ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



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HALL'S FAN ORIIE — This berry was originuled about lour or live years 

 ago bv John AV. Hall of Somerset county. Md.. who describes it as loUows: "I 

 have fruited Hall's Favorite four years ou different soil^ and it does well on 

 them all. I have been iu the Iruic business for twenty five years and during 

 that time we have had number.- or varieties of strawberries but the Hall's Favor- 

 ite is the strongest grower ol jiUv variety that I have ever grown or seen grown. 

 It bears a large crop of tine l)erries that run large and uniform in size. It is 

 firm and a good shipper. It sold in the New York market the past s ason for 

 twenty cents when other kinds were bringing nine and ten cents per quart. It 

 was considered by uood judges to be the best strawberry ever grown. Berry 

 growers for some time have been wanting a. better berry than Bubach — We have 

 it in Halls Favorit". It ripens a little earlier than Bubach. runs birger in size 

 throiitih the season, it is als(j more productive and a better carrier." 



As seen by the writer on Mr. Halls farm, the Hall's Favorite is a good ber- 

 ry. I am not prepared to say. howe er. that it is more ]):oductive than the Bu- 

 bach. it is c^^rt^nnly very large and tine colored. It is better quality than Bu- 

 bach by far. Where I saw it in Iriiit it had not been picked for several days 

 and notwithstanding it was rainy at the time, it seemed to be about as firm as 

 Bubach. The ])lant is entirely healthy. 



