ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



once, no green sides or green tips. 

 When the berry commences to ripen on 

 one side you will find it in the same 

 stage of ripening all over. The quali- 

 ty is good. In growth of plant it is very 

 large and stalky, equaling in this re- 

 spect the very largest ever growrj, and 

 for health and vigor of plant I have yet 

 to see one that would surpass it, 1 hough 

 I have grown hundreds of varieties. 

 It makes a moderate amount of plants. 

 One row of this variety through a field 

 can easily be distinguished from other 

 varieties 100 yards before you get to it. 

 We have only a very small supply of 

 plants that we can spare for sale this 

 season, but in order to have it tested in 

 all parts of the country we have decided 

 to offer one hundred dozen only, at $5 

 per dozen. No discount, first comes, 

 first served. 



Tompkins County, N". Y., 1898 £ 



W. F. Allen, Jr., Salisbury, Md. Dear = 



Sir: — "Pleasantly surprised!" Well I z 



should think so. To say I was delighted r 



when the express agent handed me that : 



package yesterday afternoon would but ^ 



faintly express my feelings. For the past ~- 



two or three years I have tried nearly all ^ 



the new varieties and never in all the trials \ 



have I found a berry that gave me as much i 



satisfaction and profit as my new seedling, ~ 



the "Xew York." Every ' citizen of the £ 



grand old Empire State ought to thank - 



you for the compliment you have paid it. 2 



I was satisfied that we had a superior ber- z 



ry when the boarders here were so anxious - 



to carry berries home with them, gladly £ 



paying us 2."> to 30 cents per quart, when we ^ 



were selling our other berries for 8 and 10 i 



cents per quart. I think I told you before £ 



that the berry I planted measured 7% in- f" 



dies in circumference. I have never sold ? 



any of the plants— the 12 which I sent you 3 



being only ones with which I have part- z 



ed. I am firm in the conviction that had ~ 



you and Diogenese been contemporaries, I 



his search ne?d not have been in vain. £ 



Please accept my heart-felt thanks. £ 



Maktha G. Yates. - 



JERRY RUSK 



-This is a new one that has probably been but little heard 



o f . It is one of the few 

 that is working its own 

 way, and it will not be 

 kicked out after the first 

 season. I have fruited it 

 only on young plants, 

 but the fruit was mag- 

 nificent, large, evenly 

 colored, and of very fine 

 quality. The growth is 

 all could be desired, be- 

 ing strong, healthy, and 

 vigorous. A friend who 

 i lives near its place of or- 

 ■igin writes me: "You 

 II were lucky in getting a 

 I good supply of the Jerry 

 J Rusk. The largest and 

 finest berries I ever saw 

 were of this variety. " I 

 will have about 50,000 

 plants, 20,000 of which I 

 will want for my own 

 planting, leaving 30,000 

 only for sale I do not 

 think anyone would 

 make a mistake to plant 

 a hundred or two of t the 

 Jerry.. Rusk. 



WOOLVERTON — This is a well known and reliable variety that succeeds on 

 any soil and in any locality as a rule. It was originated by Mr. John Little, of 

 Canada, and is really one of the most valuable ever sent out. The plant is a 

 good grower and a great bearer.' It has a perfect blossom, and is one of the best 

 pollenizers we have. It is no uncommon thing to see blossoms and ripe fruit on 

 this variety at the same time. Fruit very large, of regular form, fine looking, 

 of good quality, and produced in great abundance. This and Saunders though 

 not the same are very much alike and were among the best on my place the past 

 season. Side by side with Bubach Woolverton gave finer fruit and more of it. 



