W. F. ALLEN’S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 
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The Commander —lias but one fault says 
H. H. Meeker, the introducer, “and that is it 
can not bold up tlie immense load of berries 
that it produces, they lie along the rows in 
piles. Hay or straw should be put around the 
plants so that the berries can rest upon it, thus 
making them clean for market. Mr. Meeker 
says he calls it Commander for the following 
reasons; “1st. It is extra large size ; 2nd. The 
most productive among fifty varieties; 3rd. 
commands the largest price; 4tb. No rust, 
hardy plants and plenty of them ; 5th. Firm 
solid scarlet berry, good shipper; 6th, perfect 
blossom.” Not fruited here. 
Arizona Everbearing. —I have several 
thousand good plants of this variety. It is lit¬ 
tle grown in the East, but very popular on the 
Pacific Coast. I shall be pleased to fill orders 
for this as long as they last. 
Beder Wood.— A strong grower with un¬ 
usually large and long roots. Popular in 
many sections of the West. Very productive 
of medium sized early berries, but rather soft. 
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August Luther. —This is a good early sort 
and may be planted with confidence if you 
want a very early' berry. The plants are 
healthy and vigorous and at least fairly pro¬ 
ductive. The fruit is of good medium size at 
first but soon runs down; firm, rather oblong, 
often necked, of good color and fair quality. 
Armstrong. — (A German seedling.) This 
variety came from Germany about ten years 
ago. It has been controlled by three or four 
German fruit growers. It is one of the largest 
and most productive berries grown, whole 
crates often being filled with berries that run 
twelve to fifteen to the quart, and has been 
sold on the market for ten to fifteen cents per 
quart when other berries were bringing six 
cents. From medium to late in season with 
perfect blossom. 
Ben Davis.— M. Crawford says; “These 
did well with us last season bu.t in a small way. 
as. we sold the last of our plants. It is described 
as very' large, round to oblong, never mis¬ 
shapen, dark red, very highly flavored and a 
firm good shipper.” 
Thompson’s No. 2 . —The originator makes 
the following claims for this berry ; 
“Large size, beautiful color, having the appearance of 
being varnished, large double cap like Gandy immensely 
productive, the ground being literally covered; owing to 
the enormous crop of berries, its season is from four to 
five weeks. Very richest and best qnality, best shipper, 
has very tough skin not easily broken by handling. It re¬ 
tains its beautiful dark green foliage all through the sea¬ 
son, not a spot of rust and has a perfect blossom.” 
It has not fruited here yet. So far as 
plant growth is concerned I can verify the 
above description. 
Gandy. —This is the most popular late 
strawberry in the world. Iu our voting con¬ 
test two years ago, the Gandy received more 
than twice as many votes as any other variety 
for late market, and a large majority over any 
other kind for home use. This shows conclu¬ 
sively that Gandy is considered best of all well 
known late varieties for all purposes. It would 
be useless to give a lengthy description. Plant 
in black swamp land, clay land, or medium 
land on springy order; never on dry sandy 
land. 
Glen Mary. —This va¬ 
riety introduced by me in 
the spring of 1896 is to¬ 
day one of the leading 
standard varieties in the 
country. It has proven 
especially valuable in New 
England and the West. It 
is beautiful in color, of 
large size and immense 
productiveness making it 
a general favorite; plants 
are large, long rooted, and 
the fruit is firm enough to 
make a good shipping ber¬ 
ry ; its quality is good 
enough to make it sell. 
For size, it is at the head 
of the procession. I would 
not advise, however, that 
our Southern customers 
plant it. The demand for 
Glen Mary plants has 
always exceeded the supply and it is more 
than likely there will not be enough to go 
around this season. 
