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



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melting, and ships and keeps well. I grow the Lucretia 

 largely for market, having had as many as fifty acres in 

 fruit at one time. 



AUSTIN'S IMPROVED (Mayes).— An early dewberry 



of excellent quality and large yield, bur the berries lack 

 firmness for long shipment: hence valuable chiefly for 

 home use and local markets. Berries large, short and 

 thick: canes vigorous, hard}' and productive. Ripens 

 fully a week earlier than Lucretia. and for this reason is 

 valuable to grow in connection with that variety. I have 

 shipped many thousands of quarts of this variety to 

 Philadelphia. '125 miles, and New York, over 200 miles, 

 and received good prices, having marketed over half the 

 crop before other varieties are in the way. I always 



plant about one-third of my field in this variety. It is 

 very hardy and never fail- to give a full crop. 



PREMO. —This remarkable new dewberry i- a '•port 

 from the grand old Lucretia The great profitabL 

 of the Lucretia with many growers has been because it 

 was the earliest of the blackberry family to ripen. Now 

 we have Premo. still earlier and larger: that means extra 

 money in the market and an earlier taste of delicious 

 dewberries for the family. Premo has imperfect flow- 

 ers, and so in planting every third or fourth row should 

 be of Lucretia: or. better yet, where one is equally fond 

 of both varieties, they can be planted in alternate row-. 

 Remember that Premo is a delicious, great blackberry 

 that begins to ripen when the raspberry season i< half 

 over. Stock is yet very scarce. 



PRICE LIST OF DEWBERRIES. 



By Mail. Postpaid-. 



Per. Austin's Mayes $0 40 



Per. Lucretia 40 



Imp. Premo 1 00 



My stock of dewberry plants, except Premo. is one of 

 the largest and certainly equal to the best in the coun- 

 try, and I shall be pleased to have your order for what- 

 ever you plant, whether a dozen or a hundred thousand. 

 Plants will be ready to ship any time from the time you 

 get this catalogue' until the season is over. Bear in 



,-By Exp. or Frt.. Charges Not Prepaid— 

 25 100 500 1000 5000 



$0 30 $1 00 $3 00 $5 00 $20 00 



30 1 00 3 00 5 00 20 00 



1 00 2 50 



12 50 100 



$0 75 $1 50 



75 1 50 



1 50 3 00 



mind, however, that dewberries start to grow very early 

 in the season, and should be ordered and transplanted 

 just as early as you can possibly work the ground. 

 Northern customers should order 2 or 3 weeks before they 

 can plant, as they can bed plants in somewhere conveni- 

 ent, and they will be in better shape than if shipped late. 



RASPBERRIES. 



HAYHAKER.— This is a purple cap variety and is very hardy and 

 vigorous: oerries of large size and productive. For a garden plot for 

 home use the purple varieties will produce more from a few plants 

 than the red or black ones; I think they are hardier than either. 



CARDINAL.— This most promising raspberry is another very vigor- 

 ous purple variety and is said to be a seedling of the Kansas. This 

 variety is not as dark as Shaffer and Haymaker, and is listed by some 

 as being a red variety, but when fully ripe it is distinctly a purple cap 

 raspberrj-. It is very productive, large size and good quality; especialh- 

 recommended for the nome garden. 



CUHBERLAND.— This is a midseason black cap and is quite produc- 

 tive. Its great, glossy berries outsell most others in their season. It 

 is firm enough to ship well and good enough to make a handsome dish 

 for the home table. 



KANSAS.— This is oneof the strongest growing black cap varieties: 

 ripens midseason and is everywhere considered one of the best : 

 branches freely and is healthy and hardy: berries jet black and excel- 

 lent quality; recommended for home use or for market. 



PHENOnENAL.— This new red raspberry is one of Burbank's latest 

 productions. It has had a wide sale through the California Carnation 

 Company, who introduced it. This is claimed to be much larger than 

 the average raspberry, and to be a cross of the California dewberry 

 and the Cuthbert red raspberry. Mr. Burbank describes it as being 

 larger than the largest raspberry ever before known; bright crimson 

 color, as productive as could be desired, and the most delicious of all 

 berries for pies, canning, jelly or jam. The berries grow in clusters of 

 from five to ten. In short, if it is half as good as it is claimed to be, 

 it would be cheap at almost any price. It is. however, to a very great extent an experiment, except in California. 

 I have a very few nice plants of my own growing which I can offer as long as they last, by the dozen only. 



PRICE LIST OF RASPBERRIES. 



Haymaker __ 

 Phenomenal 

 Cumberland 



By Express, 1 

 -By Mail. Postpaid-, ,-Chg'sXot Prep'd-- 

 12 50 100 25 50 100 



.$0 75 $1 50 $2 50 $0 75 $1 25 $2 00 Mills 



_ 2 50 Palmer _ 



_ 75 1 50 2 50 75 1 25 2 00 Cardinal 



By Express. 

 -Bv Mail. Postpaid— ^-Chg"s Not Prep'd— 

 12 50 100 25 50 100 



_$0 75 $1 50 $0 75 $1 25 



_ 75 1 50 75 1 25 



. 75 1 50 2 50 75 1 25 2 00 



CURRANTS. 



P^. Choose a moist, rich soil for currants. Plant four by 

 five feet apart. Keep free from weeds and grass by 

 cultivation and mulching. Use plenty of manure and 

 trim out superfluous wood by cutting back the new 

 growth two-thirds each year. Sprinkle ashes around 

 the roots occasionally to keep out borers. If currant 

 worm appears, dust with Hellebore. I am offering three 

 varieties only, which I consider as good as can be had. 

 They are three good reliable varieties that will thrive 

 and produce well anywhere that any variety will grow. 



RED CROSS.— The Rural New-Yorker says -'Red 

 Cross is the best of all old or new currants for mid-sea- 

 son. It is large and productive. The masses of fruit 



almost completely cover the bearing canes. It is un- 

 doubtedly one of the best currants if not the verv best 

 on the market. 



CHERRY.— Strong grower, fruit very large, some- 

 times measuring one-half inch in diameter. This - 

 most excellent red variety. 



WHITE GRAPES.— This is the largest and most pro- 

 ductive white currant: Have" 

 the table. 



ror sweet ami very tine for 



I will send any of the three above named vaiieties 

 express, 

 $2.50 per 50: 



. u ouu any ui mt* xnree aonve nameu vaiieties 

 by express, receiver to pay charges, at 75c per dozen: 

 "° $4.50 per 100, 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Plant same as-currants in good, rich soil. Cive lib- 

 eral dressing of manure every season: regular pruning 

 every year is essential for fine fruit. To prevent mil- 

 dew, spray as soon as leaves appear, and occasionally 

 through the summer with potassium sulphur, one 

 ounce to four gallons of water. 



HOUGHTON.— A very productive hardy berry of 

 medium size and for general purposes one of the best. 

 I never saw this variety fail to produce at least a partial 

 crop: 75c per dozen: $2.25 per 50; $f.00 per 100. 



RED JACKET.— An American seedling of largi 

 smooth, prolific and hardy, quality among the best: this 

 variety is well tested over a wide range of territory 

 and has proven very satisfactory. It i- a heavy cropper 

 has bright, clean, healthy foliage Good, well rooted 

 plants $1.00 per dozen: $3.io per 50; $7.00 per hundred. 



DOWNING.— One of the oldest and best: large, hand- 

 some, pale green and splendid quality: tine for both 

 cooking and table use; vigorous grower and usually free 

 from mildew: $1.00 per dozen: $3.00 per 60; $5.00 per 100. 



