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ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1921 



Our Plants Have a Fine Root-System. 



Starting Right 



Don't handicap your efforts by using plants of poor or uncer- 

 tain quality. For over 35 years we have been supplying highest 

 grade strawberry plants to growers all over this country. Our 

 plants this year are mostly grown on new land. We used over 

 1,000 tons of stable manure to make them strong and vigorous. 

 The pictures on the front cover show how our plant fields looked 

 on September 1, 1920. You can do no better than to start with 

 some of these plants. 



1. Young Beds. All of our plants are dug from young beds. 

 Most of them this year are grown in fresh new land. (See front 

 cover) . 



2. Root-system. Our plants are grown in a light, sandy 

 loam soil. In this type of soil any plant can develop its root- 

 system to the fullest degree. And, having a light soil, we can 

 dig plants without breaking off any of the great bunch of roots. 

 With plants grown in heavier soils, the roots cannot penetrate 

 the earth and make the root-system they do here; and, even if 

 they could, it would not avail in giving fine plants, as plants are 

 not removed from heavy clay soils without breaking off many 

 of the fibrous roots, the kind necessary to start plant growth. 

 We repeat: The root-system of our strawberry plants is never 

 bettered, seldom equaled. 



3. Sturdiness. Our growing season is moderately long, just 

 long enough to secure maximum development of both roots and 

 crowns. Constant hoeing and cultivation and the tons of manure 

 we apply help keep them healthy and in prime growing condi- 

 tion. The large size, good roots, and great vitality of our plants 

 are a form of insurance, worth in itself, the cost of the plants. 

 You want this kind. 



4. Healthy. Our plants are healthy and vigorous as grown 

 in the field. Furthermore, our plants are well cleaned; the dead 

 and decaying stems and old leaves around the stems are trimmed 

 off, so that it would be almost impossible to transmit diseases 

 even if they were present. 



5. Hardiness. Our plants are hardy anywhere in the United 

 states or Canada, wherever strawberries are grown. We know 

 this because our plants have given and are giving excellent re- 

 sults in the most northern berry growing regions. 



Care and Promptness. 



Muscogee County, Ga., March 23, 1920. 

 The strawberry plants arrived safe yesterday. Thank you for your care 

 and promptness in rilling my two small orders. Thank you also for the 

 extra plants included and the extra stamps returned. All the first plants 

 you sent are growing nicely. 1 have not lost a single one, and no doubt the 

 last ones will do as well. Your strawberry plants furnish their own recom- 

 mendation to anyone who sees them. 



Miss Vesta King. 



