Important Announcement 



ORDERS should be sent in just as soon 

 as possible after receiving this catalogue. It 

 is better for you as well as the nurseryman. 



TIME OF SHIPMENT.— From the time 

 you receive this catalogue to May 1st. By 

 far the larger part of our shipments are made 

 during March and April. Bermuda. Cuba, 

 Florida, California and other .similarly loca- 

 ted sections are supplied anytime during the 

 fall and winter after October 20th. 



GUARANTEE.— I guarantee plants ordered 

 by mail or express to reach customers in 

 good condition when promptly taken from 

 the express office and opened at once. 



CLAIMS, IF AXY. MUST BE MADE OX 

 RECEIPT OF GOODS. I CAXXOT BE- 

 COME RESPONSIBLE FOR STOCK 

 THAT IS ALLOWED TO LAV AROUND 

 YOUR STATION OR EXPRESS OFFICE. 

 FOR NEGLECT OF PURCHASER OR 

 HIS EMPLOYEES TO CARE FOR STOCK 

 AFTER IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, OR 

 FOR MISFORTUNES PERPETRATED 

 BY DROUGHT, FLOODS, FROSTS, IN- 

 SECTS, ETC. THESE THINGS ARK EN- 

 TIRELY BEYOND MY CONTROL. IT 

 WOULD SEEM UNNECESSARY TO 

 MENTION THE ABOVE BUT THERE 

 SEEMS TO BE AN OCCASIONAL 

 "FREAK" WHO ORDERS PLANTS WHO 

 THINKS THAT I SHOULD BECOME 

 RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN MIS- 

 MANAGEMENT. FOR ALL UNFAVOR- 

 ABLE CONDITIONS OF THE WEATHER 

 AND FOR ALL THE INSECTS THEY 

 HAPPEN TO BE HARBORING ON 

 THEIR PREMISES. I WISH TO SAY. 

 HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THERE IS A 

 JUST CLAIM PROMPTLY REPORTED, I 

 ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT 

 WITH THE CUSTOMER. 



AT PURCHASER'S RISK.— Plants ship- 

 ped by freight will be at purchaser's risk. 

 and all small fruit plants shipped after May 

 1st will be packed and shipped in best con- 

 dition possible but always at purchaser's risk. 



PACKING. — I make no charge for boxing 

 or packing at rates quoted in this catalogue. 

 Everything is delivered f. o. b. trains at rates 

 named. We do not charge one price for the 

 plants and then extortion on our customers 

 by charging them a big price on old '• • - 

 and barrels. In buying plants I have I ! 

 very satisfactory prices quoted, and when the 

 bill came there was quite a nice little ■ 1 ' I 

 charged up for packing, boxes, etc. When 

 we go to our grocer and buy a barrel of 

 flour for $5.00 we do not expect to p-y an 

 additional 25 cents for the barrel, and if we 

 buy two pounds of sugar for 10 cents, we do 

 not expect to pay 2 cents more for wrapping 

 it up, and if such charges were made we would 

 not go back to that grocer. The principle 

 is the same when we are charged for the 

 package in which our plants are packed. Our 

 price includes the packincr and the package. 



TWENTY-FIVE'S.— All plants are tied 

 twenty-five in a bundle. 



PAYMENT. — Invariably cash in advance. 

 It is my desire that all customers should have 

 the very best of success and strange as it 

 may seem plants that are not paid for seldom 

 do well. 



REMIT by Money Order. Registered Let- 

 ter or Bank Draft, Postage Stamps will be 

 accepted for the fractional parts of a dollar, 

 the larger denominations preferred. Foreign 

 customers will please send Money Order on 

 Salisbury Maryland, or Hank Draft payable 

 in New York. 



TRUE TO NAME. — While I use every 

 precaution to have all PLANTS, SEEDS, 

 etc., true to name (and I believe we come 

 as near doing this as anyone in the business) 

 1 will not be responsible for any sum greater 

 than the cost of the stock should any prove 

 otherwise th:m as represented. 



THIS PARAGRAPH.— And now that you 



have come to this paragraph, should you 

 happen to be in a liberal frame of mind and 

 desirous of doing something to benefit your 

 fellow nan. send me the address of a few of 

 your friends and neighbors who plant largely 

 of small fruits and vegetables for market. 

 I felt that you would! Thank you. 



MY 1C07 PRIZE OFFER. 



In my 1907 catalogue I offered $100.00 for 

 12 plants of any new variety of strawberry 

 that would surpass the Chesapeake; $100.00 

 for t2 plants that would surpass the Virginia 

 and $100.00 for 12 plants that would surpass 

 the Good Luck. The list of plants that was 

 sent for these competitions was not large 

 and 1 am sorry to say that not one of them 

 equaled the variety contested. While I knew 

 the varieties were hard to beat I was in 

 hopes it could be done and thus advance 

 another step in the improvement of this 

 THE QUEEN OF ALL FRUITS, but as 

 there were no prize winners all plants sent 

 in competition for this prize have been de- 

 stroyed as agreed. 



MY 1908 PRIZE OFFER. 



The responses to this offer have been verv 

 liberal, there being more than twice as many 

 entries as there was for our 1907 offer. The 

 plants sent for our T908 offer are generally 

 with few exceptions looking very good and 

 as these offers are made for the best new 

 tin introduced variety sent, some one will 

 surely win $200.00 first prize and $100.00 sec- 

 ond prize next June. The winners will be 

 notified as soon as decisions are made and 

 announcements will be published in next an- 

 nual catalogue. 



NO 1909 PRIZE OFFERS. 



T shall offer no prizes for new plants sent 

 this season (1909). but will prepare a trial 

 bed and anyone who wishes me to test any 

 new nnintroduced varieties of strawberries, 

 blackberries, dewberries, raspberries, currants 

 or gooseberries can send me 12 plants and I 

 will plant them and give them a fair test, the 

 plants to remain your property to be de- 

 stroyed or disposed of according to your 

 wishes. You need have no hesitation in 

 sending anything for trial, as, POSITIVELY 

 NO PLANTS THUS SENT WILL RE AL- 

 LOWED TO LEAVE THE PLACE OX 

 AXY TERMS EXCEPT BY ARRANGE- 

 MENTS WITH THE SENDER OR BY 

 HIS ORDERS. 



Yours faithfully, W. F. ALLEN 



