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W. F. Aliens Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



GANDY. — Too well known to need any extended 

 description. This is the standard late 

 variety all over the country, by which all other late 

 varieties are compared. It should be planted iu black 

 swamp land if possible, otherwise in clay land or me- 

 dium land of the springy nature, never on dry, sandy 

 land. I have an excellent crop of very fine plants this 

 eeason, which I think will please the most exacting. I 

 shall be pleased to have your order. 



GLEN MARY. — Introduced by myself and first 

 sent out just eleven years ago at 

 $10.00 per hundred. I have had so many good reports 

 on the Glen Mary that I should be astonished to hear 

 of even a partial failure, especially in New England 

 and Western sections. I have never recommended this 

 to the Southern growers, but have just received a letter 

 from the Western Shore of Virginia, from a party who 

 says he bought it from me nine years ago, and in all 

 that time it has proved his best variety. They are big, 

 dark red beauties with prominent seeds of bright yel- 

 low ; the m<>at is crimson, very rich and juicy. They 

 are of such hi'-rh flavor 1hat, as the saying goes, they 

 "always taste like more." As a good, firm shipper it is 

 very popular, for fancy local market there are few, if 

 any, better; for this reason if i« a great favorite among 

 the large and small growers. It has no particular 

 choice of soils, and does riot require netting. The 

 roots are long and well-developed, providing plenty of 

 moisture for the plants during a drought. The foliage 

 is large, upright in growth and dart gr^en in color: 

 the leaves are nearly round with a dark, glossy surface, 

 making it of a beautiful appearance in the field. The 

 fruit stems, although large and strong, are weighted to 

 the ground by the large clusters of berries : for this 

 reason they should be well mulched to keep them clean. 

 The Glen Mary, while listed as having a perfect blos- 

 som, is by no means recommended to plant with other 



pistillates, as its blossoms are not strong in pollen, but 

 usually have plenty to fertilize its own flowers. Most 

 people grow it without planting any others with it, and 

 for that reason it is listed as staminate, although it is 

 about semi-staminate. The berries are just the right 

 size to make a tine appearance in the crate, and you 

 should net be timid about asking a big price for them, 

 as everyone will pay extra to get such fine berries. 



A promiueut grower writes me that he has been test- 

 ing sevenly varieties, covering a period of several 

 years, and he says Glen Mary and Sample are the best. 

 I have another letter from a Connecticut grower that 

 reads like this : "I write to thank you for your infor- 

 mation regarding the two largest varieties of straw- 

 berries grown, and at the same time to say that the 

 Glen Mary is the best and largest berry that I can find. 

 Every year 1 try from four to eight new ones, and so 

 far none of them will equal the old Glen Mary. Four- 

 fifths of all 1 plant this season will be of this variety." 



The stock of Glen Mary plants this season is some- 

 what short, and I do not know if I have more than 

 about 250,000 'to 300,000, and as all the other growers 

 whom I have consulted are short on this variety, it 

 has been necessary to slightly raise the price from last 

 year. We will not have enough, however, to fill all 

 our orders the coining season, but shall do the best we 

 can and fill all orders in rotation as long as we have a 

 plant. 



GENERAL DE WET. — - Originated by T. C. 



Kevitt, of New Jer- 

 sey. Mr. Keilt claims this variety to be frost-proof 

 from the facl that it does not bloom out in time for the 

 trust to catch it. I might say right here, however, 

 that it did not escape the freeze we had on the 10th of 

 May two years ago. when almost every variety on the 

 place wn^ ruined. No doubt Mr. Kevitt's estimate on 

 the frost-proof qualities might be verified in a very 

 light frost, as he says it does not bloom out until very 

 late. The berry is a very deep red color, with a lus- 

 cious flavor, with a dark green cap, making it very 

 popular in the market. Mr. Kevitt predicts that it will 

 become very popular. 



GENERAL JOE WHEELER.— Season a little 



earlier than 

 the Lady Thompson. This variety has a perfect blos- 

 som and is very strong, vigorous and healthy in 

 growth. It Is about the equal of Lady Thompson in 

 size and very much resembles it in color and produc- 

 tiveness. If any difference, it is rather more produc- 

 tive. This is a Southern variety and is supposed to be a 

 seedling of the Lady Thompson. 



EVERYTHING SATISFACTORY. 



York Co., Maine, April 24, 1907. 

 W. F. Allen — 



Dear Sir: I received the plants and every- 

 thing was satisfactory. They were in very good 

 condition. Yours truly, 



MEDERiC CREPBAU. 



