W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
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JIM DUMAS.— this new 
v a r i e ty 
hails from Arkansas, and has 
made a splendid showing here 
so far as plant growth, health 
and vigor of plants are con¬ 
cerned. As I have not seen 
this variety in fruit, I shall 
have to be content this season 
with quoting from the intro¬ 
ducer. He describes it as fol¬ 
lows : “This splendid variety I 
believe is destined to achieve 
as great a success as the Excel¬ 
sior and become famous all 
over the country. The plants 
have strong, healthy foliage 
and very stiff, long roots. It is 
a good plant-maker and has 
never shown any signs of rust 
or blight. The berries are large 
and perfect in form, running 
from 30 to 40 to the quart. I 
have fruited it on clay land, 
sand and low land, and it has 
done well under all conditions. 
The berries ripen nearly as 
early as the Excelsior,and will 
average twice as large. Unlike 
most very large kind, it is a 
good yielder, flesh is red all 
the way through and of good 
flavor. I have tested many 
varieties, and the Jim Dumas 
excels them all. I have been 
looking for a long time for an 
Ideal market strawberry, and I 
think you will find it in this 
variety. I consider it the best 
early strawberry ever intro¬ 
duced, and in saying this I do 
not except the H. and H., 
which I sold the Fruitgrowers’ 
Association of Judsonia under 
contract for $1,500.00.” 
This is certainly a very strong 
testimony, and I advise it for 
trial. 
MASCOT.— This is a new 
variety that 
was sold in adjoining towns on 
the Peninsula last spring by a 
party from Virginia who claims 
to be the originator. He claims 
this variety to be as large and 
more productive than the 
Gandy, starting to ripen a 
week earlier and continuing a 
week later. I did not get to 
talk with the party personally. 
as' I understand he did not wish to sell me any plants, 
presuming, I supose, that it would give him opposi 
tion later. A customer of mine, however, bought 
plants and let me have a part of them, which 
me a very good stock. I can say as to plant growth 
it has made a very good showing and looks favorable. 
I understand also that this party sent a crate of ber¬ 
ries to Fruitland, a village near here, that those who 
bought plants might see the fruit, and from what I 
can understand they were well pleased with it. As 
stated above, I am well impressed with the growth of 
plants, but can give no further information. I there¬ 
fore offer the plants for what they are. My opinion is 
that it is well worth a trial. I shall plant quite a few 
myself, and next season I will be able to give more 
definite information about this variety. 
WE ARE ADVERTISED BY OUR 
FRIENDS. 
Sonoma County, California. 
W. F. Allen. Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir—I recommend your stock to buyers 
and say they came nicely packed in moss in 
good shape. Yours truly. 
B. S. KENNEDY. 
FINEST PLANTS AND FINEST BERRIES. 
Summers Co., W. Va., Sept. 30. 1908. 
Dear Sir — I received the Strawberry Plants in 
perfect shape; thought they were the finest 
plant I ever saw. Have marketed the finest 
berries that ever w T ere hauled to the town of 
Hinton. Yours respt., 
JAS. F. MEADOWS. +> 
THEY WILL STAND COMPARISON WITH 
PEDIGREE STOCK EVERY TIME. 
Middlesex Co., Conn., May 18, 1908. 
W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir—I wish to return my thanks for 
your prompt and faithful service to me, an-d 
each year am learning how much better off I am 
by dealing with you, both in buying seods and 
strawberry plants. One year ago I had nearly 
decided to buy pedigree plants altogether, b«*t as 
I always did like fair play, decided to have a 
game of hide and seek, so I sent you an order and 
Mr.- one. Yours arrived one day ahead of 
the pedigree plants. I compared the two lots. 
Yours seemed to me like taking the prize, they 
looked so fine, and up to this date they are all 
I could ask for or even wish. If you could look 
at your plants today and see how beautiful they 
looked loaded down with large blossoms, you 
would smile with me for the bright prospect. 
The plants speak louder than words. In the 
game of hide and seek you have caught my 
trade, while pedigree plants are lost in silence. 
Yours faithfully, MRS. ELLA MOTT. 
PACKING UNSURPASSED. 
Norfolk Co., Va., Nov. 4, 1908. 
W. F. Allen. Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir—The plants that you shipped me 
arrived in fine conditon. They were all nice 
strong plants, and the packing could not have 
been improved. Thanking you for sending such 
nice plants, packed with such care, I remain, 
Yours very truly, 
J. II. BIDGOOD. 
