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W. F. ALLEN’S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 
I Cobden Queen.— I fruited this the 
found it to be very productive and firm 
medium size, 
and crimson color inside and out. It is not a very large 
berry but shows up better than many of the larger kinds, 
but it is a berry that will hold up well and look attrac¬ 
tive in the market after long shipment. The plant is 
vigorous and healthy. 
Brandywine. —A very large, broad heart-shaped ber¬ 
ry, of medium red color, with brignt yellow seeds and firm 
flesh, which is red to the heart. Brandywine comes at a 
good time, between the medium season berries and the 
very late ones, and thrives on a great variety of soils. 
These points combined with large size, productiveness 
and firmness of texture, make Brandywine a very valu¬ 
able strawberry, especially as it has a peculiarly rich 
spicy flavor that charms all who taste it. 
Challenge. —This variety is from Missouri and origi¬ 
nated'by a Mr. Peck, about ten years ago. The"*’plant 
makes a fair amount of runners and medium large healthy 
plants. It is very productive of large sized, regularly 
formed fruit; the color is a dark, glossy red ; quality is 
excellent. 
none other than the Gandy. We offer them at 
the same price and it may be well for our 
customers to try some of both. It has not 
fruited here yet, and I can not say personally 
whether it is the same or not. 
Dixie Belle .—This berry comes from North 
Carolina and is claimed to be one of the best 
grown there. The plant is vigorous, free from 
rust, berries ripen early, bright red in color, 
large, smooth, firm, and very uniform in size. 
Growers in that section say it is one of the best 
berries grown. I have only a few thousand 
plants which I shall be pleased to supply as 
long as they last. 
Enhance. —Berries somewhat irregular in 
shape,"medium to large, and firm, season medi¬ 
um to late and an excellent variety for pollen- 
izing late pistillate sorts; the foliage is a very 
rich light green and I do not remember of ever 
seeing a spot of rust on it. 
Greenville. —Considered by many an im¬ 
provement on Bubach, especially in point of 
firmness and vigor of plant; also in fine color; 
has been favorably reported from many experi- 
Past season and menters in sma11 fruits ' a very£fine 
variety. 
Crozier. —This variety comes from Virginia and seems 
to be an improved Sharpless. It makes a luxuriant 
growth of healthy dark green foliage, is free to make 
plants and is very productive of berries that would pass 
readily for the old well known Sharpless. It seems to 
have much more vigor, however, than that variety. 
Crimson Cluster. —This was found near an old bed 
of Gandy in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and is 
supposed to be a seedling of that variety. The plants 
are very much like the Gandy, but is claimed to make 
more plants and to be freer from rust. It is also claimed 
by some that it will bear one third more fruit to the 
acre. Its^general appearance is very much the same as 
Gandy,^both]in"fruit and plant; others claim that it 
