ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



''The Manwell combines all the good qualities of both parents. It has a 

 very small calyx which does not part from the berry without an effort, in fact, 

 it retains its hull (cap) better than any variety we have yet tested. This, com- 

 bined with its firmness, large size and glossy crimson color, makes it the great 

 shipper that it is. Our custotDers when ordering pay: 'Send us all the Man- 

 wells you can as it is difficult to sell Warfield and other small berries by 

 side of those Manwells, which are the 



Cuyahoga Co., O., .June 23, 1897. 

 W. F. Allen. .Jr., Dear Sir:— The 1000 

 Glen Mary strawberry plant.s purchased 

 of you are growing fine. They are the 

 best plants we ever had. Let us know 

 when you have anything good to sell in 

 that line. Respt. Andrews Bros. 



other 

 finest we ever saw- 

 ed this ben-y five 

 tains the vigor of 



ths 

 We have fruit- 

 seasons and it re- 

 the original plant. 



It ripens till over at once without any 

 green tips. It has a perfect blossom 

 and bears its fruit on large fruit stems 

 which often bring to perfection as 

 many as 20 berries on a single stem. It 

 is not immensely large but its great 

 beauty, nrmnes-, earliness, good flavor, 

 productiveness and vigor, combined 

 with good size, make it exceedingly popular. Ripens at same time as Crescent. '" 

 Originator 8 description. 



The Manwell fruited here on spring set plants and bore some of the finest 

 fruit I ever saw on plants so recently set out. They were very productive, large, 

 firm and good quality. I can truthfully say I am glad I set 1000 plants last 

 spring if they did cost me big money. 



BISriARCK — "A grand plant and beiTy, reminding one, when iu bearing of 

 that grand old favorite, the Wilson, 

 only the Bismarck is doable the size of 

 the old favorite. Our patch of Bis- 

 marck last season looked just as if some 

 one had thrown the berries over the 

 ground with a shovel in matted rows 

 and the first berries we shipped of this 

 variety to St. Louis brought double the 

 price of all others of same date, besides 

 receiving honorable mention in Price 

 Current of that date. It will not bear 

 neglect but wants good strong soil, you 

 can't get it too lich for best results. It 

 is a self pollenizer: color bright scarlet. 

 no coxcombs, wize mammoth, v-ry 

 firm and holds up well in shipping.*" — 

 Originator. 



"Bismarck is a self fertilizing straw^- 

 beiTy, possessing all the desirable pe- 

 culiarities of Bubach No. 5. To those 

 familiar with th.e Bubach, nothing fur- 

 ther need be said, since Bubach has 

 been a favorite berry, and juore plants 

 have been planted than of any other. 



Bubach has two dr>fects. which Bis- 



marck corrects. Bubach is a pistillate ^^ 



requiring other varieties to be planted near it, while Bismarck is self fertilizing 

 Bubach, while of good quality, is not of the hi^heht character. Bismarck is of 

 better quality. We have in Biwuiarck an extraordinarily larjre berry, glossy, fine 

 color, good shape, and good qu:ility with vigorous plants lull of vitality. Bis- 

 marck originated iu Arkansas with Mr. Bjvuc r. We get good words for the Bis- 

 marck, it having bi'cn tested both North and South, East and West from Arkan- 

 sas to Connecticut. It made an excellent sh.iwing at our Iruit farm, ami stands 

 transplanting well, though the plants received by us came all the way from Ar- 

 kansas." — Green's Fruit (irower. 



The Bismarck has not yet fruited here but plants set last spring have made a 

 fine growth. The plant re*emblHs Bubach but is a far better grower. I have 

 seen it in fruit at other places, and Irom what I have se^-n and heard of it I be- 

 lieve it to be a valuable audition to the list of strawberries. 



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