

The Plant Situation - 1955 



nPHE BIG NEWS in the strawberry plant 

 situation at the present time is the 

 amazing vigor and growth shown by the 

 virus free stocks. On all varieties where 

 such stocks are available we have used 

 them and they are being offered to you in 

 this Berry Book. Our plants are completely 

 from virus free sources on the following va- 

 rieties: Catskill, Sparkle, Blakemore, Ten- 

 nessee Beauty, Tennessee Shipper, Tennes- 

 sean, Klondyke, Klonmore, Senator Dunlap, 

 Albritton, Massey and Vermilion. With 

 Fairfax, Robinson and Armore some of our 

 stock is from virus free sources, some is not 

 — all have grown well. Most of our stock 

 of Premier is virus free but we have pur- 

 posely retained some of the regular stock 

 for reasons given in the Premier descrip- 

 tion (page 8 ) . Outstanding for vigor 



among the varieties where virus free stocks 

 are not yet available are Empire, Big Joe 

 and Temple. 



New varieties which are making their 

 mark in sections where they are adapted 

 include Empire, Albritton, Pocahontas 

 and Dixieland. Stelemaster, highly re- 

 sistant to red stele, is a valuable addition 

 for growers in areas where soil is infested 

 with this disease. 



Superfeetion, as well as the other ever- 

 bearers, continues to give much more profit 

 and pleasure in home gardens where the 

 sawdust mulch spaced plant method is used, 

 (see page 30) 



This year we have a good stock of nearly 

 all varieties. In spite of hot, dry summer 

 until late August we have fine beds of 

 plants which show again that 



ALLEN'S PLANTS ^ standard for the industry for 70 years, are 

 still your best bet for big crops of better berries. 



