ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



BUBACH — My stock of this well known and everywhere popular variety is 

 the finest I have ever been able to produce. My plants are very tine and will 

 please all who buy them. My stock is strickly pure. The variety is so well known 

 it needs no description. I can supply one million first class plants of this pop- 

 ular old \ ariety. 



HENRY — There is. but little doubt that this is Marshall under a new name. 

 I have both and can distinguish no difference. This is the berry that the Amer- 

 can Gardening has been booming for more than a year as the most wonderful 

 strawberry on earth. Our stock came direct from Henry Jeroleman last March 

 1898 in spite of the fact that the American Gardening claimed to have sole 

 control of the variety and I can furnish good strong plants to those who wish 

 them at a price within reach of all. 



BEDAR WOOD— Very productive, early, medium size, rather soft for dis- 

 tant shipment; quite popular in some sections. My stock is very fine. 



WARFIELD— This is one of the V "."mwwww... -<■>. 



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riant in any SOU, and usually SO thick- / ordered from you received yesterday, am S 



ly mats itself as to crowd Out almost ^ delighted to receive such splendid stock. \ 



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berries among its mass Of plants; but ^ never received such fine stock. I am very -: 

 when plants are not allowed to over- -. thankful for your liberal count ana r 

 crowd, this hardy imperfect-blooming S prompt shipment; at the same time you £ 

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variety IS among the most productive; -■ trimming and cleaning the plants ready } 

 berries medium size, roundly conical, -" for planting. You can expect all my fu- :- 

 nVh dark red rolor all the wav throne-h - ture orders for berry plants. I remain, " : 

 ricn aarK rea coior ail me way inrougn, .. Respectfully yours, Wm. C. Luther, Jr. -. 

 very firm and a good shipper. In size, -. ..,.,.,,,»,,,., , , r 

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 closely resembles the old Wilson's Albany when at its best. In many sections of 

 the West, Warfield heads the list as the most profitable andreliable strawberry. 



STAPLES — From Southern Ohio. A seedling of the Warfield, with a per- 

 fect blossom. It is a good grower and an enormous bearer. In shape and size 

 it resembles the Warfield, but is very much darker in color. No other variety is 

 nearly as dark. It is usually necked. Quality good. Very early, and almost or 

 quite as firm as Hoffman. Will hang on the vines a week after it is ripe and 

 still be in good shape for near market. 



PATRICK— "Most of our extra early varieties have come from South, and 

 have not proved especially profitable when grown at the North. Here is a 

 northern berry that promises to be for this section what Mitchel's Early is for 

 the South. The plant is splendid in growth and foliage and wonderfully vigor- 

 ous, making runners as freely as Brandywine. The berry is of medium size, 

 about the shape and color of Haverland of average quality, and firm, with a 

 glossy surface well protected by prominent seeds. It is more productive than 

 Bedar Wood with me, and four or five times as profitable as Mitchel or Van De- 

 man." — Introducer's description. Has not fruited here. 



EARLIEST — "This is the earliest berry yet introduced. There are lots of 

 early berries, but there are none to compete with this in earliness, size, color, and 

 productiveness combined. The commercial grower who wants to keep up with 

 the times and make money on early berries, will be behind who does not plant 

 and set a stock as soon as possible. It is more productive on two or three year- 

 old beds. It is a handsome berry. We confidently recommend this berry to ev- 

 eryone who wants the best early. It makes runners quite freely, with long deep 

 roots; but for best results of fruit it will pay to keep runners cut." — Originator. 



I have not fruited Earliest here but have quite a lot of them growing,! and 

 to me they look very much like Mitchel's Early, so far as I can tell by the plants. 



SHARPLESS — Known everywhere, large size, and good quality, a favorite 

 home berry with many. My stock of this variety is the largest and best I have 

 ever grown. 



