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W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
MEADE.—I fruited the Meade the past season for 
the first time. It is a beautiful dark 
red berry and very line quality ; moreover, it is very 
productive, and is firm enough to stand shipping; it is 
good enough for the local market, and should be a fa¬ 
vorite on the home table. Much has been said of this 
berry through the press and otherwise. The Garden 
Magazine recently devoted a full page to illustrating 
and describing this variety. The following is quoted 
from what they have to say : 
“This fine new strawberry is the result of over 20 
years' experimenting in the growth of seedling straw¬ 
berries by Mr. H. O. Meade, ex-president of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Fruit Growers’ Association, and he says that 
his life’s work and reputation as a fruit grower is 
staked on the value of this grand new berry. It is a 
very stalky, low-growing plant, with broad, very dark 
and glossy foliage, a moderately free plant-maker, sel¬ 
dom crowding too much for mat tod row culture, and 
when runners are kept off for hill culture it stood up 
heavily and consequently throws up many strong berry- 
bearing sralks in fruiting season. All the berries that 
form develop to fuliest perfection, and every specimen 
ranks os first class. The berries are of large size, 
pointed, globular, like the small end of a hen’s egg, as 
though all had been perfectly moulded from one pat¬ 
tern ; deep, glossy red color on outside and red flesh all 
the way through* A perfect berry, mildly sub-acid and 
moderately firm.’’ 
James Draper, of Worcester, Mass., writes: 
“The Meade is a plant whose foliage eclipses all oth¬ 
ers in vigor, healthfulness and richness of color. The 
berry is well forced, glossy red and good quality. I 
noticed in our Worcester market last June that the 
Meade commanded the highest prices of any variety on 
the fruit stands.” 
MITCHEJLIAS EARLY. — Too well known to 
need any extended 
description here. If grown on good soil, it must b© 
kept thinned. For eating from the vines there is 
'probably none better, and until the Excelsior came it 
was the leading early berry for the market as well ftft 
for home use. 
MRS. MILJLEJBL —I borrow the following descrip¬ 
tion from M. Crawford: **'lt 
appears likely to win a position among the very best of 
our late varieties. Its great healthy plants, green and 
clean, are a delight to the grower and its generous 
yield of brilliant berries shining among the leave# 
amply reward all his care and pains. The fruit is very 
large and dark red, .oblong in form, slightly flattened 
and of a delicious, flavor; the flesh is red ; medium to 
very late.” 
MORNING STAR. —Again I did not have any 
of this to fruit the p»»tr 
season, i am, therefore, still unable to speak of this 
from experience as relates to the fruit, and will again 
use the originator’s description, which is as follow*: 
“The Morning Star is the largest and finest, strawberry 
thus far known that ripens early. Berry very largo, 
broadly conical with blunt apex, bright scarlet crimson* 
exceptionally uniform in size and shape. Plant a re¬ 
liable heavy yielder. It is exceptionally firm for an 
early berry, of the finest flavor, nch and sugary. Valu¬ 
able for market or home use.” 
Last year my beds died out badly from some cause 
which I have not been able to determine. This season, 
however, it has made an elegant growth again and 
looks as though they will be in shape to bear a large 
crop. Mr. W. J. Robinson, near White Haven, Md., 
who bought plants from me two years ago, says this Is 
one of the best varieties, and he is very much pleased 
with it. 
NICK OHMER This is a strong, perfect-blos- 
som variety, productive of 
large, rich, dark glossy red globular berries, highly col¬ 
ored all the way through, and of a superior flavor. It 
is a great market berry and a superb variety for the 
home table. While some large growers plant more of 
this variety than any other, it does not seem to be A 
general favorite with the great mass of strawberry 
growers. It is a variety that responds readily to high 
culture and extra attention. It thrives best on deep-* 
moist soil. 
NICK OMMER. 
YOUR PLANTS THREE TIMES AS GOOD ft 
AS PEDIGREE STOCK. $! 
$ 
Cortland Co., N. Y., April 12, 1907. 
W. F. Allen, Dear Sir : I send you herewith a 
small order for strawberry plants. Hope 1 will 
get as good ones as I did last year. The plants 
you sent me last spring were the finest I ever 
bought, and grew the best. I also bought some 
pedigree plants—wish you could see them. One 
row of yours is worth three of his, without any 
doubt, both in same bed side by side. 
Respectfully. C. E. WILCOX. 
