W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 



STRAWBERRIES THAT I RECOMMEND 



Rewastico 



This new variety was offered by me for the first time last spring, and, owing to the small supply of 

 plants the price was practically prohibitory to a great many growers; but I planted the larger part of my 

 stock, and now have a good supply of this valuable new berry. The Rewastico was originated in Wicomico 

 County, about twelve miles from Salisbury, by Mr. Thomas H. Howard, who has been growing the Re- 

 wastico in a small way for several years. Considerable of the fruit has been shipped to Baltimore for two 

 or three seasons, the berries invariably bringing a special price, and a special inquiry for more of the same 

 kind. I had heard of this berry two or three years before I bought it, but so many new varieties are offered 

 that I did not take the time to go to see it until the summer of 1912. I had no idea of the surprise in store 

 for me. The Rewastico is ahighly colored, large, cardinal-red berry, and the color penetrates through and 

 through; it is very productive, and in size is uniformly large; in shape it is as perfect and uniform as if 

 turned out of a mold, as you can see by referring to the illustration on page i, which is a true photograph 

 and not in the least exaggerated. In plant-growth it is one of the healthiest on the farm, making plenty of 

 healthy, strong plants, with an abundance of vigorous, healthy, dark green foliage; in quality it is rich, 

 with an aromatic Strawberry flavor, though somewhat tart; but is firm enough to be very popular as a 

 rnarket berry. I consider_ myself extremely fortunate in being able to procure the entire stock, the most 

 of which I planted last spring. I am glad to be able to offer this new berry to you this season at a price within 

 the reach of everybody, as it is so good and is going to be so valuable as a market berry that I want all of 

 my customers to have it. I sincerely believe that those who fail to procure plants at the very reasonable 

 price at which I am offering it this spring will miss a great chance to get started with one of the best market 

 Strawberries ever offered to the public. I consider it the only real competitor that the Chesapeake has 

 ever had, and in some respects it even surpasses that exceedingly popular variety. Anticipating a great 

 demand, I shall plant heavily of it myself; and should I misjudge in the demand for plants, weather per- 

 mitting, I am sure I shall not be disappointed in a large crop of fancy berries. See illustration page I. 



Warren 



This new Strawberry, which I am now offering for the first time, 

 hails from Auburndale, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, and was 

 originated by Mr. S. H. Warren, the veteran grower of fancy Straw- 

 berries, whose portrait I am pleased to print in connection with this 

 description. Mr. Warren has been growing Strawberries in New 

 England for almost three-score years, and no one with whom I am 

 acquainted is better able to judge the valuable points of a Strawberry. 

 Mr. Warren has taken a great deal of interest in berry-growing, and 

 has been especially interested in promising new varieties; he is now 

 almost four-score years of age, and has grown berries almost all of his 

 life; those who know him best honor and love him most, and his 

 opinion of a new fruit can be accepted with the utmost confidence. 

 During the summer of 1912 it was my good fortune to see the "Warren" 

 in fruit on Mr. Warren's ground and the splendid crop of large, luscious, 

 highly colored and uniform-shaped berries was an inspiration to anyone 

 interested in berrj'-growing. The plants were exceedingly vigorous, 

 with strong, leathery foliage of very dark green. Mr. Warren was not 

 at home, but I was told to look over the berries to my satisfaction, 

 which I did; a few hours later I met Mr. Warren at Horticultural 

 Hall, where he had on exhibition a number of varieties of Strawberries, 

 the largest and most beautiful of which was the Warren. Believing 

 this to be the best variety that he has ever produced, he has honored 

 it with his name. I have the following letter from Mr. Warren, dated Auburndale, Massachusetts, March 

 29, 1913: "I thank you for buying my Warren Strawberry. No one would have had this opportunity to 

 disseminate this Strawberry but myself, if I felt that I should live and be able to do so. It is one of the 

 best Strawberries I ever grew, and I have been growing them for fifty-eight years, and I think your customers 

 will be lucky to plant this, my last introduction. It is on account of my age (77) and poor health that I 



am parting with it." (Signed) S. H. Warren. In a later letter Mr. Warren writes that "Mr. is now 



wishing he had bought them. I tell him he has lost the handling of the best Strawberry I ever saw, and I 

 am glad you are to have the Warren." 



Notwithstanding the drought during, all the early part of the summer, and the fact that they were 

 planted late, they have made an excellent growth here at Salisbury, Maryland, and we have a splendid 

 stock of plants. I have put the price very low for a valuable new variety, in order to give everybody who 

 "Buys Plants from Allen" a chance to give them a trial. 



Dear Sir: — I very much doubt if you have a better berry than Warren in your long list, all points con- 

 sidered. The fruit is so large and handsome it is one of the first to sell at a good price, even in a glutted 

 market; it also is an extra berry to stand up after being packed, therefore a good shipper. If people knew the 

 hundredth part of what I know about the Warren you would be sold out of plants long before the season. 



I sold all of my berries to a Strawberry-grower this year, who begged and pleaded with me to let him have 

 some of the plants. I told him I had agreed with W. F. Allen, to whom I had sold the plants, not to dispose 

 of any of them, and I was going to stand by my contract. — S. H.Warren, Auburndale, Mass., October 23, 1913. 



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