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Allen's Book of Berrie:^ — 1930 



Well grown plants of dependable quality— for digging this spring. 



The Proof of the Plants 



Growth, Production, Profit 



Above is one of our fields of vigorous, well rooted, true-to-name plants. 

 They are the equal of any plants you will find anywhere, and greatly su- 

 perior to many fields of plants less well grown and less vigorous. How- 

 ever, we realize that other growers may have fields of plants just as good, 

 if in the same kind of soil, and equally vigorous. 



The plants of greatest value to you are those v/hich give best results. 

 We are going to tell you below why we honestly believe Allen's Plants will 

 be of greatest value to you, regardless of the price you pay. 



In the first place, they are obviously superior to plants from fields that 

 are not vigorous and healthy as shown in the picture above. 



But, given a vigorous lot of plants in the field, they must be grown in the 

 lighter sandy loam types of soil to give you the wonderful development of 

 fibrous roots which our plants have. With plants grown on heavier soils, 

 the roots cannot penetrate the earth and make the root system they do here, 

 but even if they could, the plants would not be removed without breaking 

 off many of the fibrous roots. Any growers who have tried to dig plants 

 from hard clay soil will know right off just what we are getting at. 

 Allen's plants for fine roots. 



_ Even if two fields of plants are equally vigorous, on the same kind of 

 soil, greater value can be added or maintained by the way they are handled. 



1. Plants that are true-to-name should be kept that way and not mixed 

 by careless handling. 



2. Plants should be kept fresh and moist while digging and handling — 

 and not allow sun and wind to make them dry and withered. 



3. They should be well cleaned and bunched evenly. Dead and decaying 

 leaves tend to prevent plants from reaching you in good condition. And 



