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W. F. ALLEN’S CATALOGUE, SALISBURY, MD. 
TWILLEY. —This new berry was offered for the 
first time in my 1010 catalogue. It 
has proven to be all that we claimed last year and 
in reality has exceeded my expectations. The plant 
is healthy, makes large crowns and is a very per¬ 
sistent grower even in the face of unfavorable 
weather. During the last half of August and all of 
September, the six weeks when strawberries do their 
best growing in this section, we weye practically 
without rain. Notwithstanding this, the Twilley has 
nearly covered the ground, planted two feet apart in 
the row, with rows three and one-lialf feet apart, 
while many other varieties in the same field have 
made a very poor showing. The illustration above 
was made from a drawing with the fruit lying in 
front of the artist, and is therefore as correct as it 
could well be made. Large commercial growers who 
have seen this variety speak in the highest terms of 
it. It is large in size, well colored, and what is very 
important to the commercial grower, it is exceed¬ 
ingly firm. I believe it will equal in this respect 
any berry that has ever been produced. The eating 
quality is also very good. The Twilley will hold an 
in$Mrtant place among the list of fancy strawberries 
y wanted for the home garden or for distant 
co^saercial shipping. Time of ripening medium, late. 
I mwe an exclusive contract with the originator of 
this berry for this year and next, and as there were 
very few plants sold last season I practically control 
the stock for 1911 at least, and as we made a fair 
crop of plants the past year we have dropped the 
price as much as possible and offer them this season 
at the same price per thousand as we sold them la'st 
year per hundred. The Twilley is a good plant maker 
and I believe will give general satisfaction to all who 
plant it. 
SAM WHERRY.— Sam Wherry is a new addi¬ 
tion to the strawberry fam¬ 
ily and hails from Mississippi, the home of the Klon- 
dyke, Red Bird, etc. Mr. S. E. Wherry is the origi¬ 
nator and the berry is named for his father. Mr. 
Wherry writes me about this berry in March, 1908, as 
follows: “I consider it the best strawberry grown, 
or at least the best that it has been my pleasure to 
know. I also consider this the best berry grown for 
the commercial grower. I originated the lied Bird, 
and this far surpasses that good vari ty. The Farm 
and Ranch of February 15, 1908, speaks of this new 
variety as follows: ‘Sam Wherry, a new variety, 
fruited three years and shows up better each year. 
It is a cross between the Klondyke and Red Bird. 
The plant is large, free from rust, vigorous and makes 
enough plants for fruiting rows if planted five feet 
in row. The bloom is phenomenally large. The berry 
turns red before it is ripe; very firm, extra large and 
prolific.’ Last spring two big crops of berries and 
blooms got killed by frost, and then it came out the 
third time and made as large a crop altogether as it 
has ever been my pleasure to gather.” After reading 
the above article and receiving Mr. Wherry’s letter I 
negotiated with him for some of the plants, and 
finally succeeded in buying 100 plants for $15. They 
were received late, however, and at least three- 
fourths of them died. Those that lived made a few 
runners, which were all set for plants, and from 
those I now have a stock of several thousand, which 
I am offering my customers for the first time at a 
very reasonable price while the stock lasts. The 
plants seem to be very healthy and a strong grower 
with me. I like the appearance of it very much but 
as what few plants I had to start with has been 
kept busy for propagating purposes I have not seen 
much of the variety, and only offer to those who wish 
to make a test of it. I can only say that it is a 
good, strong, healthy grower and the parentage is 
good. 
SUPERIOR.-—This variety is quite popular in 
some sections. The plants are 
strong, healthy growers, with dark, glossy green 
foliage, which succeeds on almost any soil, and is 
immensely productive of small to medium berries, 
which are firm and good shippers. Ripens about a 
week after Excelsior and continues to bear until late, 
in (he season. Originated in Delaware. 
