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



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CHIPMAlf.— This has made a very good 

 — growth and looks quite 



promising. It has been attracting quite a good 

 deal of attention in the strawberry secti 

 Delawre. It originated in Sussex County, De!., 

 by a grower of over 30 years, experi ace, and is 

 considered by him the best he over fruited. II 

 was first planted for field culture six years ago, 

 and it has always come out ahead where planted. 

 The plants are strong, upright in growth, large 

 and healthy, with tall, broad, bright, 



foliagi . and has never shown any 

 rust or disease. Ii has strong, perfect ' ,: 

 and is a good variety to plant with pistillate 

 sorts. The fruit is large, with en caps 



of even size and shape. It begins to 1 ipen four 

 or five days earlier than the Buhach : the 

 is dark red. bright and glossy : it is 

 good shiper and good quality, and 11 



bright color a long time after being picked; suc- 

 ceeds equally well on light or heavy soil, and it 

 is predicted that i; will soon become 

 leading commercial varieties. 



OGM FAUIi.- This variety has made a 

 growth of large, heal- 

 thy plants which make enough runners to bed 

 up nicely. The fruit r berries 



being sometimes a little flattened: color dark 

 red all the way through: flesh is quite firm and 

 of good quality. I fruited the Oom Paul for 

 the past tv and believe it is a variety 



that it going to give gi aeral satisfaction, it is 

 a good variety for the home garden and Arm 

 enough, large an ,] attractive enough to give 

 good results as a shipping berry. I do not think 

 anyone would make any great mistake in plant- 

 ing this variety. 



PARSONS BEAUTY- O r i g i nated in 

 this county and 

 has been largely grown around Pittsville and 

 Parsonsburg. It is very productive, medium 

 large and good qualify. To anyone who has a 

 near market where the fruit can be hauled in. 

 or picked one day and sold the next morning, I 

 would recommend this variety, but for long 

 shipment I do not think it is firm enough to 

 give best results. It makes a luxuriant growth 

 of dark green, vigorous plants. 

 of dark green, vigirous foliage. 



PRIDE OF CUMBERLAND.- Originat- 

 t », .,,. ed in New- 



Jersey. Brilliant red berries and holds the lus- 

 ter and freshness a long time after taking from 

 the vines. It is so attractive that it always 

 brings the highest prices in the market. Where 

 everything is favorable it is very productive 

 very firm and good quality. It is a strong stam- 

 Inate variety and an excellent variety to plant 

 with medium to late pistillate varieties. 



* EVERYTHING SATISFACTORY. J£ 



J£ Jefferson Co.. Mo., April 8, 1908 3c 



4 W. F. Allen, aSlisburv. Md. S 



* „„ Dear Sir— I received the plants the -£ 

 & 30th day of March and everything was j£ 



* satisfactory. They were in * very good $■ 

 ;& conditon. Tours HENRY KONECT. £ 

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POCAHONTAS.-This new variety comes from 



. _ _ _, . Virginia, and was originated 



oy b. K Garrison, who writes me as follows : "W B 

 Allen, Salisbury, Md.-Dear Sir: I have one of 'the 

 finest berries that has ever been seen. I showed it to 

 all of the berry growers In this section and thev all 

 said it was the biggest berry that had ever been seen 

 i tound the plants up in the mountains where never a 

 strawberry had been planted, and it is the heaviest 

 and largest plant I ever saw. From the small patch 

 I had of them I got 32 quarts every other day and I 



sold them to Mr. in Charlottesville, and he sold 



every quart of them for 25 and 30 cents when he could 

 not get but 10 cents for Glen Marv. and the Glen 

 Mary is a favorite of mine. I had a lot of calls 

 for this new berry, but I have not let any of the plants 

 go. I have only a few of them this spring and I have 

 not named it yet. It is a fine, large, heavv bearer 

 as I ever saw, and I would like for you to nanie them 

 The plant is a big. stout fellow, larger than Gleii 

 Mary. I showed the plant and berrv to a number of 

 the prominent gentlemen here and they will all te'l 

 you that just what I say is so." 



The plants are exceedingly large and sturdy, some- 

 what resembling the Marshall, but more vigorous and 

 ikes more plants. The berries are 



large and beautiful. 



Mr. Garrison, and this is one of the berries that you 

 want to plant. Po riot fail to try It. 



ARMSTRONG.— In plant growth and in many 

 respects it resembles the New 

 Tork. From medium to late in season, with perfect 

 blossom. This is claimed to be a German seedling and 

 is supposed to have been brought to this country from 

 Germany several years ago. For several years" it has 

 been in the bands of German fruit growers in New 

 York State. It is one of the largest and most produc- 

 tive berries grown in that section. These growers 

 claim to be able to grow them by the crate where 12 to 

 15 will fill a qftiart, and that they will bring 10 to 15 

 cents when others are bringing about one-half that 

 arao'int. With me. as before slated, it is similar to 

 the New York in many respects, both as to plant 

 growth and fruit. 



DEADER WOOD. -I have a nice stock of this 

 old Western favorite. I say 

 Western favorite, because we sell a good manv plants 

 In the West and very few in the Bast. The foliage Is 

 very dark green in color, rather tall, and has long, 

 narrow leaves: has very long roots, which extend deep 

 in the soil and enable ii to endure dry weather better 

 than most kinds. The plants of this' variety are not 

 large, but they bear large (Tons, and that I^^»^t|w^* 



