W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
HIGHLAND .—Planted here 
for the first 
time spring. Plants received 
from M„ Crawford, the originator. 
It 8s «. chance seedling found by 
V. B. Carlisle, of Mahoning Co., 
Ohio. Mr. Carlisle has tested it 
for ten years and finds it his best 
mosey-maker. It makes large, 
&aaltby plants and is more produc¬ 
tive than any other variety in the 
collection at; the Worcester Experi¬ 
ment Station. The fruit is of 
food gise, fine in color and form, 
■of fatriy good quality and moder¬ 
ately productive. It has been 
carefully tested at the Ohio Agri- 
etiHural Experiment Station, and 
tfe# following are some of the re- 
ports sent out by that institution : 
1005 Report.—Highland was the 
most prolific variety in our collec¬ 
tion. It lo very promising and 
and especially for the 
-growec who is situated near a 
food home market. 
1006 Report.—Highland for the 
third #ea«on stands in the front 
rant of varieties remarkable for 
prolificacy, this season again sur- 
pacfflag ail others in the quantity 
of i fruit produced. It is as firm 
.as Bubuch, and has always re- 
nlsdtal the writer of Crescent, if 
that old and remarkably prolific 
variety could be imagined “over¬ 
grown” both in plant and fruit. 
1807 Report—During the four 
years Highland has been upon the 
Station grounds it has not failed 
to give very prolific crops. It 
strong and persistent in all 
ite admirable points. A quart 
na&fcer of bright, handsome berries 
ttf very acceptable quality. 
We nave not fruited this variety 
yet, but the plant growth pleases 
me very much. It makes a very 
strong, healthy plant with dark 
green foliage, a plant that gives 
you the impression that it is ready 
for business. 
LADY THOMSON -This is 
a great 
Southern berry and is grown by 
the thousand acres in the great 
strawberry sections of North Caro¬ 
lina. where fully nine-tenths of 
the acreage is Lady Thomson, and 
so far they have found nothing 
that will quite equal it. It makes 
strong, healthy plants that pro¬ 
duce large crops of medium large, 
firm berries. This variety is espe¬ 
cially adapted to the South, but is 
grown to some extent in other sec¬ 
tions. It is a reliable variety for 
California, Bermuda Islands, Cuba 
and other tropical and semi-tropi 
cal sections. 
LIVINGSTON - Thisisa 
seedling of 
llie Warfield, and like that variety 
makes plenty of medium size plants 
that are wonderful for health, 
vigor and productiveness. The 
berries are larger than the War- 
field, but not as firm. It colors all 
over, has a slight neck, and is 
easy picked. The berries are bright 
red inside and out, and have a 
rich, delicious flavor. It com¬ 
mences to ripen early and con tin 
ues through a long season. 
MITCHELL'S EARLY- 
Originated by Mr. Mitchell, of Ar 
kansas. It is too well known tc 
need any extended description here. 
If grown on good soil it must be 
kept thin or it will go to much to 
vines. For eating from the vines 
there is probably none better, and 
until the Excelsior came it was 
the leading early market berry in 
this section as well as for home 
use. A few growers that I know 
of held on to it for a number of 
years after the advent of the Ex¬ 
celsior, and claimed that it still 
paid them better than that variety, 
