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ALLEN S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 
MO AGENTS. 
Last year I determined to dispense with all agents and give the dis¬ 
counts to the consumer. This experiment proved entirely satisfactory and in 
the future I shall employ no more agents to sell plants as I have always found 
it more satisfactory to all concerned to deal direct with the consumer. Club 
with your neighbors, make up a large order and get the full discount. Order 
the club lot all in one name; it will be an easy matter to divide them as all 
stock will be plainly labeled and tied in bundles of 50 plants each, except dew¬ 
berries, which will be in bundles of 25 each. 
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Some of my customers seem to persist in holding me responsible for their 
grievances with the Strawberry Culturist. The fact is. I am not and have not 
been in any way connected with the Strawberry Culturist for nearly three 
years, haying sold the paper and all my interest in it in June, 1898, to Messrs. 
Perry & Hearn, of this city. I sold the paper in order that I might give my 
entire attention to my plant and fruit business, and have not written a line 
for the paper since and know no more of its business management than if it 
were published in Egypt. When I was publishing the paper prior to June, 1898, 
I never at any time placed a single subscription in the hands of any collection 
agency, and kind friends please remember that I (W. F. Allen) am in no mar- 
ner, shape or form connected with the Strawberry Culturist, and you will 
greatly oblige me by addressing your communications, intended for that paper, 
either to the Strawberry Culturist or Ernest A. Hearn, its present owner and 
manager, and not to me. Yours faithfully, W. F. ALLEN. 
Description of Varieties* 
KANS AS. —This popular new variety was originated in the state from which 
it takes its name, and after seeing it in fruit, I paid $100 in gold for twelve 
plants, and later bought the entire stock. The plant is an extremely vigorous 
grower, and as free from disease or rust of any kind as any ever grown. Its 
drouth resisting qualities are superb, blossoms pistillate. Its fruit is a brilliant 
crimson, not only on the surface, but through and through. This feature, 
together with its very strong strawberry flavor, will make it, when it becomes 
better known, perhaps the most popular strawberry for canning ever 
yet produced. Time of ripening, late. It is very productive of fine me¬ 
dium to large berries that make a very handsome showing in the package, and 
always attract the best buyers. The berry is firm enough to make a good com¬ 
mercial variety, and as soon as it becomes known,and the price within the reach 
of the average grower, we shall expect to see it rank high among the standard 
market berries. The originator says : “I found it growing in the yard with 
some other seedlings, which I planted out as soon as they w’ere large enough to 
handle. They fruited the next spring when I noticed the one row namedKan- 
sas had a larger, stronger blossom than any of the rest. When the fruit ripen¬ 
ed it was the finest of the lot, and it was the only one that I propagated. I have 
now been fruiting Kansas for ten years, and have never missed a single crop ; 
