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W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
MITCHELL’S EARLY. —Too well known to need 
any extended description here. If grown on good 
soil, it must be kept thinned. For eating from the 
vines there is probably none bettor, and until the 
Excelsior came, it was the leading early berry for 
the market, as well as for home use, 
_ TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. —A reliable standard va¬ 
riety. Too well known to need description here 
where my space is so limited. 
TEXAS. —This is a strong, healthy grower, no. rust 
or other disease affecting it; thrifty, well rooted and 
makes plants freely. The Texas with me has made 
a very good showing. It is firm enough to ship, 
crimson in color, not quite as dark as Excelsior, and 
in many respects a very desirable variety. Under 
certain climatic conditions it has a tendency of 
bearing considerable fruit in the fall. I am inclined 
to think this will be a valuable variety for the 
Pacific Coast growers, who have long seasons. This 
berry was sent out by Jacob C. Bauer, of Arkansas, 
who sent out the Excelsior, but will never introduce 
any other variety, as I had a letter yesterday from 
him stating that he was expecting death at any time 
from cancer of the mouth. “Too bad.” 
ARIZONA EVER-BEARING. —This is a very popu¬ 
lar variety on the Pacific Coast, not especially 
recommended for other sections. I have several 
thousand good plants of this variety and would be 
pleased to fill orders for my Pacific customers as 
long as the stock lasts. 
VICK’S UNCLE JOE. —Not fruited here yet, and I 
borrow the following description from James Vick’s 
seed catalogue of 1906: “Vick’s Uncle Joe is entire¬ 
ly a new and distinct seedling, and the confidence 
gained by fifty-five years of experience in superior 
strawberry culture warrants our saying that it com¬ 
bines all the ‘Vick quality’ necessary to make it the 
ideal which has so long been sought. Its fruit is 
perfect in form of a dark, rich, glossy color, firm 
flesh, monstrous in size, combined with a most lus¬ 
cious flavor, and quality not usually found in fruit 
of its size. We know that the Uncle Joe strawberry 
combines every requirement to place it in the first 
rank of quality with strawberry growers. While 
noted as the largest fruiting sort on record, its ber¬ 
ries are most uniform -in size and shape, and are 
rarely malformed. Among other attractive features, 
its early and continuous yield^during the season is 
attributable to its strong, healthy and robust 
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for home use or for market, it stands today without 
a peer in the world’s numerous strawberry family.” 
WARFIELD.— A well-know* standard variety, very 
productive, mid-season, and especially popular in 
the West. Fruit good quality and highly colored. 
It is a persistent plant-maker, and if not kept thin¬ 
ned out, they will be so thick that it will be impos¬ 
sible for it to bear fruit of a desirable size; but if 
kept thinned, it is very productive of medium-size, 
highly-flavored fruit. My stock of plants this season 
is very nice. 
WILD WONDER. —Makes an abundance of run¬ 
ners and large quantities of rather small, though 
long-rooted, plants. I notice that the. plant is in¬ 
clined to rust, though not enough to harm the crop. 
Fruited with me last year under very unfavorable 
conditions, and produced a good crop. The origi¬ 
nator claims that this variety will grow wild and 
bear a good crop of berries—a regular lazy man’s 
berry. Fruit small to medium, of the splendid War- 
field type. 
WOOLVERTOIN. — Originated in Canada and intro¬ 
duced by the late John Little. I have fruited this 
variety quite a number of years. It will succeed on 
almost any soil, but will do better on a sandy loam., 
The plants make a good growth, have a "perfect 
blossom, which is full of pollen, and make an excel¬ 
lent variety to plant with medium early to late pis¬ 
tillate varieties. It is no uncommon thing to see 
blossoms and ripe fruit at the same time. 
ABINGTON. —Introduced by Lester Blanchard, of 
Massachusetts, who claims it to yield heavily on 
matted rows. It has a perfect blossom, and at the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, June 21, 1904, 
a quart of this variety, containing just twenty-five 
strawberries, was awarded second prize. Mr. Blan¬ 
chard says the Abington is a chance seedling, the 
plant is large, foliage dark green. The fruit stalks 
are strong and stand erect from the ground; the 
blossom is perfect, large and filled with pollen. It 
ripens with Bubach, the berry being very large, 
averaging as large as the Bubach, and holds out 
well through the entire season Mr. Blanchard 
claims the Abington to be more productive than 
the Bubach or Glen Mary, either of which is pro¬ 
ductive enough for best results. In color it is bright 
red, with firm flesh and good flavor. Mr. Blanchard 
claims to have grown the Abington at the rate of 
9,720 quarts per acre, and says it is a berry that 
will take the place of Bubach, as it is a better plant- 
maker, the blossom perfect and hardy, it sends cut 
more fruit stalks, and ripens at the same season; the 
berry has better color, firmer flesh and better flavor, 
runs larger throughout the season, and holds its 
color better after it is picked. This is certainly a 
very strong description, and if the berry is anywhere 
near as good as Mr. Blanchard claims it to be. it will 
make a valuable addition to the list. It makes a 
very fine growth here, and I am very much pleased 
with its appearance. I have an excellent stock of 
plants and have put the price much lower than last 
year. 
NETTIE.— Has not fruited here; I therefore bor¬ 
row- Joseph H. Black’s description of it, which reads 
as follows: “A seedling of the Bubach and Yale was 
crossed with Sharpless; the best of these seedlings 
were again crossed with Gandy, and among them he 
found the Nettie, the largest strawberry he ever 
fruited. It combines with this valuable quality the 
productiveness of Bubach and the vigor of plant so 
prominent in Sharpless. The foliage is exceptionally 
strong, vigorous and healthy, flowers imperfect, 
enormously productive, berries very large bright 
red, exquisite quality, season very late.” 
