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W. F. Alle n ’s Pl ant arid Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
GLEN MARY. —(See colored 
plate.) I am proud to be the 
introducer of this grand 
strawberry‘s Just ten years 
ago this spring I first offered 
it to the public at $10.00 per 
hundred, the stock then be¬ 
ing very limited. I have had 
so many good reports on the 
Glen Mary that I should be 
astonished to hear of even a 
partial failure, 'especially in 
New England and Western 
sections. It is not especially 
recom-mended for the South. 
They are big, dark red beau¬ 
ties, with prominent seeds of 
bright yellow; the meat is 
crimson, very rich and juicy. 
They are of such high flavor 
that as the saying goes they 
“always taste like more. ”As 
a good, firm shipper, it is 
very popular; for fancy local 
market there are few, if any 
better, for this reason, it is a 
great pet among large and 
small growers. It has no par¬ 
ticular choice of soil sand does not require petting; 
the roots are long and well developed, providing 
plenty of moisture for the plants during a drought. 
The foliage is extra large, upright grower and of dark 
green color; the leaves are nearly round, with dark 
glossy surface, making a beautiful appearance in 
the field, The fruit stems although large and strong 
are weighed to the ground by the great clusters of 
berries, therefore, they should be well mulched to 
keep them clean. This variety, while listed as hav¬ 
ing a perfect blossom and having always been grown 
by the originator without planting with other varie¬ 
ties, is, by no means, a strong staminent, and we do 
not recommend it to plant with pistilate varieties, 
but it has ample polen for its own bloom. The 
berries are just the right shape to make a fine ap¬ 
pearance in the crate, and you should not be timid 
about asking a big price for them, 1 as [everybody 
will pay extra to get such fine berries. 
H. W. Collingwood, of the Rural New Yorker told 
me once “if he were planting 10,000 strawberry 
plants, 9,000 of them would be Glen Mary.” A 
large New England grower, with whom I was talk¬ 
ing a few days ago, and who has grown many fine 
varieties, says, “I have yet to find any variety that 
will equal Glen Mary for large crops and to bring in 
the Dollars.” 
I have a letter from a prominent New York grow¬ 
er who says : “After testing seventy varieties, cover¬ 
ing a period of several years, it seems as though 
Glen Mary and Sample are the best.” I have an¬ 
other letter_ from a Connecticut grower that reads 
thus : “I write to thank you for your information 
regarding the two largest varieties of strawberries 
grown, and at the same time to say that the Glen 
Mary is the best and largest berry I can find. Every 
year, the same as this, I try from four to eight new 
ones, and so far none will equal the old Glen Mary. 
Four-fifths of all I plant this season will be of this 
variety.’' 
It is seldom that I have enough of this kind to 
supply the demand, but being determined to have 
enough to fill all orders this season, I have well on 
to a million plants, and I think I am safe in saying 
that they are as fine as any I have ever grown. 
Many of the beds are from two to three feet across, 
and here is a personal message to every grower in 
the West and north of Mason and Dixon’s line : “If 
you are in doubt as to what to plant, don’t fail to 
include Glen Mary in your list.” 
NIMROD. —This variety was originated by Mr. 
Beaver, of Ohio, and introduced by Mr. Matthew 
Crawford, of same State. Mr. Crawford Jdeseribes 
the Nimrod as follows : “The Nimrod is the most 
beautiful berry in our collection; the fruit is round¬ 
ish conical, of regular form and smooth, glossy sur¬ 
face, brilliant red, firm, and second to none but 
Beaver in flavor. The plant is of medium size, with 
healthy, thick foliage. It’s a good berry; season 
medium.” 
Now, my stock of this variety was grown from 
plants received direct from Mr. Crawford, and I 
shall be pleased to have orders from those who wish 
to plant this, but I certainly cannot recommend 
it, as with me it has proven anything but satisfac¬ 
tory. I have failed to get a good growth grown 
under good cultivation where other varieties under 
same conditions have made solid beds two to two 
and half feet across. 
