ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



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MARYLAND— 



•tatc Mo«ticultur»l DiHkTai 

 »C»amtmcnts or INTOMOLOCY 



VfCCTilLI PATH0LO0Y. 



T B STMOHS. 



CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECT 



No. 6. 



Go Tl&bom Ht fl>ay Concern: 





3 ~C day of /3+^uUju^_/*A 190** 



THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That on the 

 we examined the Nursery Stock of '/v • Cr*. 



growing in /^i-a-^ nurseries at < X nJ 



County of Ov C f C2^-^<. <? ^>— , State of Maryland, ih accordance with the laws of 

 Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, Section 58, and that said nurseries and premises are apparently free, 

 so far as can he determined by inspection, from the San Jose Scale, Peach fellows, Pear Blight and 

 other dangerously injurious insect pests and plant diseases. 



Tins certificate is invalid after C^^/i •+-**-"* S9fl90 .$* , and does not include 

 nursery stock not grown within this State, unl/ss sjch stock is previously covered by certificate and 

 accepted by the State Entomologist and State Path~ologist. ^j j s - 



/ 3~eyL£, 6>, 190 y 



J^Bf^Jj^ 



Entomologist. 



State Pathologist. 



Field Meeting Of The Maryland State Horticultural Society On 

 The Farm Of W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 



The field meeting of the Maryland State Horticultural Society on the farm of Mr. W„ 

 F. Allen, near Salisbury, Md.. August 6 1903, was a great success both as regards attendance 

 and the educational features the visitors found. 



The first attraction on the arrival of the visitors about noon were the long tables set 

 in the woods. A bountiful repast had been prepared under the personal direction of Mrs. 

 Allen, and was also served under her direction. Mrs. Allen was aware that the guests would 

 bring their appetites with them and proved that she knew how to attractively serve the 

 many good things that had been prepared for the occasion. 



The tables with their vases of flowers, pyramids of magnificent peaches, piles of fried" 

 chicken, coffee steaming hot. etc.. certainly presented a handsome and most inviting ap- 

 p?arance. Near by was a table about ten feet square, which was piled high with a lot of 

 luscious ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPES. All the accessories for testing their 

 quality were at hand— spoons, salt and pepper. Soon after the attack commenced, and. 

 everj one had a satisfactory feast on fine melons. 



Mr. Allen's farm consists of 500 acres, and he has another at Princess Anne of 48S seres. 

 What the visitors went mainly to see and learn about was cantaloupe growing. A number 

 of teams were kept busy carrying the visitors to different points of interest. A t5J acre Held 

 of cantaloupes was being harvested. The process of picking, hauling, sorting, packing and 

 loading in the cars was eagerly followed by the interested spectators. There were forty two 

 hands picking and four teams hauling, and scores engaged in sorting and crating. The 

 packing shed is located by the railroad and the melons are loaded in refrigerator cars and 

 are shipped to Boston and New York.— Maryland State Horticultural Society Report VI. 



No Rocky Ford Cantaloupe seed has ever been sold from this farm for less than $1.00: 

 per lb., and it is none too much for seed saved from choice fruit carefully selected. Price 

 pk. 5 cents; oz. 10 cents; % lb. W) cents; per lb. $1.00. See page 20 and 3rd. cover page. 



