W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



kei .uii they had never seen such fine, large berries In 

 market before. They brought 25 cents per quart." 

 George H. Erb. of St. Louis Co., Mo., says: "The 

 Chesapeake bore a wonderful crop, and they were the 

 largest berries in my patch." J. W. Johnson, of 

 Graves Co., Ky., says : "The Chesapeake wore the 

 largest, healthiest plants I ever raised : fruit large, 

 •fiHe, sweet and beautiful." Win. I,. I.aFollette, of 

 Whitman Co.. Wash., says : "We were better pleased 

 with the Chesapeake than any of the others on account 

 ••f size, shape, color and firmness." J. K. Benninger, 

 of Clarion Co., Pa., says : "The Chesapeake stands far 

 ahead. They make good strong plants and big, solid 

 berries." James W. Cartwright. of Henry Co., Ind., 

 says : "The Chesapeake is away ahead of anything. 

 They claim in this county that there was never a bet- 

 ter berry planted. It has no delects of any kind. I 

 will want several thousand plants in the spring." 

 L. C. Raynor, of Monmouth Co., N. J., says : "I con- 

 sider your Chesapeake a first-class berry in every 

 respect. Your catalogue has not overestimated them 

 In the least: I do not think you have praised them 

 enough. They are big, they are hard, they are pretty, 

 and best of all, they are good to eat. My wife has 

 packed berries in New Jersey for 25 years, and she 

 says they are the best berries she ever packed or ever 

 saw, and I say so too." William Rose, of Monmouth 

 Co., N. J., says : "Chesapeake very fine." George Fos- 

 ter White, president Lansdowno and Derby Saving 

 Fund and Trust Co., of Delaware Co., Pa., says : "Re- 

 plying to your inquiry of the 10th inst.. the 200 Chesa- 

 peake and 200 William Belt strawberry plants pur- 

 chased of you last year exceeded my expectations in 

 bearing qualites, not only giving us all the luscious 

 fruit we could use. but. as our neighbors will attest, 

 supplying many pans full to those who were so un- 

 fortunate as to have no gardens." Wm. A. Koerner, of 

 Multnomah Co.. Ore., savs : "I find the Chesapeake the 

 best of the lot : «"ason late, fair cropper, of good size, 

 perfect shaned ben-ies and a good keeper. I think a 

 very fancy berry and ob°!] plant more of them." L. J. 

 Farmer, of Pulaski. N. Y.. says : "Chesapeake is large, 

 glossv and very productive. It is a beautiful berry: 

 plants are stocky and vigorous." 



It seems to me that the above testimonies are very 

 much stronger than anything I can say, they being 

 scattered over the different sections of the country. 

 Out of all the plants we sold two years ago we have 

 only heard from two that were not highly pleased 

 with it, and the only fault found by those two were 

 that it did not bear enough. Now I find that the 

 Chesapeake is as productive as I would wish any berry 

 to be. It does not set a tremendous crop of blossoms. 



like some varieties, that can never be matured, but 

 makes a fair amount of good, healthy blooms, every 

 blossom of which makes a perfect berry. This is far 

 more desirable to me than a berry wasting its vitality 

 producing blo==oms and stems in three or four times 

 the quantity that can be matured. The Chesapeake 

 only produces what blossoms are needed, and its strong 

 vitality is all put in these berries, which will give 

 results of something like 4.000 or 5 000 quarts of 

 strictly fancy berries per acre, which will bring a price 

 that will make the net income in most cases more than 

 the variety that will bear twice as many. I will con- 

 clude by saving that we expect a very heavy demand 

 on this variety. My stock consists of abo-'.t a million 

 plants. We expect to sell every one of them, however, 

 by the time the season is up, if not before. I con- 

 scientiously recommend this variety to all planters, 

 whether growing for market or the home garden. It 

 is my candid belief that no o-*e will be disappointed 

 in it. 



HERITAGE.— My attention was called to this 



new berry, which hails from New 

 Jersey, last spring. There was so much good said of it 

 that I bought plants, and while I have not seen the 

 fruit. I am very much impressed with its good quali- 

 ties. It is one of the healthiest and strongest growers 

 that I have on the place. The berries are said to be 

 uniformly large, beautiful in shape, as you can see by 

 the illustration, splendid color and of dplicious flavor. 

 It is said to be solid enough for a market berry, and 

 makes a prodigious vield. The blossoms are staminate 

 or perfect and the berries have a very large green cap, 

 which adds to the appearance and market value. Mr. 

 Frank Ames of Springdale. N. J., says "that he 

 planted 10,000 plants of the Heritage in the spring of 

 1007 without knowing much about them. At picking 

 time be went to the Heritage farm and saw the crop, 

 and savs be was sorrv he did not plant ten times as 

 manv " Mr John S. Collins, the well-known nursery- 

 man' of Moorestown, N. J., says he visited the Heri- 

 tage strawberry when in fruit and saw several acres in 

 bearin<* He says he was much pleased, as the berries 

 were very large', firm, and of good quality, and consid- 

 ers the variety worthy of extensive cultivation. Many 

 others speak in similar terms of the berry, and it is 

 highly recommended by the Philadelphia commission 

 men, the only city in which it has been marketed so 

 far. Personally. I consider the variety very promising, 

 and it is one which I would not hesitate to plant to a 

 considerable extent, even though I have not personally 

 seen it in fruit. I advise all my customers to at least 

 try a few. 



