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ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



SENATOR DUNLAP. Not since the advent of Crescent has any Straw- 

 berry shown such remark- 

 able adaptability to all 

 varieties of soil and cli- 

 mate as tue Dnnlap, a 

 real old standby for home 

 use or market. Extreme- 

 ly vigorous and healthy 

 plant maker, with an 

 abundance of heavy fruit 

 stalks ; a perfect bloomer, 

 strongly staminate, so 

 that each bloom develops 

 well formed, perfect ber- 

 ries of large size, pointed 

 globular and sometimes 

 conical. Bright, glossy 

 red, firm and solid, and 

 so very productive as to 

 attract attention of all as 

 a great cropper. It stands 

 second in the class of 

 midseason shipping varie- 

 ties. I think everybody 

 is pleased with the Sena- 

 tor Dunlap. 



MITCHEL'S EARLY, 



next to the Excelsior, the 

 -most popular early market variety and for home use, it heads the list of 

 earlies. If grown on good soil it must be kept thinned. For eating from 

 *the vines as .they are picked there is none better. Until the Excelsior came 

 it was the leading early berry for market as well as home use. 



PARSON'S BEAUTY. This is one of the most productive -berries 

 grown. Size, medium to large, dark red, and of fair quality, but rather acid. 

 For a near market, where they can be hauled in and sold from the wagon, or 

 direct to the grocer every day, thisia a valuable variety ; but for distant ship- 

 m3nt, it has proved a failure. I notice that some of the catalogs say, it is a 

 great market berry. I am well acquainted with the facts, as there has been 

 more Parson's Beauty grown in this county than all the rest of the country 

 combined. It is enough to say that, it will never be planted in anything 

 like the quantity in the future, that it has been in the past. To those who 

 want a very productive berry that can be sold without shipping it will no 

 doubt prove very valuable. 



NORTH SHORE: — Originated with Mr. Wm. H. Monroe, the originator 

 of Commonwealth, who says of it, "I have fruited North Shore four sea- 

 sons, getting a good crop of large, handsome berries each season. It is a 

 large handsome berry with small yellow seeds. Makes a large vigorous plant 

 with dark green foliage showing no disease. Blossom strong, staminate, 

 season medium to late, quality good. I think it will please you." I have 

 •onlv a few plants of this of which I can offer by the dozen only, this season. 



