W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
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SENATOR DUNLAP. —Originated by 
J. R. Reasoner, 
of Illinois, and named for Senator Dunlap, of 
the same State. Mr. Reasoner claims that the 
Dhnlap has started to encircle the globe, and 
I guess from the demand we had for plants 
the past season he must be about right. I 
have not counted up, but I think it is safe to 
say that I sold a million of this variety ; I 
know it is not far short of that. I have 
fruited the berry for several years and find it 
one of the best of the medium size, mid-sea¬ 
son varieties. The Dunlap is one of those 
healthy plants that, if given a chance, will 
look out for itself anywhere you plant it. It 
is one of those varieties that the beginners 
who know practically nothing about strawber¬ 
ries can depend on. The berries resemble the 
Warfield in color and ripen about the same 
time; in fact, it is taking the place of the 
Warfield with the largest growers for various 
reasons. It has a perfect blossom and is a 
better berry, better able to resist drouth and 
less liable to be injured by continued rainy 
weather during the picking season. With me 
it averages larger than Warfield. The foliage 
is tall, dark green, upright, with a long leaf, 
and has more than the ordinary power of de¬ 
veloping a heavy crown system. It has an 
extra long flowering season; the bloom is 
handsome and exceedingly . rich in pollen, 
which makes it very valuable to plant with 
such pistillate kinds as ripen in its season. 
Its long roots go down into the subsoil for 
moisture, and a severe drouth seems to have 
less effect on this berry than on any others. 
The fruit is dark red, with a glossy finish, 
shading to a dark scarlet on the under side, 
with prominent yellow seeds that look like 
gold embedded in highly colored wax. The 
meat is bright red all through and is exceed¬ 
ingly juicy. In 1007 I fruited quite a large 
piece that bore one of the heaviest crops of 
berries that I have ever grown. Under certain 
favorable weather conditions it has a decided inclina¬ 
tion for bearing in the fall on two-year-old beds. We 
do not claim that it would do this every year ; in fact, 
I know that it would not. It is a good, safe variety 
for anyone to plant who are not sure as to what they 
should plant or what would be best. Notwithstanding 
we had a very large stock last season, we were barely 
able to supply the demand for them. This year we 
ha^e not quite so many, and I fear we will not have 
enough to go around, but we have several hundred 
thousand and will supply the variety as long as pos¬ 
sible. 
FLO BELLA -Originated by Mr. .1. 1*. 11. Brown, 
of Augusta. Ga., and is said to be a 
seedling of the Bubacb crossed with Lady Thomson. 
It has beautiful dark green foliage entirely free from 
rust. Its root system is solendid, sending out large 
fiberous roots to a great distance. The berries are 
large to very large, crimson color and fine flavor, and 
almost as perfect in form as if each berry were mold¬ 
ed. Fruit stems are long and stalky, which hold the 
berries up well from the dirt. Season of ripening 
nearly as early as Lady Thomson, and its firmness 
commends it to tli- commercial grower. I have been 
watching this variety for several years and was so well 
pleased with it last season that I planted nearly all 
th? plants that I had, advancing the price on the few 
that I had left. This year I have a very fine stock of 
plants that I am able to offer at a very reasonable 
price. For the two or three years that I have been 
watching the variety here it has made a very attrac¬ 
tive and satisfactory showing of fancy, large, round, 
conical berries that could hardly fail to bring the high¬ 
est market price. 
LIKE 
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Floyd Co.. Ind., October 4, 1909. 
W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir—All the plants I bought of you 
ha o made a remarkable growth, due in large 
measure to your careful method of packing, 
and 1 am much pleased with my prospects 
for the coming season. 
Yours very trulv, 
HENRY HANDY. 
