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W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed ( .tUilogue, Salisbury, Md. 
GOOD LUCK.— (See colored 
plate.) This new berry is a 
valuable addition to the already 
over-grown list of strawberries, 
but as I believe it to be far bet¬ 
ter than nine-tenths of the va¬ 
rieties now in cultivation, I feel 
excusable for making the addi¬ 
tion. The plant makes a 
strong, vigorous growth of heal¬ 
thy, long-rooted and drought- 
resisting plants. At' 
this writing, Nov. 6th, 
I have just come in 
from where the plants 
are growing, and I 
find the last tip-end 
efforts of the runners 
have already made 
roots 4 to 6 inches 
long. This is the seed¬ 
ling that took the sec¬ 
ond prize of $50 in 
gold in the 1904 con¬ 
test, which was paid 
to Elwood Pedrick, of New Jersey. (See 1906 
catalogue, page 25.) Here is what Mr. Pedrick 
says of this new berry after receiving the prize 
money: 
Cumberland Co., N. J., Oct. 30,1905 
W. F. Allen. Salisbury, Md. Dear Sir—I received 
your premium of flity dollars ($50.00) in gold, and I s nd 
you my sincere thanks for same, hoping jou great suc¬ 
cess with the berry. 
In your letter you asked if I had more growing. I have 
not, t was breaking up some new ground and found them 
growing there, and having heard you were a great berry 
fancier, thought I would send to you. as you could propa¬ 
gate them better than I could. Please send me the name 
yon gave them. Yours truly, Elwood Pedrick, N. J. 
The fruit of this new berry, as compared with 
Gandy, is equally as large, more productive, and 
two or three days earlier; in shape it is conical to 
broad conical or wedge-shaped, with uniformly 
smooth, even surface, never seamed or ridged; color 
dark, glossy cardinal, making a great show both on 
the vines and in the package after being gathered. 
It ripens all over at once, with no green tips. 
The above illustration was made from a photo¬ 
graph and is an excellent illustration of the berry. 
The Good Luck has a perfect blossom and makes 
plants freely. The stock of plants for this season is 
necessarily limited, but I have put the price very 
reasonable for a new variety of such excellent quali¬ 
ties, and I expect the entire stock will be sold out 
before the season is over. Orders will be filled in 
rotation; plants will be reserved, if paid for, until 
you wish them shipped. My word for it, this is a 
winner. Don’t fail to get in on the ground floor. 
ARNOUT.—This new variety originated with J. 
L. Arnout, of the Keystone State, and there seems 
to be a mistaken idea abroad that this is the same 
berry sent out a number of years ago as Ainout’s 
Improved Parker Earle. This, however, is entirely 
erroneous. Mr. Arnout says that no plants of this 
variety were sent out until the spring of 1905, and 
in no case would he sell plants in his own county, 
as he grows berries for market and knows when he 
has a winner. The Arnout has a perfect blossom, 
large, heavy, thick, dark, glossy foliage, sending its 
leaf stems well up, thus protecting the fruit; it is 
very free to make plants, which are always large 
and healthy. The berries are a bright red, solid 
texture and of a most delicious flavor. The size is 
large, ripens all over evenly, with no hard core or 
green tips; it is very productive and a good shipper. 
Mr. Arnout claims that it does not send fruit stems 
above the foliage while in blossom, and that he has 
never had it injured by late frosts. He classes it 
ahead of Haverland, Bubach, Brandywine and Wm. 
Belt, and says it does not require the soil as rich as 
these varieties. 
Mr. Arnout is very enthusiastic over his new berry, 
and says he has picked many specimens that meas¬ 
ured inches m circumference. He claims it to be 
very hardy, and offers $100 for one dozen plants of 
any variety that will excel the Arnout in the follow¬ 
ing qualities: size, productiveness, flavor, color, 
quality of fruit, uniform size, healthfulness of plant, 
and vigor. The plants I bought of him w'ere all- 
around good plants, and although I have not yet 
fruited them, they look very promising. 
TTTTTTJ 
E Polk Co.. Wis., May 27,1906. 3 
£ W. F. Allen,'Salisbury, Md., Dear Sir—The plants 3 
P you sent me carried in tine condition. It was onlyi 
P one week from the day the order was sent until the 3 
P plants were in the ground. Thanking you for good 3 
P plants and prompt shipment, Ernest Tewksbury. 3 
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