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W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY. MARYLAND 



PROVIDENCE. Originated in Somerset County, 

 Maryland, by Mr. Wm. Carroll, and plants were 

 sold for the first time last spring. Providence has 

 made an excellent growth here and looks very 

 promising, but not having fruited it, I will give you 

 Mr. Carroll's description of it as follows: "The 

 Providence is an early berry; plants are strong 

 growers, with heavy green foliage; the berries are 

 conical in shape and the quality is excellent; color 

 dark red all the way through; they are solid and 

 splendid shippers, have never heard of them arriving 

 in market in a soft or leaky condition. Blossoms 

 perfect; the berries are large, prolific and do not 

 run down at the end of the season, and the large 

 green caps make them very attractive. I found this 

 berry in the woods near my home four years ago, 

 and I have fruited it three years. It is one of the 

 finest early berries that I have ever seen. It does 

 well in either stiff or light soil, and has never shown 

 any rust or other diseases." 



RED BIRD. Berries very tart and would not be 

 considered good to eat without plenty of sugar; but 

 as a first-early shipping berry, size, productiveness 

 and firmness considered, it takes high rank. It is a 

 pistillate variety and the earliest pistillate variety 

 that I know of. The fruit will average larger than 

 Excelsior, and with me it is more productive, though 

 I consider the Excelsior a fairly good yielder. It 

 can be fruited with Excelsior, Climax or Lea, and if 

 grown in thin matted rows it is a valuable market 

 sort, but must not be allowed to get too thick 

 on the bed, which it is inclined to do unless it is 

 restricted. 



REASONER'S 324. A seedling of the Gandy 

 crossed with Dunlap. The plant and foliage is of 

 the Gandy type, but larger and more vigorous; 

 fruit large, very red and glossy; about four or five 

 days later than Dunlap. 



REASONER'S 370. Plant is vigorous, with 

 green, healthy foliage. The berries are uniformly of 

 good size, with quality above the average; very 

 sweet, firm; a good keeper and shipper; color is 

 bright salmon, the berries almost resembling coals 



of fire; ripens about six days later than Dunlap and 

 holds on very late. 



ST. LOUIS. The one thing that keeps this va- 

 riety from first place as an extra-early berry is the 

 fact that it is so soft, which practically takes it out 

 of the market as a shipping berry; but, for the home 

 table or local market, it is a good one. Originated 

 in Arkansas by J. A. Baur. As grown here, this 

 variety makes a very strong, healthy plant, with 

 plenty of runners, and is productive of large berries 

 that ripen fully as early as Excelsior or any other 

 of the very early varieties, notwithstanding it is 

 twice as large as the most of the very early varieties. 

 The berries are about the same shape, and it is 

 almost if not quite as productive as Haverland; it is 

 more productive of large berries than any other 

 extra-early sort that I have ever grown, and I have 

 had about all of any importance that have been 

 introduced in the last thirty years. 



SAMPLE. Originated in Massachusetts by Mr. 

 Gowing, and has been grown here ever since it 

 was introduced. My first thousand plants cost me 

 $200. and I have never regretted the purchase. 

 Berr>'-growers will find this variety ideal in every 

 way. It has given such universal satisfaction to 

 growers everywhere that the demand for it has 

 increased steadily ever since its introduction. 

 Few varieties have made larger profits than the 

 Sample. Of perfect Strawberry type; dark red in 

 color, large in size, delicious in flavor and very 

 attractive in appearance; to these high qualities 

 are added its unusual productiveness and firmness 

 that render it possible to ship the fruit to distant 

 markets. For the commercial grower it is a good, 

 reliable standard variety that can be planted with 

 confidence of success; the blossoms are large and 

 strong; one of the largest of the pistillate varieties 

 that I have ever seen grown. Of our many millions 

 of strawberry plants of many varieties that we 

 have sold to thousands of people, I do not remem- 

 ber ever receiving or hearing a complaint about 

 Sample. The beautiful appearance, shape, size and 

 productiveness are correctly represented by the 

 accompanying illustration. 



SAUNDERS. Of 

 Canadian origin, with 

 perfect blossoms. This 

 is one of the few va- 

 rieties that give best 

 results on medium or 

 light soil. It is a good 

 berry and no one would 

 go far wrong in plant- 

 ing it. The fruit is 

 large and a dark, glossy 

 red, very firm and of 

 good flavor. 



Sample. Bright red, long and pointed; reliable for the commercial grower 



This Sounds Good 



Strawberry plants ar- 

 rived in first-class condi- 

 tion. You are the man 

 that gets the order again 

 next year. — Leopold H. 

 Weiss, St. Louis Co., 

 Mo., April 4. 1913. 



Very Fine Plants 



I received Strawberry 

 plants in fine condition, 

 and am well pleased with 

 them. They are very 

 fine plants. Henry Rob- 

 inson, Seneca County, 

 N. Y., May i, 1913- 



