ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



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THE MICHIGAN— I have not fruited except in a very small way and I was 

 not favorably impressed with it. One 

 fault it is subject to is rust It must 

 I think do better at o her places as 

 there is always a good demand for the 

 plants notwithstanding I never recom- 

 mend it. The originator claims that 

 '*it ih the latest berry grown and that 

 it is undoubtedly the best late straw- 

 berry ever introduced and for profita- 

 ble market growing it is unexcelled by 

 any other; coming into market as most 

 other kinds are goinj. out. The berries 

 are large, bluntly conic, as shown in 

 cut, very uniforrn; of deep crimson col- 

 or, firm and handsome." 



MANWELL Is a large, vevy late 

 variety, berries dark red, good quality 

 and very productive. 



JERSEY HAKKET— In a general 

 way it is an improved Chas Downing, 

 resembling that old reliable and favor- 

 ite variety in appearance but is larmier, 

 firmer in texture and with large abun- 

 dant clean foliage that has never been ..ffected by rust or tcald The berries 

 are bright crimson in color and of large but not of Mammoth size, being re- 

 markably uniform in both size and color. They are above the average in firm- 

 ness, of rich delicious quality and ripen in mid season. Plant of exceptionally 

 strong healthy habit and a he^vy. reliable yielder, under all conditions; blos- 

 som pistillate 



RUBY— Supposed to be a seedling of the Crescent, fertilized by the Sharp- 

 less. I have heard very favorable re- 

 ports from the Ruby 'for some time. 

 It B usually the variety that captures 

 the first prize at the strawberry meet- 

 ing of the Alton, III., Horticultural 

 Society Judge Miller, of Missouri, 

 says: ' That it is certainly ahead of a 

 host of ther varieties that have been 

 lauded higher, and that he considers it 

 one of the \ery best of one hundred va- 

 rieties he has growing " It is a vigor- 

 ous, healthy plant, uniformly produc- 

 tive, fruit large size, dark red through- 

 out, firm enough to ship well, a good 

 keeper and good quality. 



PARKER EARLE Arnot's.)— 

 The plant is a strong robust grow- 

 er, with a perfect blossom, and an 

 ♦ normous yielder of large slightly 

 flattened, bright crimson berries, with 

 short neck, the calyx turning back 

 from the berry, giving it a fine appearance. Vhe flavor of the bst. It 

 ripens evenly and is a good shipper. They are free tu make runners the first 

 season which is very essential to berry growers, and have stood a temperature 

 of fourteen degrees below zero without protection, never freezing out They 

 require rich soil as they set so much fruit. They ripen about with Crescent, 

 are termed midseason, and continue to bear about three weeks. 



JESSIE — A large fancy b*^rry, very fine where it succeeds, unreliable. 

 Plant on springy rich soil, if at all. 



WARFIELD— Very popular for market and for canning, medium size, 

 crimson through and through, firm and a jiood shipper, large growth in the west. 



