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W. F. ALLEN’S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 
Sample. —Last year I was very short on'tliis 
popular variety and was not able to fill all 
orders received. This year I have two and a 
half acres nicely set in this variety alone, and 
expect to be able to fill all orders for it. The 
Sample seems to be giving satisfaction in most 
sections; the best test of its popularity is that 
we get more and more orders for it every year, 
and if it were not a good one this would not 
be the case. The plant is strong and vigorous, 
very productive of uniform medium to large 
berries, firm enough for shipping to distant 
market; the berries color all over at once and 
look very attractive in the crates. A good re¬ 
liable standard sort that will give general sat¬ 
isfaction all over the country, especially in 
the North and West. When this variety was 
first introduced, I paid two hundred dollars 
for one thousand plants, and I am frank to say 
that I have made many worse bargains. 
Parson’s Beauty. — This is one of the most 
productive berries grown. Size, medium to 
large, dark red, and of fair quality, but rather 
acid. For a near market, where they can be 
hauled in and sold from the wagon, or direct 
to the grocer every day, this is a valuable 
Oom Paul.— 
Large healthy 
plant which 
makes a moderate 
amount of run¬ 
ners. The fruit is long, large, sometimes flat¬ 
tened and is a little irregular. Color dark 
red, both inside and out, flesh is quite firm 
and of good quality. The Ohio Experimental 
Station says: “A fine large berry of good qual¬ 
ity and worthy of a careful trial for home or 
market. ’’ 
Prof. Fisher.— A seedling of Bubach fertil¬ 
ized with Sharpless was crossed with Brandy¬ 
wine, and in this third generation Prof. Fisher 
was found and they were pre-eminently super¬ 
ior to all the rest. This is one of the Joseph 
H. Black seedlings, and the JRuralNow Yorker 
says of it: 
“Late, coming in with Gandy, vigorous plant, tall 
broad foliage, the berry is large, sometimes coxcombed, 
smooth, firm, bright scarlet, quality fair, a good producer 
of line show berries 
^nrinarlale _ “This is claimed to be a very 
v3|Ji iii^uai«:« good early variety with healthy 
vigorous and very productive plants; fruit medium to 
large, round, of good quality, but not very firm. It ma¬ 
tures its whole crop in a very short time.” 
I havH not fruited the variety but I am not 
pleased with the growth at all, it seems to be 
spindling and weak. I do not recommend 
it, but as it may do better at other places I 
will list the variety and will he pleased to fur¬ 
nish those who think they would like to try it. 
variety; but for 1 
distant shipment, 
it has proved a 
failure. I notice 
that some of the 
catalogues say, it 
is a great mar¬ 
ket berry. I am 
well acquainted 
with the facts, 
as there has been 
more Parson’s 
Beauty grown [in 
this county than 
all the rest of the 
country combin¬ 
ed. It is enough 
to say that, it will 
never he planted 
in anything like 
the quantity in 
the future, that 
it lias been in the 
past. To those 
who want a very 
productive berry 
that can he sold 
without shipping 
it will’no doubt 
prove very valu¬ 
able. 
