W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



AUGUST LUTHER.^This is no favorite with 

 me. It is valued by some 

 on account of its extra early bearing, being among the 

 very earliest grown. The plants are fairly healthy and 

 productive. The variety is medium size, but soon runs 

 down. Quality fair. 



ARNOUT'S.-This variety originated with J. R. 

 Arnont. of Pennsylvania, find is not 

 Arnout's Improved Parker Eavle, as many suppose, 

 this being an entirely distinct bony. Has a perfect 

 nlossom. large, heavy, thick, dark, glossy foliage, some- 

 what resembling the Glen Mary. It is free to make 

 plants, which are always large. The berries are bright 

 red, solid, and good flavor. It is very productive and a 

 good shipper. 



Mr. Arnout is very enthusiastic over this berry, and 

 says he has picked many specimens that measured 6% 

 inches in circumference. I'e claims it to be very hardy, 

 and has offered $100.00 for one dozen plants of any 

 variety that will excel the Arnont in size, productive- 

 ness, flavor, color, orality of fruit, uniform size, health- 

 fulness and vigor of plant. The plants I bought of him 

 were all-around good plants and have made an excel- 

 lent showing. I have now fruited the variety, and 

 while it answers very well to his description, it has 

 not proven with me to be anything extraordinary. I 

 think, howe-er. rev r oil is too li-;br for its best devel- 

 opment, and no flo"bf that on a deep, heavy loam it 

 will prove exceptional':- t'n". 



PROMPT ATTEXTIOX APPRECIATED. % 



Page County, Va.. April G, 1007. % 



W. F. Allen — % 



Dear Sir: Plants arri ed all O. K. Many ?V 



thanks for big count, nice plants and prompt % 



attention. Wishing yon much success. I remain, * 



Yours very truly, P. N. CAVE. «: 



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ABINGTO N.— Introduced by 

 Lester Blanch- 

 aid, of Massachusetts. It has a per- 

 fect blossom, and at the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, June 21, 

 1004, a quart of this variety, contain- 

 ing just -o berries, was awarded sec- 

 ond prize. Mr. Blancbard says the 

 Abington is a chance seedling. The 

 plant is large and has dark green fo- 

 liage. The fruit stalks are strong 

 and stand erect from the ground ; the 

 blossom is perfect and filled with pol- 

 len. It ripens with the Bubach, the 

 berry being very large, averaging as 

 large as the Bubach, and holds out 

 well throughout the entire season. I 

 fruited quite a plot of it last June, 

 and it was among the best berries on 

 the place. In color it is bright red, 

 with firm flesh and good flavor. Mr. 

 Blancbard claims to have grown the 

 Abington at the rate of 0,720 quarts 

 per acre, and says it is a berry that 

 will take the place of the Bubach, as 

 it is a better plant maker; the blos- 

 soms perfect and send out more fruit 

 stalks, and ripens at the same sea- 

 son ; the berry is more attractive, 

 color is finer and better flavored. I 

 am very much pleased with the berry 

 myself, and after fruiting it the past 

 season would not hesitate to plant it 

 in preference to Bubach. I have he- 

 fore me a letter from one of my cus- 

 tomers from Mount Sterling, Ky., 

 which speaks of it as follows : "The 

 Abington was a wonder to me for its 

 large plants, and some berries meas- 

 ure four and one-half and five inches 

 in circumference without any special 

 treatment." 



ADVANCE. — Introduced four 

 years ago by Ar- 

 thur B. Printz. of Indiana. It makes 

 a strong, healthy plant with abund- 

 ance of thrifty, light green foliage, 

 similar in color to the Clyde. It 

 makes an abundance of strong, healthy 

 runners, and as to plant growth, it is 

 almost perfect. The fruit is long in 

 shape, rather longer than Haverland. 

 Medium early in season; and im- 

 mensely productive. 



ARMSTRONG. — In plant growth and in many 

 respects it resembles the New 

 York. From medium to late in season, with perfect 

 blossom. This is claimed to be a German seedling and 

 is supposed to have been brought to this country from 

 Germany several years ago. For several years it has 

 been in the hands of German fruit growers in New 

 York State. It is one of the largest and most produc- 

 tive berries grown in that section. These growers 

 claim to be able to grow them by the crate where 12 to 

 15 will fill a quart, and that they will bring 10 to 15 

 cents when others are bringing about one-half that 

 amount. With me, as before stated, it is similar to 

 the New York in many respects, both as to plant 

 growth and fruit. 



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KICKS. 



>" Dolgetany? Yes? Showmeaman who is doing 



-','- any business, and gets no kicks, no complaints, 



-.'- and I will show you a man whose angel wings are 



-'.'- already sprouting, and he will soon soar away 



■?'- and vanish. When I fail to get any kicks from 



; 1 .- some one of the thousands of people to whom I 



-V- ship plants. I shall see that my will is prepared 



-"- right off. I am pleased that my percentage of 



-V- kicks is so very small. It averages right along 



-'_- considerably least than one to the hundred 



-\- people with whom I do business, and these are 



-;i made satisfactory, if possible, and if there is any 



>.'- real cause for the complaint. On the whole, I 



% f" nd the great majority of people inclined to be 



i'- fair and reasonable, and it is a pleasure to do 



?- business with them. 



# W. F. ALLEN. 

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