W. F. ALLEN, JR., SALISBURY, MARYLAND. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



L<ovett'§ Early was a chance seedling (believed to have descended from the 

 Crescent crossed with the Wilson) that was discovered in Kentucky in 1885, near the 

 place of origin of Charles Downing, Kentucky and Downer's Prolific. Both in Ken- 

 tucky and New Jersey the variety has been tested by the side of all the best varieties 

 in cultivation, upon poor soil and without fertilizers, and in every instance it has 

 given results surpassing by far all others, responding to good soil and culture as 

 generously as any variety I know. In earliness it is second only to Crystal City (that 

 little extra early sort being but two or three days in advance of it), and in produc- 

 tiveness it excels all other varieties I have ever fruited, and succeeds everywhere, 

 even upon poor, light land. I do not claim for it mammoth size, but that it is above 

 medium, averaging large and very uniform, holding its size to the close of the season 

 better than other varieties — by reason of its foliage maintaining perfect health and 

 vigor until all berries have ripened. The berries color all over at once, never with a 

 green tip; seldom illshaped and never coxcombed. 



