About the Berry Book 



The following are typical of coninients 

 that were made about our 1934 Book of 

 Berries. We appreciate the sentiments 

 expressed and the orders sent us. 



" — contains best descriptions and more valuable 

 information than any catalog- I have ever seen." — 

 Mr. A. Sorini, Sonoma Co., Calif. 



" — splendid instructions are given in your cata- 

 log." — Mr. Henry F. Grace, Whitley Co., Ind. 



" — most instructive and helpful piece of litera- 

 ture I have ever received from any nursery." — 

 Mr. Paul Ricker, Cumberland Co., Me. 



" — I got more real strawberry dope out of your 

 catalog than from all other sources."^ — Mr. Gil- 

 bert M. Fox, Norfolk Co., Mass. 



" — sincere and helpful." — Mr. Fred E. Moore. 

 St. Louis Co., Minn. 



" — most honest nursery book I ever read." — 

 Mr. H. Richardson, Carroll Co., Mo. 



" — Tour frankness and the quality of your 

 product has made me an 'Allen booster." " — Mr. 

 F. E. Morehouse. Richardson Co., Nebr. 



" — I like the ■svay your catalog reads. It looks 

 as if you are an honest company to do business 

 with." — Mr. X. J. DeBow, Morris Co., N. J. 



" — fair and dependable." — Mr. J. W. Whitford, 

 Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 



" — have read every word in the catalog you 

 sent me and am preserving same for future ref- 

 erence." — Mr. \Vm. A. Case, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 



" — no other catalog compares with yours. The 

 information alone is worth this order." — Mr. Lee 

 Pulver, Ross Co., Ohio. 



" — I appreciate the descriptions as they tell the 

 bad points as well as the good points of the differ- 

 ent varieties." — Mr. Otto Gant, Ross Co., Ohio. 



" — I consider your catalog a "pip." I am a 

 greenhorn and I have learned a lot bv reading 

 it." — Mr. Wm. F. Werkner, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. 



" — I appreciate your impartial descriptions of 

 varieties, also the different names thev are sold 

 under." — Mr. Theodore Ernst, Crawford Co., Pa. 



" — useful and commonsense methods." — Mr. B. 

 J. Sherman, Washington Co., Vt. 



" — your catalog and cultural directions set a 

 new record for plant catalogs for frankness and 

 clarity." — Mr. Benj. G. Fernald. Warwick Co., Va. 



" — Say, why don't you charge for vour Berry 

 Books! Any progressive strawberry grower 

 should be willing to pay at least a dollar for one 

 of them." — Mr. F. W. Carlson, Snohomish Co., 

 Wash. 



Allen's Plants or Your 

 Own? 



By using your own you save the cost 

 of plants and transportation but you lose 

 in other ways. 



1. The expense of digging and cleaning your 

 own plants. With inexperienced help and with 

 soil heavj- and hard this is quite a task. 



2. Every row you dig decreases your own crop. 

 With fair prices expected or thin rows to dij? 

 from, this loss counts up fast. 



3. The invigorating effects that often come 

 from a change of soil and climate. There is 

 often a marl^etl gain. 



4. The convenience of having plants right at 

 hand when yon want them. 



5. The beneficial results of early planting are 



well known. You can take advantage of the 

 first "open spell" (in the north) by setting 

 Allen's plants instead of digging your own. 



6. Well cleaned plants, with evenly bunched 

 straightened roots make setting easier, quicker 

 and better. AVe have received shipments of 

 plants which were not proijerly cleaned. Dead 

 and decaying leaves and runners were tangled 

 indiscriminately with tops and roots. It costs 

 from 30^ to 50^ per thousand to get such plants 

 ready for setting. Cheap plants usually come 

 that way even though the plants themselves may 

 be fairly good. 



7. Allen's plants are grown for plant purposes 

 in a light sandy loam soil. Many fine straw- 

 berry beds are grown on heavy soil but the 

 plants would be short rooted and knotty if dtig 

 from such soil.s. There would be less resistance 

 to drought and mechanical disturbances. Many 

 of our customers find that with Allen's plants 

 they get finer stock at a lower cost that will give 

 better results than their own. 



INDEX 





There Is Money In Growing Straw- 

 berries 



G-7 



S-0 



10 



11-14 



l.j 



1.- 



lG-20 



21-24 



24-2(5 



27-2J) 



20-.31 



32 



3:; 



34 



Why Allen's Plants Will Pay You. . 

 Berrv Gardens 



Common Sense Methods 



Proper Spacing of Plants 



Canvas Hose Irrigation 



Fairfax and Dorsett . 



Premier and Other Early Varieties 

 Midseason Varieties (inc. Big Joe) 

 Chesapeake and Other Late Kinds. . 



Everbearing Varieties 



Picking the Winners 



Price List of Plants for 1935 



Asparagus Roots 





Copyright 1935 by W. F. Allen Co. 



Actual Size and Shape of Many of the 

 Larger Fairfax Berries 



