THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 11 



EVERBEARING VARIETIES 



Everbearing strawberries have been produced suc- 

 cessfully wherever spring-bearing varieties are grown. 

 There are varieties adapted to every section, altho Pro- 

 gressive is the best of the lot nearly everywhere, and is 

 the only one which gives satisfactory results in the 

 South. The plants are set in early spring, just like 

 other strawberries; they are hoed, cultivated and fer- 

 tilized just as other varieties. For best results, the 

 blossoms should be kept pinched off until the last of 

 June, or middle of July. About August 1, you can com- 

 mence picking fruit and continue to get it until freez- 

 ing weather. The second year, the plants will fruit in 

 the spring and if seasonable, will continue to fruit all 

 through the summer and early fall months. If you 

 neglected to set some plants last spring, so as to have 

 some fruiting beds this spring, the everbearers, planted 

 this March or April, will bear you a crop of berries 

 the first year, only a few weeks after the plants are set. 

 If the ground is rich and moist, these can be allowed 

 to commence fruiting earlier than August 1, so that 

 you can have strawberries all thru the season, as well 

 as in the fall. Given good land, good treatment and 

 good growing conditions, every plant of the Progres- 

 sive will produce an abundance of berries during the 

 fall. No investment you could make will give the whole 

 family more satisfaction and pleasure than a plot of 

 these berries. 



PROGRESSIVE. The very best of all the fall-bearing 

 varieties and has been successful wherever planted. It 

 is the only everbearer yet found, which does well in the 

 South. There are a few places in the North, where Superb 

 seems to do better, but our advice to the great major- 

 ity is stand by the Progressive. It leads them all, because 

 of its remarkable yielding qualities. The richer the land 

 and the more manure you apply, the more good fruit you 

 will get. The berries are medium in size, possibly not 

 quite so large as Superb, but they are produced in great 

 abundance and the berries are simply delicious in qual- 

 ity. If kept closely picked, the berries are firm enough 

 to stand shipment. The most striking feature of the Pro- 

 gressive, is that you will get fruit a few weeks after the 

 plants are set and that they continue to bear until freez- 

 ing weather. We have about a million and a quarter of 

 these plants, but at the time of the writing of this cata- 

 log, they were already more than half sold. The demand 

 is exceedingly large and we advise you in all sincerity, 

 to get your order placed at once, and have the plants re- 

 served for you, until time to ship. Trice $15.00 per 

 thousand. 



Superb. The fruit of Superb is large, firm and of fine 

 quality, resembling the Chesapeake in many ways. It is 

 not so productive and requires more care and attention 

 than the Progressive, but is larger in size and hand- 

 somer in appearance. In addition to its value as a fall 

 bearer, Superb will bear an excellent crop of berries in 

 the spring. They look well, ship well and sell well. We 

 advise planting Superb in small quantities only, unless it 

 has been tried and found to be good in your particular 

 locality. Price $15.00 per thousand. 



Peerless. A new everbearing variety, claimed to be 

 better than Superb, which it resembles. After fruiting it 

 the second time, we find it to be a more vigorous grower 

 and more productive of somewhat larger sized fruit, and 

 fully as good as Superb in quality. Price $15.00 per 

 thousand. 



Americus. Unexcelled in quality by any of the ever- 

 bearers. In many places this variety is very thrifty and 

 has given excellent results, but with us, it is hard to 

 grow and a rather shy bearer. It is claimed by some 

 that Americus is better the second year, than the first 

 We have nearly always sold out of these plants and 

 have not had occasion to test this out thoroughly. We 

 advise trying it in a small way only. Price $15.00 per 

 thousand. 



