ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



SAMPLE — The above illustration was drawn direct from a cluster of berries 

 which I picked last June in the originator's patch at North Reading, Alas- 1 

 travelled over 500 miles that I might see this berry in fruit. It is quite late to 

 ripen, large to very large in size; crimson color clean through to the core. 

 Very firm for a large berry; strong, vigorous and healthy foliage. I was induced 

 to pay the originator, last spring, $200.00 cash for 1000 plants of this variety, and 

 after seeing it in fruit, I was not in the least sorry I had done so. 



The originator describes it as follows: 



"The Sample strawberry is admired by every one an ho has seen it. and it only 

 awaits to be known to be universally appreciated. No one who has seen it has 

 been able to criticise it. We have now watched it with the greatest interest for 

 three years, and are not able to say that it has a single weak point. Believing 

 that in introducing it we are advancing the interest of fruit growers and the 

 general public, we have no hesitation in asking a consideration of its claims. 



The introducer says: "This new berry originated with J. D. Qowing, about 

 five miles from my grounds. Large size and fine quality, quite firm, continues 

 a long time in fruit. The berries are large to the last. For the market men it is 



