Allen's Plants or Your Own? 



By cliggmg your own plants you may save 

 the actual cost of plants and transportation, 

 but it often will not pay. You lose the crop 

 you would get from the plants dug. Soil that 

 Is heavy or dry and hard makes plant digging 

 very expensive. This is especially true with 

 inexperienced or high-priced help. If tlie soil 

 is heavy, many plants will have broken roots 

 which will not live and grow as well as Allen's 

 full-rooted stock. Mr. Robert G. Pratt, of Wind- 

 ham County, Vt., says in his letter (being pub- 

 lished in full on page 3) : "Two or three times 

 I have tried raising my own plants but never 

 had the success that I do when putting in your 

 plants each year." Here's what another New 

 England grower writes: "These plants are for 

 a neighbor of mine who praises my strawberry 

 bed every year. He digs his own plants but 

 seldom gets a good bed." — John Cricca & Sons, 

 New Haven Co., Conn. The following word 

 about digging your own plants comes from Wis- 

 consin : "Used to buy plants by the thousand, 

 mostly from a northern state, but so many times 

 they didn't grow well or were not true to name 

 I got disgusted and used my own plants except 

 when I wanted to try a new variety. Got some 

 of your plants through Wisconsin Horticultural 

 Society two years ago and every one grew, and 

 last year I sent direct to you for plants and all 

 grew fine." — Mr. H. H. Porter of Sauk County. 



INDEX 



Page 



Golden Wedding 2 



New Varieties Worth Trying 4 — 5 



Premier (i — 7 



Fairfax 8—9 



Dorsett and Blakemore 10 — 11 



Other Early Varieties 12 — 13 



Catskill 14—1.5 



Other Midseason Varieties 16 — 17 



Chesapeake 18 



Other Late Varieties 18—19 



Everbearing Berries — Why and 



How 20 — 21 



Everbearing Varieties 22 — 23 



Common Sense Methods 24 — 27 



Strawberries Pay 28 



Berry Gardens 29 



Allen's Plants Pay 30 — 31 



Collections 32 



Picking the Winners 34 



Price List of Plants for 1941 35 



Instructions to Purchasers 



Terms. Cash witli order. Remit by Money 

 Order, Bank Draft, or Cash in Reg^istered Letter. 

 No C. O. D. shipments, without part payment. 



Paekins". No extra charge made for packing- at 

 prices quoted on page 35. 



Time «f Shipnieiit. We ship plants from No- 

 vember 1st to May 1st. See paragraph on page 

 24. "Set plants in spring — early." 



True to IVame. We take every precaution to 

 bave all plants true to name and we will refund 

 your money if any prove otherwise, but we will 

 not be responsible for any sum greater than the 

 cost of the plants. ' ' 



liate 8liipmeiits. All plants ordered shipped 

 after May 1st will be packed and shipped in best 

 possible condition but at purchasers' risk. 



Our Guarantee. We guarantee all plants 

 ordered shipped before May 1st to reach you in 

 good condition. If they are found to be other- 

 wise, either through a slip on our part or delay 

 or mistreatment in transit, notify us immediately 

 so that we can refill your order. Any claim for 

 poor condition must be made immediately on 

 receipt of plants as we cannot be respon'siblc 

 for drought, floods, insects, etc., which may affect 

 the plants after their arrival, as these things 

 are entirely beyond our control. 



When to Order — And How to Ship 



Order as soon as you have decided what varieties anfl how many you want. Write plainly, so 

 that Avp can get youi- name and address correctly for prompt acknowledgment of order and delivery 

 of plants. Be sure to fill in your County on the order sheet. 



Express is generally satisfactory and the )>est way to ship plants if your order is large, or it 

 the distance is great. 



Parcel Post. Generally cheapest and most satisfactory for small shipments and with larger 

 shipments in adjoining and nearby states. 



Strawberry plants packed for shipment weigh approximately 4 pounds per 100 plants. Make up 

 your order, calculate the approximate weight and if you do not know your zone from Salisbury, 

 Maryland, use distances given herewith, or ask your postmaster. 



With zone rate published here you can easily calculate the amount of postage to send. 



Be sure to send enough postage "*» any excess will be returned. 



Each additional 



If sufiicient amount to pay par- 

 eel post charges is not sent witli 

 the order, the plants will he sent 

 hy Express collect, or by parcel 

 post C. O. D. for the amount <»f 

 postage due, as we cannot keep 

 avcounts and send hills for small 

 items of postage. 



Zone Miles 1st pound 



1st ... to 50 8 cts 



2nd . . 50 to 150 8 cts 



3rd ... 150 to 300 9 cts 



4th 300 to 600 10 cts 



5th 600 to 1000 11 cts. . , . 



6th .. 1000 to 1400 12 cts 



7th .... 1400 to 1800 14 cts 



8th .... 1800 up 15 cts 



pound 

 or fraction 

 1 1/10 cts. 



1 1/10 CIS. 



2 cts. 



3 1/2 cts. 

 5 3/10 cts. 

 7 cts. 

 9 cts. 



11 cts. 



"WE HAVE NO AGENTS — If you want to be sure of getting Allen's plants, order direct from 

 this catalog. Many agents buy their plants wbere they can get them the cheapest, regardless 

 of quality, and sell them for as much, or in many cases more, than the cost of the best. 

 To be sure of getting ALLEN'S QXIALITY PLANTS at the best price, MAIL your order to us. 



Copyright, 1941, by W. F. Allen Co., Salisbury, Md. 

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