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



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EARLY OZARK.— This is a new variety from 

 Missouri. The plants make a 

 strong upright growth, somewhat resembling the Ex 

 eelsior. but make a larger and heavier plant. As I 

 have not fruited this variety. I shall have to give you 

 the originator's description of it. which is as follows : 

 "Early Ozark is one of over 800 seedlings which I 

 have tested. It is a cross between Excelsior and 

 Aroma. It is a staminate variety with very large 

 blossoms which are full of pollen. Early as Excelsior 

 or Mitchell's Early : ripened ahead of ray Excelsior 

 this year. In size as large or larger than Klondyke. 

 Aroma or Ganrly. fifteen specimen berries filling a 

 quart rounding full. Very productive and firm : good 

 flavor, not sour like Excelsior : foliage large and 

 coarse, of dark creen color." In a personal letter 

 dated February 3, 1908. Mr. Shull. the introducer, 

 writes me as follows: "W. F. Allen: Dear Sir— En- 

 closed you will find my circular giving a true and 

 exact description of my new strawberry, and when I 

 say "as early as Excelsior and Miteheli's Early' I do 

 not mean one day later : and just as large, firm and 

 productive as I describe it: and furnish reliable refer- 

 ence to prove e~ery statement I make. Ther is not 

 the least doubt but that Early Ozark will take the place 

 of all other extreme early varieties just as fast as 

 plants can be grown, for sale at a reasonable price." 



COLOSSUS.— Berries large to very large and very 

 productive. Both plant and fruit 

 very much resemble Bubach. except that it makes a 

 better growth. The foliage is entirely healthy. It is 

 said to be a seedling of the Bubach. and is certainly 

 very similar in many resnects to that variety. So far 

 I am much pleased with it. 



BRADLEY.— Fruited for the first time last year. 

 It is a strong, vigorous and produc- 

 tive variety. Season late, berries large, good quality 

 and attractive color. One of the most promising of 

 the new varieties and one that is attracting attention 

 from our visitors. The plants have made a splendid 

 growth and are healthy and vigorous. I think well of 

 the variety and recommend it for trial. 



% DOING FINE. 



* Chippewa Co., Wis.. April 4, 1908. 

 % W. F. Allen, Salisbury. Md. 

 *r Dear Sir— Plants arrived safelv and doing 



* fina. Yours truly. A. W. YOUNG. 



This old variety has 

 held Its own longer 

 than any other variety that has been intro- 

 duced for 25 years. About 20 years ago- 

 it was more largely planted than any 

 other variety. It still retains Its strong, 

 vigorous habits and is very productive of 

 medium size berries. It Is not largely 

 grown in the East at present, but is still 

 quite popular in some sections of the 

 West, where it produces grat crops of 

 tine berries, and those who have never 

 grown it have missed one of the best 

 medium to late varieties. 



WONDER.— Originated by S. A. 

 Sampsell, of Brie Co., 

 Ohio, and introduced by M. Crawford, 

 from whom I received my stock. This 

 berry has sometimes been called Samp- 

 sell's Wonder, and is not the berry that 

 has been sold at World's Wonder or 

 Wild Wonder. Mr. Crawford describes 

 this variety as follows: "This is truly a 

 wonderful berry and its merits are just 

 coming to be appreciated. It makes im- 

 mense plants with broad leaves amd 

 strong, stalky stems. It is perfectly heal- 

 thy and very prolific, and the fruit is ef 

 great size and beauty, fine red color, goad 

 quality and moderately firm. In form it 

 is pointed, conical and uniform, except 

 that the first berries on the stems are 

 sometimes misshaped. It has been classed 

 as late because it makes a long season, 

 but on our grounds it begins to ripen 

 with Wm. Belt, and we so no other way 

 but to call it medium." 



ST. LOUIS.— Originated in Arkansas 

 by J. A. Bauer. The 

 variety as grown here makes a strong, 

 healthy plant, plenty of runners, fairly 

 productive of very large berries, consid- 

 ering the early season at which they 

 ripen. They are only three or four days 

 after Excelsior, and berries will average 

 fully twice as large. Mr. Bauer says: 

 "There is no berry more even in size, and one of their 

 strong points is. they ripen all of their crop in a rush, 

 not lasting over a long season as many other early 

 berries do. It gives the grower top prices for all of 

 the crop, while the berries that run so long always get 

 cheap the latter part of the season. I have grown it 

 with Climax. Klondyke. Excelsior, Lady Thomson and 

 Mitchell's Early, and find they are more productive, 

 larger, and fill more quarts at a picking. I have 

 picked 12 berries that fill a quart box well rounded, 

 and could have found plenty more for several pickings 

 that would do the same. The berries have long stems, 

 making them easy to pick. Season same as Climax, and 

 about six days later than Excelsior." 



I nally think this an excellent variety, and I would 

 advise my customers who want a large first early berry 

 to try a hundred at least. 



NICK OHMER.— Introduced several years ago by 

 M. Crawford, of Cuyahoga 

 Falls. Ohio, and originated by Mr. Nicholas Ohmer, of 

 near Dayton. Ohio. This is a strong, perfect-blossom 

 variety, productive of large, rich, dark glossy red, 

 globular berries, highly colored all the way through, 

 and of superior flavor. It is a great market variety 

 and a superb variety for the home table. While some 

 large growers plant more of this variety than any 

 other, it does not seem to be a .general favorite with 

 the great mass of strawberry growers. It is a variety 

 that responds readily to high culture and extra atten- 

 tion, and thrives best on deep, moist soil. For the last 

 two or three years this variety has been steadily gain- 

 ing in popularity in extremely Southern sections as a 

 market variety to ship North. Especially is this true 

 in Florida, where we have sold thousands of plants of 

 Nick Ohmer for the last two seasons more than in all 

 the rest of the country combined. 



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A SQUARE DEAL. 



Middlesex Co.. Ont.. April 15, 1908. 

 W. F. Allen. Salisbury. Md. 



Dear Sir— I received my plants yesterday in 

 fine eonditon. You were certainly prompt in 

 sending them at the time stated. They are all 

 very fine plants, the best I ever had shipped me. 

 I am well pleased with them and must thank 

 you for your promptness, good count, and a 

 square deal. I am. Yours sincerely. 



e. r. McNeill. 



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