18 THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 



Parsons' Beauty. Luxuriant grower and jree bearer 



Parsons' Beauty. 



Originated in this county 

 near Parsonsburg. This is 

 a very- productive, medium-large, good-quality berry; 

 especially recommended for near market, where it 

 can be picked and sold the same day, or picked late 

 in the afternoon and put on the market the following 

 morning. Some claim that it will ship well, but we 

 have never felt that we could recommend it as a 

 shipping berry, especially where the distance is 

 very great. It makes a luxuriant growth and bears 

 an immense crop of fine fruit. 



Paul Tnnoc Claimed to be a seedling of Haver- 

 raui JOneS. 1^^,^^ ^^^ Brandywine. Blossoms 

 are pistillate, plants are wonderfully productive of 

 beautiful berries that are brilliant and glossy in color. 

 An excellent shipper. It is claimed that berries kept 

 a week in a common cellar were exhibited at the 

 Worcester County Horticultural Society, in Massa- 

 chusetts, by the side of fresh-picked berries, and 

 that the only difference in appearance was the added 

 richness in color in the week-old berries. It is said 

 to be fully as productive as the Haverland. 

 p. _i This is a staminate variety which origi- 

 nated in Indiana. It is claimed that on the 

 farm of the originator it bears large, fine fruit from 

 one to two weeks after the Gandy has ceased bearing. 

 It holds up in size and quality very well until the 

 last picking. The berries ripen evenly, are of good 

 quality, and uniform in size. The foliage is free 

 from rust and, like Senator Dunlap, it is able to 

 withstand a drought much better than most other 

 varieties. 



D^:J/v «f M;/^k:nin>. "This is a fine shipper and 



Pride of Michigan. ^^ ^^.^n^^, ^^J^^ ^he 



meat is firm and exceedingly rich, solid in texture 

 and very smooth, quality of the finest. In size it is 

 surpassed by no other variety. The berries lie in 

 windrows and the hea\y, dense foliage spreads out 

 u-ide enough to shade them. Makes very few 

 runners, just about enough for a fine fruiting row." 

 The description is quoted from the introducer. 



Providence Originated in Somerset County, 

 1UV1UCUI.C. Mar>-land. The originator says: 

 "It is one of the finest berries I have ever seen, and 

 it does well on either stiff or light, sandy soil, and 

 has never shown any rust or other diseases. The 

 berries are of excellent color and firm enough to 

 make it a splendid shipping variety. It holds up 

 well in size to the end of the season." 

 p • (Kellogg's). We have never fruited 



rremicr ^j^jg variety, but the introducer des- 

 cribes it as follows: "Premier is an early, bisexual 

 variety; the fruit begins ripening with the earliest 

 kinds and continues to fruit until the latest va- 

 rieties are at their best. The Premier berries are 

 larger than those produced by any other early va- 

 riety, the fruit is deeply and richly colored and very 

 firm, which makes it a good shipper. As to pro- 

 ductiveness, no other early variety equals it, and the 

 quality of the fruit is simply superb. The foliage is 

 light green and spreads completely over the loads of 

 fruit. We have never seen a berry of this variety 

 affected by sun-scald or rot. All who have seen it 

 in fruit pronounce it the greatest of all early varieties. 



ROOT-SYSTEM A SIGHT TO BEHOLD 



Last spring I purchased from you, and had shipped to my farm in New Jersey, 7,500 plants. Plants were most excellent 

 and. notwithstanding a drought that swept over New Jersey soon after they were planted, we lost practically none of them, 

 for the root-system they had was a sight to behold. — Frank S. Patton, Washington County, Tennessee, May 3. ipiS- 



