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Important Announcement 
ORDERS should be sent in just as soon 
as possible after receiving this catalogue. It 
is better for you as well as the nurseryman. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT.— From the time 
you receive this catalogue to May 1st. By 
far the larger part of our shipments are made 
during March and April. Bermuda, Cuba, 
Florida, California and other similarly loca¬ 
ted sections are supplied anytime during the 
fall and winter after October 20th. 
GUARANTEE.—1 guarantee plants ordered 
by mail or express to reach customers in 
good condition when promptly taken from 
the express office and opened at once. 
CLAIMS, IF ANY, MUST BE MADE ON 
RECEIPT OF GOODS. I CANNOT BE¬ 
COME RESPONSIBLE FOR STOCK 
THAT IS ALLOWED TO LAY AROUND 
YOUR STATION OR EXPRESS OFFICE. 
FOR NEGLECT OF PURCHASER OR 
HIS EMPLOYEES TO CARE FOR STOCK 
AFTER IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, OR 
FOR MISFORTUNES PERPETRATED 
BY DROUGHT, FLOODS, FROSTS, IN¬ 
SECTS, ETC. THESE THINGS ARE EN¬ 
TIRELY BEYOND MY CONTROL. IT 
WOULD SEEM UNNECESSARY TO 
MENTION THE ABOVE BUT THERE 
SEEMS TO BE AN OCCASIONAL 
“FREAK” WHO ORDERS PLANTS WHO 
THINKS THAT I SHOULD BECOME 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN MIS¬ 
MANAGEMENT, FOR ALL UNFAVOR¬ 
ABLE CONDITIONS OF THE WEATHER 
AND FOR ALL THE INSECTS THEY 
HAPPEN TO BE HARBORING ON 
THEIR PREMISES. I WISH TO SAY, 
HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THERE IS A 
JUST CLAIM PROMPTLY REPORTED, I 
ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT 
WITH THE CUSTOMER. 
AT PURCHASER’S RISK.—Plants ship¬ 
ped by freight will be at purchaser’s risk, 
and all small fruit plants shipped after May 
tst will be packed and shipped in best con¬ 
dition possible but always at purchaser’s risk. 
PACKING.—I make no charge for boxing 
or packing at rates quoted in this catalogue. 
Everything is delivered f. o. b. trains at rates 
named. We do not charge one price for the 
plants and then extortion on our customers 
by charging them a big price on old Ivixes 
and barrels. In buying plants I have had 
very satisfactory prices quoted, and when the 
bill came there was quite a nice little profit 
charged up for packing, boxes, etc. When 
we go to our grocer and buy a barrel of 
flour for $5.00 we do not expect to pay an 
(-yj additional 25 cents for the barrel, and if we 
""" buy two pounds of sugar for 10 cents, we do 
not expect to pay 2 cents more for wrapping, 
it up, and if such charges were made we would 
aot go back to that grocer. The principle 
ts the same when we are charged for the 
package in which our plants are packed. Our 
price includes the packing and the package. 
TWENTY-FIVE’S.—All plants are tied 
twenty-five in a bundle. 
PAYMENT. —Invariably cash in advance. 
It is my desire that all customers should have 
the very best of success and strange as it 
may seem plants that are not paid for seldom 
do well. 
REMIT by Money Order, Registered Let¬ 
ter or Bank Draft. Postage Stamps will be 
accepted for the fractional parts of a dollar, 
the larger denominations preferred. Foreign 
customers will please send Money Order on 
Salisbury Maryland, or Bank Draft payable 
in New York. 
TRUE TO NAME. — While I use every 
precaution to have all PLANTS, SEEDS, 
etc., true to name (and I believe we come 
as near doing this as anyone in the business) 
I will not be responsible for any sum greater 
than the cost fof the stock should any prove 
otherwise than as represented. 
THIS PARAGRAPH.—And now that you 
have come to this paragraph, should you 
happen to be in a liberal frame of mind and 
desirous of doing something to benefit your 
fellow man. send me the address of a few of 
your friends and neighbors who plant largely 
of small fruits and vegetables for market. 
I felt that you would! Thank you. 
MY 1907 PRIZE OFFER. 
In my 1907 catalogue I offered $100.00 for 
12 plants of any new variety of strawberry 
that would surpass the Chesapeake; $100.00 
for 12 plants that would surpass the Virginia 
and $100.00 for 12 plants that would surpass 
the Good Luck. The list of plants that was 
sent for these competitions was not large 
and I am sorry to say that not one of them 
equaled the variety contested. While I knew 
the varieties were hard to beat I was in 
hopes it couid be done and thus advance 
another step in the improvement of this 
THE QUEEN OF ALL FRUITS, but as 
there were no prize winners all plants sent 
in competition for this prize have been de¬ 
stroyed as agreed. 
MY 1908 PRIZE OFFER. 
The responses to this offer have been verv 
liberal, there being more than twice as many 
entries as there was for our 1907 offer. The 
plants sent for our 1908 offer are generally 
with few exceptions looking very good and 
as these offers are made for the best new 
unintroduced variety sent, some one will 
surely win $200.00 first prize and $100.00 sec¬ 
ond prize next June. The winners will be 
notified as soon as decisions are made and 
announcements will be published in next an¬ 
nual catalogue. 
NO 1909 PRIZE OFFERS. 
J shall offer no prizes for new plants sent 
this season (1909), but will prepare a trial 
bed and anyone who wishes me to test any 
new unintroduced varieties of strawberries, 
blackberries, dewberries, raspberries, currants 
or gooseberries can send me 12 plants and I 
will plant them and give them a fair test, the 
plants to remain your property to be de¬ 
stroyed or disposed of according to your 
wishes. You need have no hesitation in 
sending anything for trial, as, POSITIVELY 
NO PLANTS THUS SENT WILL BE AL¬ 
LOWED TO LEAVE THE PLACE ON 
ANY TERMS EXCEPT BY ARRANGE¬ 
MENTS WITH THE SENDER OR BY 
TITS ORDERS. 
Yours faithfully, W. F. ALLEN. 
