CONANT & BEAN, 
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 
Fruit and Produce, 
15 FANEUIL HALL MARKET, 
/forth Side. 
H. S. BEAN. H M. KENDALL. 
-October 29th,1904. 
Mr.W.P.Allen, 
Salisbury,Hd. 
Dear Sir: 
Understanding that you are to offer your berry the "New Home u to 
growers this season,we wish to give you our experience with it,also the 
opinion of those to whom we made sales. The first consignment we reoeived 
were thought to be Gandys,only it was remarked by all that they were much 
brighted and firmer than they had ever seen before,even for this variety. 
We soId this particular lot mostly to retailers and without exception, 
they pronounced it the best and most satisfactory berry they had ever handled 
Since then we have sold to wholesale buyers from outside cities and towns 
as far as Portland Me.and have heard nothing but good reports concerning it. 
Many retail dealers have told us that after keeping them in their stores 
two and three days,they were just as bright and firm as when they received 
them. Everything considered,we think it is the best berry we know of for 
shipping long distances and predict for it.great popularity and success. 
Very truly yours. 
Diet.H.H.K, 
Messrs. Conant & Bean have sold a considerable quantity of the “NEW HOME” 
Strawberries to out of town trade, and here is a letter received by them from one of 
their customers in Portland, Maine: 
Portland, Maine, Nov. 11th, 1904. 
Messrs. Conant & Bean, 
Boston, Mass., 
Gentlemen:—Replying: to your inquiry as to our opinion of the ‘‘NEW HOME” Berry, shipped you 
by W. F. Allen, and which we have purchased of you, would say that this berry is, in our judgment, a 
first-class one for carrying long distances and for re-shipping purposes It has arrived in Portland after 
a trip of four hours by express, in good condition, and has stood up well afterwards. Another good 
point is the holding of the color as we have found to be the case with this berry. We think well of it. 
Very truly yours, 
L. B. Griffin Fruit Co. 
Fac-simile of original of above letter will be found on page 4, Spring Catalogue, 
1905. It must be remembered that the berries above referred to, were picked in 
Salisbury, and shipped over 500 miles by freight to Boston, being two nights and one 
day on the road, arriving in Boston the second morning, then sold and re-shipped 
to Portland, Maine, by express. If you grow berries for market, you need the 
“NEW HOME.” 
Price $10.00 per 1000,—one price to all. 
For Sale Only by W. F. ALLEN, Salisbury, Aid. 
