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W. F. ALLEN'S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 
Bubach. — As a mid-season berry for home 
use and near market this stands second on the 
list. Many nurserymen have dropped it owing 
to the fact that it does not multiply and is not 
a money maker to grow for plants. If the soil, 
however, is especially adapted to the variety 
it will make a moderate amount of large heal¬ 
thy plants that literally 
cover themselves with 
fruit. I have seldom 
had enough plants of 
this grand old variety 
to go around previous 
to last year. I now have 
several acres grown for 
me in land especially 
adapted to them, and 
will no doubt have 
enough plants for all 
who wish to plant it. 
The Bubach is too well 
known to require a 
lengthy description. 
Brunette.— Or i g i- 
nated by Granville 
Cowing of Indiana, and 
noted for its fine quality. 
The fruit is medium 
sized, dark rich red to 
the center and fairly 
productive. No thing 
finer in quality grown. 
Marsden Perry. —Said to be one of the 
very best late varieties. It requires good soil 
and good cultivation. Under the above condi¬ 
tions the yield is said to be something enor¬ 
mous. Has not fruited here. 
Mitchell’s Early. —Next to Excelsior this 
has been the most popular early market va¬ 
riety. If grown on good soil it must be 
kept thinned. For eating from the vines 
as they are picked there are probably none 
better. Until the Excelsior came, it was 
the leading early berry tor the market as well 
as home use. 
BUBAOII. 
North Shore. —I bought this new berry on 
the advice of a friend, Mr. Benjamin M. Smith, 
who lives near the originator. Mr. Smith ad¬ 
vised me very strongly to put the North Shore 
in stock and I did so on his recommendation. 
He speaks of it as follows; “Solid and firm, 
quality of the best, size very large.’’ He says 
that I was fortunate taking it up as he ad¬ 
vised. My stock last season was very small 
and I offered it by the dozen only at |1.00 per 
dozen; this year I have a stock of probably 
100,000 plants that aire very fine and I have 
made the price within the reach of all growers. 
C. S. Pratt spoke of it last spring as follows; 
“There are three things bound to win, Japan and the 
Commonwealth and North Shore strawberries. He de¬ 
scribes it as follows: This magnificent berry is a seedling 
of the Brandywine and like its parents is a fine berry to 
plant with pistillates; in productiveness it is equal to any 
of them, and is by all odds the finest staminate berry ever 
sent out and is just wh«t the market men have been look¬ 
ing for. The North star will fill the bill; it is a large ber¬ 
ry and firm and will stand rough handling. It is all that I 
claim for it and if so you want it. I sent plants to the vari¬ 
ous Experiment stations last spring for them to test, in¬ 
tending to put it on the market in 1906, but somehow W. 
F. Allen got hold of it and bought quite a stock; after I 
found what he had done I bought every plant the origina¬ 
tor would spare.. 
My personal experience with this berry is 
that it is a line grower and healthy plant. I 
have not seen the fruit except on a few scatter¬ 
ing plants which were not re-set last spring. 
The fruit is firm, good quality and large size. 
It did not seem to be exceedingly productive 
but I think bears enough to mature them in 
good shape and have all good berries. The 
above illustration was made from a photograph. 
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