IF WE were able to drop in to see you some rainy day, 

 or some evening when you were not busy, and could 

 talk over with you our everyday problems of straw- 

 berry growing-, varieties, plants, and exchange experi- 

 ences, we would enjoy the visit and it would probably 

 be mutually helpful. 



We cannot do that, but we can say, "Best wishes for 

 a happy and prosperous year during 1930." We cannot 

 talk things over, but we do, in this little Berry Book 

 giv^e you the result of our own experience and that of 

 many of our customers in growing strawberries. Variety 

 descriptions, cultural methods, what profits to expect 

 and information about plants and prices are some of the things discussed. 



Frankly, this Berry Book is the salesman for Allen's True to Name straw- 

 berry plants. We have tried to send a salesman that would inspire the con- 

 fidence we believe our plants deserve. Of course, if you need plants we 

 would like to have your order, but we don't lead you to expect extraordinary 

 profits to get it. In our variety descriptions, whether new ones or old, we 

 have described them as we have found them, giving the weak points as well 

 as the good. In telling about plants, we tell you why we believe it will pay 

 you to use Allen's Plants. 



We have tried to be conservative, so that you can depend on our state- 

 ments as well as our plants. Read the letters from those who have depended 

 on them. Then "figure up" what plants you need and send in your order 

 early, won't you? 



