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



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ARLINGTON— I n t r o duced by 

 Lester Blanchard 

 of Massachusetts. It has a perfect 

 blossom, and a quart of 25 berries 

 was awarded second prize at the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Societv, June 

 21st. 1904. Mr. Blanchard says the 

 Abington is a chance sedling. The 

 plant is large and has dark green fo- 

 liage. The fruit stocks are .strong 

 and stand erect from the ground ; the 

 blossom is perfect and well filled with 

 pollen. It ripens with the Bubach, 

 the berries being very large, averag- 

 ing as large as the Bubach, and holds 

 out well throughout the entire season. 

 After fruiting quite a plot of it 1 

 would not hesitate to plant it in 



preference to Bubach, and r ci nend 



it to my customers. In color it is 

 bright red with firm flesh and good 

 flavor. Mr. Blanchard claims to have 

 grown the Abingdon at the rate of 

 over 9,000 quarts per acre, and says 

 it is a berry that will take the place 

 of Bubach, as it is a b i1 1 ■>■ 

 maker with prefect blossoms and 

 sends out more fruit stocks, and rip- 

 ens at the same season; the berries 

 are more attractive and better Sa- 

 vored. I am very much pleased with 

 the berry myself. One of my custo ti- 

 ers from Mt. Sterling. Ky.. says : "The 

 Abington was a wonder to me for its 

 large plants, and some berries meas- 

 ured 41/2 to 5 inches in circumference 

 without any special treatment.*' Mrs. 

 H. L. Stebbins, of Madison Co., N. Y.. 

 says : "I cannot find words to tell of 

 its good qualities : size of berries im- 

 mense, good growth of plants; b r- 

 ries fill out large to the last. It is 

 the berry I have been looking for to 

 take the place of Bubach. The Glen 

 Mary is my favorite of all the differ- 

 ent kinds I have tried, but I wanted 

 something earlier, and I have found 

 it in' the Abington." J. M. Cooke, of 

 Lorain Co.. Ohio, says : "Abington is 

 a good grower, moderate runner, 

 heavy bearer, with big berries, good 

 color and fair quality. I think them 

 quite an addition to our collection." 

 HOWARD.— A late variety ripen- 

 ing with the Gandv 

 and excelling it in productiveness, also in growth and 

 quality of fruit. It is a seedling of Barton's Eclipse 

 crossed with Gandy. It has made a very good show- 

 ing with me. and is spoken of in the Rural few Yorker 



as follows: "Late, strong, productive, foliage tough 

 and resistant, very large berries, firm and well col- 

 ored, quality better than Gandy; a promising sort; 

 try it." 



SAUNDERS.— Years ago I grew many acres of 

 this for fruit and considered it one 

 of my best varieties. It is a strong staminate variety 

 and one of the very best to plant with pistillates. The 

 fruit is large and a deep, glossy red. This is one of 

 fbp few varieties that give best results on medium or 

 light soil and yields good crops, and for several years 

 was my favorite berry. For two or three years the 

 demand for this variety seemed to wane, but evidently 

 is coming into popularity again, judging from the 

 inquiries we are receiving for it. It is certainly a good' 

 berry and no one will go far wrong in planting it. It 

 is a good, safe variety to plant by the inexperienced. 



'& IN FINE SHAPE. 



<■> Montgomery Co.. Ohio, May 5, 1008. 



'/- \V. F. Allen. Salisbury. Md. 



♦> Dear Sir— Please accept my thanks for your 



% prompt delivery of plants. They arrived here 



T in fine shape. 'Thanking you for past favors, 1 



$ remain, Your customer. 



* HARVEY J. SCHEI.L. 



FINE, AS I'SUAL. 



Shaster Co.. Cal., Jan. 22, 1908. 

 W. F. Allen. Salisbury, Md. 



Dear Sir— Strawberry plants are here all O. K. 

 Fine, as usual, and generous count. Dewberry 

 plants received : have been on the road over a 

 month, but look as fresh as just packed. 1 

 wish I could get all my shipments in as good 

 order. Success to you. 



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