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



MEADE.--Originated by O. II. Meade, ex-president 

 of the MassachusettsF ruit Growers As- 

 sociation. The Meade has fruited here and I find it a 

 beautiful dark red berry of unusual fine quality. More- 

 over, it is very productive, and firm enough to stand 

 shipping, it is good-enough to atract the local market 

 and should be a favorite on the home table. The 

 Garden Magazine about a year ago devoted a full page 

 to illustrating and describing this variety. It is a 

 very stalky, low-growing plant, with broad, very dark 

 and glossy foliage, makes plants freely, but seldom 

 crowding too much for a matted row. The berries are 

 of large size, pointed, globular in shape. Mr. James 

 Draper, of Worcester, Mass., says : "With him the 

 Meade is a plant whose foliage eclipses all others in 

 vigor, quality, size, healthfulness and color. The 

 berry is well formed, glossy red and good quality. I 

 noticed on our Worcester market last June that the 

 Meade commanded the highest prices of any variety 

 on the fruit stand," 



MAY KING.— Originated by T. G. Zane at Chew's 

 Landing, N. J., and was intro- 

 duced about 24 years ago. It was a favorite with a 

 great many growers at that time, and to my knowledge 

 made money for quite a number of them. I grew this 

 variety for a number of years and then let it go alto- 

 gether, as there seemed to be but little demand for it. 

 Two or three years ago I tried to get a new stock of 

 it and had great difficulty in doing so, but finally got 

 bold of a few plants. My reason for putting it in 

 stock again was on account of its verj r fine table 

 qualities; in fast I know of nothing better for eating 

 from the vines. We have a few plants if anyone 

 wishes to try this old variety. 



GANDY.— Too well known tc need any extended 

 description. This is the standard late 

 variety all over the country, and probably no higher 

 compliment could be paid the variety than the fact 

 that all other late varieties are compared by It It 

 should be planted in black swamp land, if possible, 

 otherwise in clay land or medium land of a springy 

 nature, never on dry, sandy land. While it will bear 

 a very good crop on soil that is described above. It 

 does not thrive on light, sandy soil. I have an excel- 

 lent crop of very fine plants this season and think I 

 can please the most exacting, and shall be pleased to 

 have your order. 



PENNSYLVANIA DUTCHMAN .— T h 1 s 1 s a 



very promis- 

 ing new variety from the Keystone State. The exact 

 origin or originator of this berry is not known to me. 

 It comes to me from York Co., Pa., from one of my cus- 

 tomers who writes me as follows : "I have a new kind 

 of berry that has no name, and 11 and 12 fill a quart 

 box that fetch 25 cents per box when the rest were 

 only 8 cents in the Harrisburg market. They have 

 perfect blossoms and firm. No one has them except 

 one party and myself, and he will not sell anybody a 

 plant. I will spare you about 500 plants if you wish 

 to buy them, and I will sell them to you and nobody 

 else.'' I bought the plants and was well pleased with 

 them. The plants are very large — as large as any I 

 have ever seen. The foliage is green and healthy ; 

 makes a moderate number of very large plants that 

 make a perfect bed ; the fruit is large and very attrac- 

 ts e. I sold these plants last season at $5.00 per 100, 

 but I now have a good stock of extra fine plants and 

 ! am going to furnish them this year at $6.00 per M. 

 Do not fail to try it. 



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