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W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
GANDY— I Poo well known to need any extended 
description. This is the standard late 
•variety all over the country, by which all other late 
varieties are compared. It shomd be planted in black 
swamp land if possible, otherwise in clay land or me¬ 
dium land of the springy nature, never on dry, sandy 
’land. I have an excellent crop of very fine plants this 
season, which I think will please the most exacting. I 
•shall be pleased to have your order. 
GLEN MARY. —Introduced by myself and first 
sent out just eleven years ago at 
'■$10.00 per hundred. I have had so many good reports 
-on the Glen Mary that I should be astonished to hear 
of even a partial failure, especially in New England 
and Western sections. T ha e never recommended this 
to the Southern growers, but have just received a letter 
ftom the Western Shore of Virginia, from a party who 
says he bought it from me nine years ago. and in all 
that time it has pro -ed his host variety. They are big. 
dark red beauties with prominent seeds of bright vel- 
low ; the moat is crimson, very rich and juicy. They 
are of such high flavor that, as the saying goes, they 
“always ta^te like more.'* As a good, firm shipper it is 
very popular, for f^nev lo-al market th*re are few, if 
-any, better : for this reason it is a great favorite among 
the large and small growm-v it has no particular 
choice of soils, and dn A s r ' r '*’ va qoire netting. Tim 
roots are long and well-developed, providing plenty of 
moisture for ihe plants during a drought. The foliage 
is large, upright in stow* h de--i* gr«pn in color: 
the leaves are nearly round with a dark, glossy surface, 
making it of a beautiful appearance in the field. The 
•fruit stems, although large and strong, are weighted to 
the ground by the large clusters of berries: for this 
reason they should be well mulched to keep them clean. 
The Glen Mary, while listed as having a perfect blos- 
•som, is by no means recommended to plant with-other 
pistillates. as its blossoms are not strong in pollen, but 
usually have plenty to fertilize its own flowers. Most 
people grow it without planting any others with it, and 
for that reason it is listed as staminate, although it is 
about semi-staroin&te... The berries are just the right 
size, to make a fine appearance in the crate, and you 
should not-he timid about asking a big price for them, 
as everyone wilt-pay extra, to get such fine berries. 
A prominent grower, writes me that he has been test¬ 
ing seventy varieties, cpvering a period of several 
years, and he says Glen Mary and Sample are the best. 
I have another letter from a Connecticut grower that 
reads like this : “I write to thank you for your infor¬ 
mation regarding the two largest varieties of straw¬ 
berries grovn. and at the same time to say that the 
Glen Mary is the best and largest berry that I can find. 
Every year I try from four to eight new ones, and so 
far none of them will equal the old Glen Mary. Four- 
fifths of all I plant this season will be of this variety.” 
The stock of Glen Mary plants this season is some¬ 
what short, and ! do not know if I have more than 
about 250,000 to 300,000, and as all the other growers 
whom I have consulted are short on this variety, it 
has been necessary to slightly raise the price from last 
year. We will not have enough, however, to fill all 
our orders the coming season, hut shall do the best we 
can and fill all orders in rotation as long as we have a 
plant. 
GENERAL DE WET. — Originated by T. C. 
Kevitt, of New Jer¬ 
sey. Mr. Ke itt claims this variety to he frost-proof 
from the fact that it does not bloom out in time for the 
frost to catch it. I might say right here, however, 
that it did not escape the freeze we had on the«I0th of 
May two years ago, when almost every variety on the 
place wa c ruined. No doubt Mr. Kevitt’s estimate on 
the frost-proof qualities might he verified in a very 
light frost, as he says it does not bloom out until very 
late. The bei^y is a very deep red color, with a lus¬ 
cious flavor, with..? a dark green cap, making it very 
popular in the market. Mr. Kevitt predicts that it will 
become very popular. 
GENERAL JOE WHEELER.— Season a little 
earlier than 
the Lady Thompson. This variety has a perfect blos¬ 
som and is very strong, vigorous and healthy in 
V row til. It is abo”t the eq’ual of Lady Thompson in 
size and very much resembles it in color and produc¬ 
tiveness. If ar*; 7 difference, it is rather more produc¬ 
tive. This is a Southern variety and is supposed to be a 
seedling of the Lady Thompson. 
1 EVERYTHING SATISFACTORY. 
York Co., Maine, April 24, 1907. 
W. F. Allen— 
Dear Sir : I received the plants and every- 
thing was satisfactory. They were in very good 
% condition. Yours truly, 
& MEDERIC CREPEAU. 
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