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W. F. Alien’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
York berries on the Philadelphia market 
when other varieties were a drug at 6 to 8 
cents. 
If you are planting for a local mar¬ 
ket or home garden, you should not fail 
to include a few New York. 
ECHO.—This variety was introduced by 
Allen L. Wood, of 
Rochester, N. Y., 
who claims it to be 
a great table berry, 
with tbe highest 
and richest of fla¬ 
vors—the natural 
wild strawberry 
flavor, quite un¬ 
known to many 
varieties. It is 
very productive, 
medium size, and 
especially valuable 
for family use. 
There is nothing in 
myfield that makes 
a stronger, health¬ 
ier, ranker growth 
than does the 
Echo. 
ENHANCE.—Ber¬ 
ries somewhat irregular in shape, 
medium to large, and firm, sea¬ 
son late. It is an excellent va¬ 
riety for pollenizing late pisti- 
late" sorts. The foliage is a very 
rich light green, and I do not re¬ 
member of ever seeing a spot of 
NEW YORK. —This giant among strawberries 
has now been on the market seven years, being in¬ 
troduced by me in the spring of 1899 at $5 per doz 
It is a native of New York State and was originated 
by Miss Yates, of Tompkins county, New York. It 
is one of the famous prize berries, for whicn I paid 
$100 for one dozen plants. The. berry is extremely 
large, some rather pointed, while others are thick 
and broad; the color is blood red, with a shiny sur¬ 
face The seed are so nearly the same color as the 
berry and so deeply seated that they are scarcely 
noticeable. It is strictly a fancy berry and a prize¬ 
winner, just the kind to make the grower famous, 
because such a high-class berry always gams high- 
dass trade. Small, inferior berries have no show 
by the side of New York, no matter how cheap they 
are. It is very prolific and has long season of ripen¬ 
ing", but it does not matter how fast they ripen; 
there are always more eager buyers than can be 
supplied. Its excellent quality and wonderful pro¬ 
ductiveness make it a most profitable variety to 
grow, either for shipping or home trade. I he cap 
is very large and stands out prominently; the ioliage 
is light green and a luxuriant grower, with an extra 
large, glossy, surfaced leaf. The plant is one of the 
largest and healthiest on the place, equaling m this 
respect the Marshall. The New York has been 
grown on light soils and on stiff clay, with splendid 
results in both cases. It is a seedling of the well- 
known Bubach and Jessie. It has gamed great pop¬ 
ularity since its introduction, and we have hardly 
been able to supply the demand at any time since 
it became known. , , t , T 
At a nearby station last season a load of JNew 
York berries attracted more attention at the depot 
than any other variety. It was who and who of the 
buyers that could get them. A Philadelphia com¬ 
mission merchant was at tho place, and lie said it 
far excelled anything he ever saw like strawberries, 
and he was willing to pay almost any price to get 
them. I have gotten 13 cents per quart for New 
rust on it. 
HUMMER. — I offered this variety last spring for 
the first time. I had a splendid stock of plants, but 
every one was sold before the season was over, and 
not one was left to fruit. From what fruit I could 
see from young plants, it is in many respects simi¬ 
lar to New York. The plants are immense in size, 
very stalky and vigorous. Anyone who buys plants 
of this variety cannot help but feel that they have 
something valuable when they see the large, stalky 
plants that it makes. 
This variety was first brought to my attention 
by Mr. John Kolvoord, of Kalamazoo county, 
Mich., who writes as follows: 
“Kalamazoo County, Mich., Jan. 21, 1906. 
“W. F. Allen, Salisbury,, Md., Dear Sir—On my grounds is a 
new strawberry that is a “Hummer.” Understand me while 
I am not its originator, it has been grown for several years by 
a man who lived about ten miles from here. He always re¬ 
fused to sell plants, notwithstanding as high as $2.00 each 
were offered for them, but two or three years ago, he sold by 
mistake for Sharp less After he found it out he tried to in¬ 
duce the man to dig them up, but the buyer mistrusted what 
he had received and said, he thought those would do. We 
growers have not been able to compete with said berry in Bat¬ 
tle Creek market. One of the merchants had its exclusive 
sale and shipped it as a fancy berry to Kalamazoo, Jackson, 
Lansing, etc. The original owner has sold out and moved to 
the West. I know of hut one besides myself that has this va¬ 
riety. He is an old man from whom I got my plants. I do not 
believe any introducer has it. It is my opinion that it is an Eng¬ 
lish berry, beeause the man above alluded to is an Englishman. 
The originator being out of the field and out of the business, I 
feel at liberty to let you have some of the plants. 
Yours truly, John Kolvoord.” . 
You will notice that in the beginning Mr. Kol¬ 
voord calls the berry a “hummer,” hence its name 
We sold 100,000 plants of this variety last season 
and have only about that quantity this year. 
i Fulton Co., O., April 3 1906. 2 
t W. F. Allen, Dear Sir:—Received seeds Jnd plants j 
1 all right. Plants came today, thanks for extras. t 
1 Yours truly, Philip Eicher. I 
