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ALLEN’S STRAWBERRY PLANT CATALOGUE. 
GANDY. —Too well known to need extended description. The standard 
late berry everywhere Large, firm, uniform and attractive, will not do its 
best at fruiting time on light sandy soils. Black swamp land, well drained, or 
medium stiff land seems to suit it best. My stock of this popular variety is 
very fine, and in sufficient quantity to fill all orders 
GLEN MARY. —This variety first introduced by me in the spring of 1896, 
has come to be one of the standard varieties the country over. It has proven 
especially valuable in New England and the West. In size it is large to very 
large, and one of the most productive ever grown. It makes strong, sturdy, 
healthy plants, that are amply able to mature its immense load of fruit. It is 
firm enough to make a good shipping berry, and is one of the best in quality. 
In 1899, this berry teat all previous records for size. Mr. Joseph Haywood, one 
of my customers who lives near Philadelphia, sent in to the Farm journal of¬ 
fice, a quart box, well filled to the top with 4 Glen Mary strawberries. So far 
as I know, this is the largest that has ever been grown. Mr. Haywood raised 
one berry that weighed 4 ounces, and a good many that weighed over 8 ounces. 
A few who have Glen Mary, complain of rust; and in fact it rusted badly with 
me in 1898, but since then it has not been so badly affected. Nine tenths of all 
the reports are very flattering. You will generally see it named among the best 
six wherever the question is asked. The demand for Glen Mary plants has al¬ 
ways exceeded the supply ever since the variety was first offered. Mr. H. W. 
Collingwood, Editor of the “Rural New Yorker,” told me on Nov. 4th., 1898, 
that if he were going to plant 10,000 strawberry plants, 9,000 of them would be 
Glen Mary. This, I call pretty strong testimony. 
HERO. —This berry was introduced last year by the Harrison Nursery at 
Berlin, Maryland, who describe it as follows: “Fruit large, well formed, of 
dark red color. It is of most excellent flavor, and originated in Arkansas.” 
The Harrison’s purchased the entire stock from the originator, and are urging 
their customers to give the berry a trial. Our stock was procured from them 
last spring. 
