Beautiful Berry Beds. These are Pocahontas. 
THE PLANT SITUATION — 1958 
Virus free plant stocks have again 
proved their outstanding value. In spite 
of the driest summer since 1930 these 
stocks have produced a fairly adequate 
supply of strong plants. The total supply 
is probably not much over half that of last 
year but growers who place their orders 
early should have little trouble getting 
most of the varieties they want. 
Quality: We had plenty of rain from 
mid-August through September and Octo- 
ber. Because of the fact that there will be 
far less plants per row than normal the 
individual plants will be larger than usual, 
strong and well rooted. This always 
happens when beds are thin, as with 
varieties which normally make very few 
plants. Growing conditions caused a de- 
crease in total number of plants for nursery 
stock but not in their size and vigor. 
Variety Differences: The supply of some 
varieties will be much less than others. 
Generally varieties which make plants 
freely recovered from the drought in time 
to make lots of late runners and plants. Con- 
versely, varieties which normally make 
few plants did not recover in time to make 
many late runners and plants. 
Supplies: Fairly adequate supplies are 
available in the following varieties: Blake- 
more, Dixieland, Fairfax, Florida 90, Stele- 
master, Catskill, Pocahontas, Redglow, 
Surecrop, Armore, Robinson, Sparkle, and 
Tennessee Beauty. In the very short list 
we find Earlidawn, Empire, Midland, Red- 
star and Superfection. 
Buyers of large quantities may have 
trouble locating all they need of a given 
variety but the average grower who plants 
one to two acres or less should be able to 
get what he needs, except those listed as 
very short in the paragraph above. 
New Varieties: Jerseybelle (from New 
Jersey), Surecrop, Redglow and Earlidawn 
(from U.S.D.A.) all gave a good account 
of themselves outside the drought area. 
They are well worth trying, Surecrop 
being especially valuable in areas where 
red stele is serious. 
Registered Plants: All the varieties we 
are offering are grown from virus free 
stocks except seven minor kinds. Growers 
of virus free plants in states where com- 
petent inspection services are available 
are entitled to label their stock “Regis- 
tered,” if they meet certain strict require- 
ments as to soil fumigation, foundation 
stocks, isolation, dusting, etc. All of our 
virus free varieties have met these re- 
quirements and will be labeled and sold 
as registered plants. We hope that W. F. 
Allen Co. will receive your orders for 
plants this year, but in any event we 
strongly recommend that you buy your 
planting stock from a grower who meets 
the requirements for registered plants. 
Such stock will pay you. 
ALLEN'S PLANTS, standard of the industry for 73 years, are 
still your best bet for big crops of better berries. 
