. — This variety wa 

 by a Massachusetts grower under the following 

 description : 



•*It bears large crop on tigh or low land and ripens 

 medium iate. J have no doubt but what it will do equally 



. in other localities, but to the strawberry gi 

 hereabouts wiiO have been looking for a great big fancy 

 strawberry, a big cropper, a Big -eller. and a big money 

 maker, get it ; now is your chance." 



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Nettie. — This is one of Joseph H. Black's 



seedlings. 



-A seedling of the Bubach and Yale was crossed with 

 Sharpless: the best of these seedlings were again ci - 

 with Gandy and among them he found the Nettie, the 

 large.-t strawberry he ever fruited. It combines with this 

 valuable quality the produeth emess of Bubaeh and the 

 vigor of plant sb prominent in Sharpies?. The foliage is 

 exceptionally strong, vigorous and healthy, fiowers imper- 

 fect, enormously productive, berries very large bright red. 

 exquisite quality, season very late."— (Originator) 



Saunders. — This is a good reliable berry 

 and ha* been quite a favorite with me for many 

 years. I have grown many acres of it for fruit 

 and find it very reliable. It has a strong scam- 

 inate blossom and is one of the best to plant 

 with the pistillate varieties. Fruit is large 

 and a deep glossy red, does well on light soils. 



