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



MEADE. — I fruited the Meade the past season lor 

 the first time. It is a beautiful dnrk 

 red berry and very tine quality : moreover, it is very 

 productive, and is firm enough to stand shipping; it is 

 gbod enough for the local market, and should be a fa- 

 vorite on the home table. Much has been said of this 

 berry through the press and otherwise. The Garden 

 Matjazine recently devoted a full page to illustrating 

 and describing this variety. The following Is quoted 

 from what they have to say : 



"This fine new strawberry is the result of over 20 

 years' experimenting in the growth of seedling straw- 

 berries by Mr. H. O. Meade, ex-president of the Massa- 

 chusetts Fruit Growers' Association, and he says that 

 his life's work and reputation as a fruit grower is 

 staked on the value of this grand new berry. It is a 

 very stalky, low-growing plant, with broad, very dark 

 and glossy foliage, a moderately free plant-maker, sel- 

 dom crowding too much for matted row culture, and 

 when runners are kept off for lull culture it stood up 

 heavily and consequently throws up many strong berry- 

 hearing stalks in fruiting season. All the berries that 

 form develop to fullest perfection, and every specimen 

 ranks as first class. The berries are of large size, 

 pointed, globular, like the small end of a hen's egg, as 

 though all had been perfectly moulded from one pat- 

 tern ; deep, glossy red color on outside and red flesh all 

 the way through. A perfect berry, mildly sub-acid and 

 moderately firm." 



James Draper, of Worcester, Mass., writes : 



"The Meade is a plant whose foliage eclipses all oth- 

 ers in vigor, healthfulness and richness of color. The 

 berry is well forned, glossy red and good quality. I 

 noticed in our Worcester market last June that the 

 Meade commanded the highest prices of any variety on 

 the fruit stands." 



MITCHELL'S EARLY. — Too well known to 



need any extended 



description here. If grown on good soil. It must be 

 kept thinned. For eating from the vines there la 

 probably none better, and until the Excelsior came It 

 was the leading early berry for the market as well as 

 for home use. 



MRS. MILLER. — I borrow the following descrip- 

 tion from M. Crawford : "It 

 appears likely to win a position among the very best of 

 our late varieties. Its great healthy plants, green and 

 clean, are a delight to the grower and Its generoua 

 yield of brilliant berries shining among the leaves 

 amply reward all his care and pains. The fruit Is very 

 large and dark red, oblong in form, slightly flattened 

 and of a delicious flavor; the flesh is red; medium to 

 very late." 



MORNING STAR.— Again I did not have any 

 of this to fruit the past 

 season. I am, therefore, still unable to speak of tbJv 

 from experience as relates to the fruit, and will agats 

 use the originator's description, which Is as follows : 

 "The Morning Star is the largest and finest strawberry 

 thus far known that ripens early. Berry very large, 

 broadly conical with blunt apex, bright scarlet crimson, 

 exceptionally uniform in size and shape. Plant a re- 

 liable heavy yielder. It is exceptionally firm lot an 

 early berry, of the finest flavor, rich and sugary. Valc- 

 able for market or home use." 



Last year my beds died out badly from some catuw- 

 which I have not been able to determine. This season, 

 however, It has made an elegant growth again an* 

 looks as though they will be in shape to bear a large- 

 crop. Mr. W. J. Robinson, near White Haven, MoL, 

 who bought plants frem me two years ago, says this la 

 one of the best varieties, and he Is very mucb pleated! 

 with It. 



NICK OHMER. — This is a strong, perfeet-bloa- 

 som variety, productive at 

 large, rich, dark glossy red globular berries, btgSly col- 

 ored all the way through, and of a superior flavor. It 

 is a great market berry and a superb variety for the 

 home table. While some large growers plant more of 

 this variety than any other, It does not seem to be a 

 general favorite with the great mass of strawberry 

 growers. It Is a variety that responds readily to high 

 culture and extra attention. It thrives best on deep, 

 moist soil. 



NICK OHMER. 



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j| VOIR PLANTS THREE TIMES AS GOOD $ 

 £ AS PEDIGREE STOCK. afe 



|£ Cortland Co., N. Y., April 12, 1907. 



I* W. F. Allen, Dear Sir : I send you herewith a 



Jjfe small order for strawberry plants. Hope I will 



«W get as good ones as I did last year. The plants 



-.'- you sent me last spring were tbe finest I ever 



r- bought, and grew the best. I also bought some 



%f pedigree plants — wish you could see them. One 



*>,- row of yours is worth three of his, without any 



J; doubt, both in same bed side by side. 

 % Respectfully. C. B. WILCOX. 



