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W. F. ALLEN’S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 
Morning Star. —Not having fruited this va¬ 
riety I will give the description of the intro¬ 
ducer. 
“We have in the Morning Star what has so long been 
wanted, a very early variety producing in great abund¬ 
ance, very large and beautiful strawberries of the highest 
' -quality. It is the result of a life’s work of a strawberry 
specialist, a man who is now over 60 years old and who has 
produced thousands of seedlings in fact has originated 
more varieties of the strawberry that have stood the test 
in the hands of growers than any other man now living, 
and with all his experience and study, after performing 
such a vast amount of work upon the strawberry, pro¬ 
nounces Morning Star the best and most valuable variety 
he has produced, and better and more valuable than any 
other strawberry in cultivation. In addition to being ten 
days earlier than any other variety producing large ber¬ 
ries, the Morning Star is of the very largest size, rich 
crimson color,of highest quality ani firm texture. The 
plant is a superb grower with large dark green healthy fo¬ 
liage ond very prolific. The first early ripening variety 
yet produced. The blossom is perfect. 
Not having fruited the variety, I can only 
say that it has made an excellent growth and I 
have a good stock of very nice plants with 
which I shall be pleased to supply all who 
\wish to give it a trial. 
Stevens Late Champion. —A very prom¬ 
ising extra late variety of the Gandy typ?, hut 
said to be more productive. I have not fruit¬ 
ed it yet but the plants have made a fine 
growth and promise great things. At a meet- 
ing'of the New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety at Trenton last winter, I heard so many 
great things said of this berry that I came home 
and planted double the quantity I intended to 
plant. From careful inquiry, I have yet to 
hear of the first unfavorable report; on the 
other hand, all who have grown it are most 
INichol’s Granville .—This is 
another new variety that has made 
a fine showing in plant growth 
here but not fruited. Mr. A. M. 
Nichols, the originator, says of if; 
“The berries are large in perfect 
oblong form, color when full ripe 
a rich very dark red, flesh dark, 
solid and delicious flavor fresh or 
canned, holds up well in size and remain¬ 
ing firm on the vine sometime after ripe. 
Season medium to late; fruit stems very 
strong and tall, bearing clusters well up 
from the ground; foliage tall and vig¬ 
orous, makes strong runners and plenty of 
them.’’ Wright & Wright, grocerymen, at 
Granville, Ohio, say that the Granville straw¬ 
berry sold in our market last season for 15 cents 
per quart, while other berries wero selling for 
8and 10 cents, A. M. Nichol of North Alton, 
Ill., says the Granville strawberry was one of 
the best of the 100 varieties tested this year 
and I regard it as very 7 promising. J. B. 
Troop, State Entomologist, of Lafayette, Ind., 
“The Granville strawberry fruited for the first 
time this year and promises well; this was not 
a favorable season for testing varieties, as late 
frosts killed all the first blooms.’’ E. J. 
Ayres, Director Illinois Experiment Station, 
writes; “I have the Granville in the Station 
planted last year. We had rain every day dur¬ 
ing its time of ripening, making it very diffi¬ 
cult to make comparison, but among seventy 
varieties fruited at the same time it was 
among the few that were promising. The 
foliage is dark green and healthy without rust, 
berries dark red medium to large size.’’ 
Hillsborough Co., Fla., Nov. 25.1905. A 
n, Salisbury, Md.; Dear Sir:—The straw- 1 
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t are doing nicely. ’ Yours Truly, E. M. Ashley. 
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enthusiastic in commending it, 
and although I have not had 
time as yet to fruit it myself I 
believe it to be a great money 
maker. It yields large crops uf 
large beautiful good berries that 
ship well very late in the season 
after most of the varieties have 
ripened and gone. It is 
evidently a descendant of 
the grand old Gandy but 
is a much better grower. 
It is in brief, undoubtedly, 
a most valuable late va¬ 
riety. I feel sure it will 
pay to get in ahead of the 
crowd with this berry. 
The price of plants is no 
higher than other good 
standard sorts. 
