Real Economy 



It may be economy to save the cost of plants and transportation by using plants from your 

 own fruiting beds, but real economy demands that you at least consider that you may lose in any 

 or all of the following ways: 



1. The trouble and expense of digging and 

 cleaning your own plants, especially where you 

 are inexperienced at this kind of work and the 

 soil is heavy and hard. 



2. The money you would receive for the 

 berries produced by the plants you dig, includ- 

 ing the second crop where they are kept over. 



3. The invigorating effects that often come 

 from a change of soil and climate. There is 

 often a very marked gain. 



4. The convenience of having plants right 

 at hand when you want them. 



5. The beneficial results of early planting 

 are well known. You can take advantage of 

 the first "open spell" (in the north) by setting 

 Allen's plants instead of digging your own. 



6. Well cleaned plants, with evenly bunched, 

 straightened roots make setting easier, quicker 

 and better. We have received shipments of 

 plants which were not properly cleaned. Dead 



and decaying leaves and runners were tangled 

 indiscriminately with tops and roots. It costs 

 from thirty to fifty cents per thousand to get 

 such plants ready for setting. Cheap plants 

 usually come that way even though the plants 

 themselves may be fairly good. 



7. Allen's plants are grown for plants, in a 

 light, sandy loam soil. Many of the best 

 strawberry soils are heavy and plants dug 

 there are short rooted and knotty, making 

 them hard to set and less resistant to drought 

 or mechanical disturbances. In many such 

 cases Allen's plants are better plants than 

 your own and will give you better results. 



8. Rockingham County, N. C, January 11, 1932. — I 

 have a friend who wants your Berry Book. When people 

 ask me for plants. I refer them to you. I tell them I 

 don't even use my plants to reset my rows as I don't 

 want to tear them up when I can get a crop of berries 

 and better plants so cheap from you. 



Mrs. E. T. Starling. 



INDEX 



Pages 



Strawberries as a Money Crop 4- 5 



The Plants That Pay 6- 7 



Common Sense Methods 8- 9 



Trying Them Out 10-11 



Old Varieties Under New Names 11 



Fairfax and Dorsett 14-15 



Premier 17 



Other Early Varieties 18-21 



Midseason Varieties 22-23 



Late Varieties 24-26 



Very Late Varieties — Asparagus 27 



Everbearing Varieties 28-29 



Picking the Winners 30 



Price List 31 



DEPENDABLE INFORMATION 



"Honest" Information 



Miami County. Ind., April 8, 1932. — Your catalog sure- 

 ly made a hit with me. I have experimented with ber- 

 ries for the past 15 years and of all the catalogs I have 

 received from different nurseries, yours is the only one 

 that has put out real "Honest ta God" information that 

 would be of any benefit to a beginner. I congratulate 

 you. Please get my plants out as early as possible. 



Mr. E. E. Hanks. 



Not Exaggerated 



Mitchell County, N. C. April 15, 1932.— I think your 

 plants are better and cheaper and your statements seem 

 to be honest, not exaggerated. Mrs. W. T. Arnold. 



Variety Distinctions Stated Honorably 



Lancaster County, Pa., March 12, 1932. — I appreciate 

 your way of doing business as you state the distinctions 

 of the different varieties in a most honorable way. So 

 many of the fruit men praise all varieties so highly that 

 a person does not know what choice to make. 



Jacob M. Brubaker. 



Catalog Fair and Scientific 



Windham County, Conn., April 30, 1932. — I like your 

 catalog. It is fair and scientific. You save the red color 

 for your berries that some waste on promises. 



W. V. Field. 



BERRIES IN THE GARDEN 

 WINNERS EVERY TIME 



From the standpoint of both pleasure and 

 profit an abundance of luscious strawberries in 

 your own garden is always desirable. Of course 

 we gain nothing worth while without some 

 effort, but that spent on a small strawberry 

 garden is well repaid. A small plot with from 

 two hundred to five hundred plants will assure 

 you of many things. 



1. Plenty of luscious berries over a long sea- 

 son, right fresh off the vines. 



2. All you want for table use, "sugared 

 down," or otherwise. 



3. Strawberry shortcake, strawberry ice 

 cream, cool drinks from strawberry juices — 

 and other ways. 



4. Plenty of berries to can and preserve for 

 winter use. 



5. Enough to share with your friends. 



6. Ready money from the salable surplus. 



7. With the Everbearers, berries for use all 

 through the late summer and fall. 



8. The new, high quality berries, Dorsett and 

 Fairfax, will add a touch of royal flavor with 

 which you will be delighted. 



Order the plants now for your strawberry 

 garden. We will send them when you say. 

 You will be surprised how little time and money 

 it takes for so much benefit and pleasure. 



Honesty and Reliability 



Garrett County, Md., May 1, 1932. — I want to thank 

 you for your honesty, reliability, and truthfulness. Your 

 plants are growing fine. I am pleased with them and 

 will do all I can to recommend your healthy plants. 

 Your plants have the best and straightest roots I ever 

 planted. Mr. Wm. H. McRotin. 



