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ALLEN'S strawberry catalogue. 



Cantaloupe Seed. 



TRUE ROCKY FORD. (Burpee's Netted Gem.) It has come to be a 

 well known fact that W. F. Allen grows more cataloupes than any other one 

 grower in all that vast teiritory east of the Mississippi River and north of 

 Georgia, about three carloads daily being shipped through the season. In 

 New York and Boston fancy dealers begin to inquire for Allen's cantaloupes 

 several weeks before the season opens. In growing this quantity of cantaloupes 

 it is worth much to have the truest type of uniform size and highest quality, 

 with the surface completely and. densely netted. With all this in view my 

 seed are selected. All seed are saved from thoroughly matured cantaloupes 

 that ripen on the vines. The seed that I am offering is the same exactly that 

 I use for my own planting and I have never been able to buy any as true or 

 as good. Neighboring growers willingly pay $1.00 per lb. for my seed sooner 

 than buy on the market at 30 or 35 cents. Some of the largest growers in 

 Georgia secure their seed from me at $1.00 per lb. sooner than take chances 

 elsewhere. See Illustration on third cover page. This is a photograph of 

 the table spoken of in report on page 17 and contained fifteen bushels of 

 Allen's famous Rocky Ford's . Notice the perfect netting. 



Price pk. 5 cents; oz. 10 cents; % 1°- 60 cents; per lb. $1.00 



Cucumber Seed 



Being a large grower of cucumbers for market it occurred to me that 

 many of my customers would appreciate an opportunity to get good seed true 

 to name from selected stock. This seed has been selected for ray own grow- 

 ing and if any better quality can be had anywhere in the world than the seed 

 I am offering I will not charge a cent for mine. Northern grown not except- 

 ed. In fact northern grown seeds are not always tue best. It is an expres- 



