W. F. Ailen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
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SKNATOB DUM1AP-1 have fruited this va- 
riety now for seven or 
eight years, and And it one of the best standard sorts. 
It was introduced by Mr. J. R. Reasoner, who says : 
**I have shipped plants from the Pacific to the Atlantic, 
In Mexico and Germany, and it looks as though it has 
commenced its journey around the world. The Dun¬ 
lap is one of those healthy plants which, if given half 
a chance, will look out for itself anywhere you plant it. 
It Is one of those varieties that a beginner may depend 
on. The berry resembles the Warfield in shape and 
color, and ripens about the same time; in fact, it is 
taking the place of Warfield with the largest growers 
for various reasons. It has a perfect blossom and is a 
better berry, better able to resist drought and less 
liable to be injured by continued rainy weather during 
the picking season, and with me it averages quite a 
little larger than the Warfield in size. The foliage is 
tail, dark green, upright, with a long leaf, and has 
more than the ordinary power of developing a heavy 
crown system. It has an extra long flowering season; 
ttfee bloom Is handsome and exceedingly rich with pol¬ 
ice, which makes it very valuable to plant with such 
pistillate kinds as ripen in its season. Another redeem¬ 
ing feature is its long roots, which go down to the sub¬ 
til for moisture A severe drought seems to have less 
eflfeet upon this berry than on many otherwise 
valuable varieties. It is really difficult to describe all of 
lfc» good points. The fruit is dark red with a glossy 
taish, shading to a deep scarlet on the under side, 
with prominent yellow seed that look like gold embed¬ 
ded in highly-colored wax. The meat is bright red all 
through and is exceedingly juicy. The past season I 
fruited quite a plot that bore a wonderful crop of ber- 
I do not know how many quarts to the acre—I 
w$sh I did. It. seems, however, that they were not 
ii&tisfied with bearing an immense crop in*the spring, 
but along in August and September this same patch 
would pick a quart, of ripe berries at a time to every 
40 or 50 feet of a row, and a second crop of over 400 
quarts was gathered on little more than an acre. I 
had letters from parties wanting to buy plants, think¬ 
ing it was an e' T er-bearing or fall-bearing variety. 
While it has a decided inclination this way, we do not 
claim that it would do this every year, and, in fact, I 
am quite sure it would not, as the season has a great 
deal to do with this. 
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WE5J.li PLE5ASEO. 
Multnomah Co., Ore., April % 23, 1907. 
W. P. Allen, Dear Sir : The 1,500 strawberry 
plants sent by you were received in excellent 
shape, and I am very well pleased with them. 
Yours sincerely, SAME. M. BOICE. 
GOOD PLANTS, GOOD PACKING, GOOD 
COUNT. 
Roanoke Co., Va., May 1, 1907. 
W. F. Allen, Dear Sir : I received plants all 
right, and I want to thank you for good count, 
good plants and good packing. I have them all 
set out and am well pleased. You may expect 
my future orders for plants. I remain. 
Yours respectfully, NOAH KEITH. 
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN 
W. F. Allen, Dear Sir : I will 
BETTER, 
let you know 
that I received the plants that you sent me in 
good condition. They could not be better. Thank¬ 
ing you for your prompt shipment, 
Yours respectfully, HENRY J. HESS. 
ALLEN’S PLANTS O. It. 
W. F. Allen, Dear Sir : Your plants are O. K. 
People generally getting out of the habit of 
planting inferior plants. Yours truly, 
D. D. FISHER. 
