VIRUS FREE— REGISTERED 



Plants referred to as "virus free" in this catalog have been field grown by us from virus-free 

 foundation stock furnished by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, 

 and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, Maryland. Our field-grown stock has been dusted with 

 parathion to control aphids which transmit the virus diseases. It has also been grown at considerable 

 distances from any other strawberry plants. Since viruses do not produce clear-cut symptoms in most 

 strawberry varieties but simply weaken and devitalize the plants, no guarantee can be made that 

 these plants are 100 percent free of viruses. Because of the measures that we have used to protect 

 these plants from virus infection, we believe them to be substantially virus-free. 



All plants from virus free sources which meet the rigid growing requirements of our Inspection 

 Service are entitled to be sold as "Registered." All our virus free varieties have met these require- 

 ments and will carry a label showing they are "registered." We hope W. F. Allen Company will 

 receive your plant orders, but in any event you should get plants which meet the rigid requirements 

 which entitle them to be registered. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO PURCHASERS 

 Terms. Cash with order. Remit by money 

 order, bank draft or cash in registered letter. 

 No C.O.D. shipments without part payment. 

 Packing. No extra charge made for packing 

 at prices quoted on page 32. 

 True to Name. We take every precaution to 

 have all plants true to name and we will 

 refund your money if any prove otherwise, 

 but we will not be responsible for any sum 

 greater than the cost of the plants ordered. 



WHEN TO ORDER HOW TO SHIP 



Order as soon as you have decided what 

 varieties and how many you want. Plants 

 will be reserved for you. indicate on the order 

 sheet the approximate date you want the 

 plants shipped to you. See paragraph on 

 page 25 "When Should Plants be Set?". Write 

 plainly so that we can get your name and 

 address correctly for prompt acknowledgment 

 of order and delivery of plants. Be sure to 

 fill in your County on the order sheet. 



Express — Cheaper- on shipments of 3,000 plants 

 or more and on 2,000 plants in the fifth postal 

 zone or farther. Transportation charges can 

 be collected at time of delivery. There is a 

 minimum express charge of $2.56 on any size 

 shipment. 



Parcel Post. — Generally cheapest and most 

 satisfactory for all shipments up to 1,000 

 plants everywhere and on larger shipments 

 up to 2,000 plants in the 4th postal zone or 

 nearer. Parcel post charges depend upon 

 weight of shipment and postal zone. On par- 

 cel post shipments be sure to include postage 

 figured from the tables and guide on this 

 page. Send enough postage as any excess 

 will be returned to you. We do not advise 



C.O.D. shipments as they require from 40$ 

 to $1.00 additional postage for that service. 

 In addition delivery is delayed by two or 

 more days in many instances. COLLECTIONS 

 offered on pages 28 and 29 are prepaid and 

 no postage need be sent for these. 



Our Guarantee. We guarantee all plants 

 ordered shipped before May 15th to reach 

 you in good condition. If they are found to 

 be otherwise, either through a slip on our 

 part or delay or mistreatment in transit, notify 

 us immediately so that we can refill your 

 order. Any claim for poor condition must be 

 made immediately on receipt of plants as we 

 cannot be responsible for drought, floods, 

 insects, etc. which may affect the plants after 

 their arrival, as these things are entirely be- 

 yond our control. 



ZONE GUIDE 



To help determine postal zone, consult this 



guide. If you live near places mentioned or 



nearer to Eastern Maryland you are in zone 



indicated. If convenient ask your postmaster. 



Zone 2 — includes Trenton, N. J., Harrisburg, 

 Pa., Philadelphia, Pa., Hagerstown, Md., 

 Charlottesville, Va., Richmond, Va., Norfolk, 

 Va. 



Zone 3 — includes Hartford, Conn., New York, 

 N. Y., Pittsburgh, Pa., Roanoke, Va., Wil- 

 mington, N. C. 



Zone 4 — includes Portland, Maine, Boston, 

 Mass., Albany, N. Y., Buffalo, N. Y., Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, Detroit, Mich., 

 Indianapolis, Ind., Louisville, Ky. ; Nashville, 

 Tenn., Atlanta, Ga. 



Zone 5 — includes the entire state of Illinois, 

 St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis, Mo., Little Rock, 

 Ark. 



Zone 6 — includes Houston, Texas, Oklahoma 

 City, Okla., Kansas City, Mo. 



Zone 7 — includes El Paso, Tex., Denver, Colo. 



Zone 8— includes Salt Lake City, Utah and 

 Pacific Coast States. 



PARCEL POST RATES 



Zones Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone 



Pounds 1&2 3 4 5 6 78 



2 $.33 $.35 $.39 $.45 $.51$ .58$ .64 



3 38 .41 .47 .55 .64 .74 .83 



4 43 .47 .55 .65 .77 .90 1.02 



5 48 .53 .63 .75 .90 1.06 1.21 



6 53 .59 .70 .85 1.03 1.22 1.40 



7 58 .65 .77 .95 1.16 1.38 1.59 



8 63 .71 .84 1.05 1.29 1.54 1.78 



9 68 .77 .91 1.15 1.42 1.70 1.97 



10 73 .83 .98 1.25 1.55 1.86 2.16 



11. 77 .89 1.05 1.35 1.67 2.02 2.34 



12 81 .95 1.12 1.45 1.79 2.18 2.52 



13 85 1.01 1.19 1.55 1.91 2.34 2.70 



14 89 1.07 1.26 1.65 2.03 2.50 2.88 



15 93 1.13 1.33 1.75 2.15 2.66 3.06 



16 97 1.18 1.40 1.85 2.27 2.81 3.24 



17 1.01 1.23 1.47 1.95 2.39 2.96 3.42 



18 1.05 1.28 1.54 2.05 2.51 3.11 3.60 



19 1.09 1.33 1.61 2.15 2.63 3.26 3.78 



20 1.13 1.38 1.68 2.25 2.75 3.41 3.96 



21 1.17 1.43 1.75 2.34 2.87 3.56 4.14 



22 1.21 1.48 1.82 2.43 2.99 3.71 4.32 



23 1.25 1.53 1.89 2.52 3.11 3.86 4.50 



24 1.29 1.58 1.96 2.61 3.23 4.01 4.68 



25 1.33 1.63 2.03 2.70 3.35 4.16 4.86 



30 1.53 1.88 2.38 3.15 3.95 4.91 5.76 



35 1.73 2.13 2.73 3.60 4.50 5.61 6.61 



40 1.93 2.38 3.08 4.05 5.05 6.31 7.46 



45 2.13 2.63 3.43 4.50 5.60 7.01 8.26 



50 2.33 2.88 3.78 4.95 6.15 7.71 9.06 



55 2.53 3.13 4.08 5.35 6.70 8.36 9.86 



60 2.73 3.38 4.38 5.75 7.25 9.01 10.66 



65 2.93 3.63 4.68 6.15 7.80 9.66 11.46 



70 3.13 3.88 4.98 6.55 8.35 10.31 12.26 



WEIGHT OF PLANTS: 



25 plants, 1 lb. 100 plants, 4 lbs. 



500 plants, 20 lbs. 1000 plants, 40 lbs. 



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