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PICKING THE WINNERS 
Early 
Premier 
Fairfax 
Midland 
Midseason 
Catskill 
Temple 
The safe early strawberry. Frost proof. Has produced a crop every 
year for 32 straight years since its introduction. Very productive, profit- 
able, and popular in all Northern and Middle States. Allen's Premier — 
an amazingly vigorous strain! 
The top-quality berry. Quite productive. Berries large, firm, beautiful, 
becoming dark when full ripe. Ideal berry for home garden. Very 
profitable for roadside market, fancy trade. High quality brings repeat 
sales. Widely adapted North to Middle South. Where quality tells, 
Fairfax sells! 
Outstanding New Early Berry. Equals Premier in vigor, productiveness. 
Berries larger, firmer better quality than Premier. Best of all for freez- 
ing. Blakemore, light and quite tart, is a fine early shipping berry 
adapted chiefly from Maryland South. Blakemore is the great southern 
shipping berry. 
The leading midseason berry. 16 years without a crop failure in most 
sections. Heaviest producer of any leading variety — more big berries 
than any other. Good quality, firm, attractive. Adapted from Canada 
South to Missouri and North Carolina. Best midseason berry — it's safe. 
First introduced as red stele resistant variety. Very vigorous and pro- 
ductive. Now leading variety in Eastern Maryland, replacing Blake- 
more. Big Joe, a fine old variety. Still good but giving way to 
newer, more productive kinds. Sparkle and Robinson proving 
themselves in certain sections in the North and Middle West. 
Late 
Chesapeake 
Fairpeake 
The aristocrat of Strawberries. For years highest selling late 
berries. Large, firm, very beautiful, fine quality. Considered 
shy plant maker but our present strain has always made 
plenty of plants. Most profitable late berry in many sections. 
Highest quality — as good as Fairfax. Berries large, firm, 
beautiful. A new berry destined to become a leader. 
Worthy of its noted parents — Chesapeake and Fairfax. 
Very Late 
Redstar 
Everbearing 
Gem 
Mastodon 
The latest very good and the best very late variety. Set Redstar 
to extend the season of good quality, high priced berries. Sure 
cropper as late blossoms escape frosts which kill many earlier 
kinds. 
Better than Mastodon with us. More productive, more profitable, 
berries prettier, better shipper, equal in quality. Not as good as 
Mastadon for spring crop. 
Most popular and widely grown Everbearer. A strong grower. 
Berries large, good quality, good shippers, excellent for home use 
or market. A good spring cropper in addition to summer and 
fall berries. 
Copyright I9A9 by W . F. Allen Company. Salisbury. Maryland 
