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W. F. Allen’s Plane and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
ARLINGTON.—X ntro duced by 
Lester Blanchard 
of Massachusetts. It has a perfect 
blossom, and a quart of 25 berries 
was awarded second prize at the Mas¬ 
sachusetts Horticultural Society, June 
21st. 1904. Mr. Blanchard says the 
Abington is a chance sedling. The 
plant is large and has dark green fo¬ 
liage. The fruit stocks are strong 
and stand erect from the ground; the 
blossom is perfect and well filled with 
pollen. It ripens with the Bubach, 
the berries being very large, averag¬ 
ing as large as the Bubach, and holds 
out well throughout the entire season. 
After fruiting quite a plot of it I 
would not hesitate to plant it in 
preference to Bubach, and recommend 
it to my customers. In color it is 
bright red with firm flesh and good 
flavor. Mr. Blanchard claims to have 
grown the Abingdon at the rate of 
over 9,000 quarts per acre, and says 
it is a berry that will take the place 
of Bubach, as It is a better plant- 
maker with prefect blossoms and 
sends out more fruit stocks, and rip¬ 
ens at the same season ; the berries 
are more attractive and better fla¬ 
vored. I am very much pleased with 
the berry myself. One of my custom¬ 
ers from Mt. Sterling, Ky.. says : “The 
Abington was a wonder to me for its 
large plants, and some berries meas¬ 
ured 4% to 5 inches in circumference 
without any special treatment.’’ Mrs. 
H. L. Stebbins, of Madison Co., N. Y.. 
says: “I cannot find words to tell of 
its good qualities; size of berries im¬ 
mense, good growth of plants; ber¬ 
ries fill out large to the last. It is 
the berry I have been looking for to 
take the place of Bubach. The Glen 
Mary is my favorite of all the differ¬ 
ent kinds I have tried, but I wanted 
something earlier, and I have found 
it in the Abington.” J. M. Cooke, of 
Lorain Co.. Ohio, says: “Abington is 
a good grower, moderate funner, 
heavy hearer, with big berries, good 
color and fair quality. I think them 
quite an addition to our collection.” 
HOWARD.- A late variety ripen- 
_ .ing with the Gandy 
and excelling it in productiveness, also in growth and 
quality of fruit. It is a seedling of Barton’s Eclipse 
crossed with Gandy. It has made a very good show¬ 
ing with me. and is spoken of in the Rural New Yorker 
as follows: “Late, strong, productive, foliage tongh 
and resistant, very large berries, firm and well col¬ 
ored, quality better than Gandy; a promising sort; 
try it.” 
SAUNDEXiS.— Years ago I grew many acres of 
this for fruit and considered It one 
of my best varieties. It is a strong staminate variety 
and one of the very best to plant with pistillates. Ttoe 
.fruit is large and a deep, glossy red. This is one of 
H"' i‘"\- varieties that give best results on medium or 
‘light soil and yields good crops, and for several years 
'• a* mv favorite berry. For two or three years the 
• '-'"'and for this variety seemed to wane, hut evidently 
■ ! ng into popularity again, judging from the 
inquiries we are receiving for it. It is certainly a good* 
berry and no one will go far wrong in planting it. It 
is a good, safe variety to plant by the inexperienced. 
IN FINE SHAPE. 
Montgomery Co., Ohio, May 5, 1008. 
W. F. Allen. Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir—Please accept my thanks for your 
prompt delivery of plants. They arrived 
in fine shape. Thanking you for past favors, 1 
remain, Your customer, 
HARVEY J. SCHELL. 
FINI 
AS USUAL. 
Shaster Co., Cai., Jan 22, 1908, 
W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir—Strawberry plants are here all O. K. 
Fine, as usual, and generous count. Dewberry 
plants received : have been on the road o« 
month, hut look as fresh as just packed.. 1 
wish I could get. all my shipments in os good 
order. Success to you. 
