ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE 



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JOHNSON'S EARLY— From Somerset county, Md There is but little 

 doubt that this is one of the most valuable early berries ever offered the Amer- 

 ican public. Mr. L. Shanley Davis of 100 Barclay sireet, New York City, 

 makes a specialty of hand" ing the fines' fruits and berries grown, and here is 

 what he wrote hi-j brother, a large berry grower in Caroline county. Md , 

 "Johnson's Earlv'' is the finest earlv berry we have had in the sfore this vear, 

 (1898.) 



The above illustration is a true copy of a photograph of a full size quart 

 basket filled with Johnson's Early. 



Here is what Mr J. A. Davis says: I first saw the Johnson's Early 

 berry in 1>'9S, at the farm of Mr. Oliver Johnson. It was late in the 

 Mr. Johnson shipped his last crate of berries the day I was there. The 

 were )arge and firm for the last picking, and vines green and healthy 

 to see the berry because my brother, L. S. Davis, 100 Barclay street. New York 

 City, said it was the finest earl , l>erry they had had in the store that year, and 

 I bought 40.000 planti^ for my own planting. I went to see them again in the 

 spring of "99 at the first picking. The vines were loaded with ripe and green 

 fruit, showing they are very prolific. I shall plant it heavily next -spring. 



"Origin — In the fruiting season of 1893, my patch having been set with 

 Hoflfman and Crescent plants, three rows of each, alternating, I noticed a dis 

 tmctly marked Hoffman berry ripening upon a Crescent plants. From tiie seed 



straw- 

 spring, 

 berries 

 I went 



