w. F. ALLEN’S CATALOGUE, SALISBURY, MD. 
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MELLIE. —This is an Arkansas variety, and is 
claimed to be a cross of the Warfield 
and Lady Thomson. It is described by the originator 
as being early to mid-season and a pistillate. “The 
Mellie is my great mid-season cropper,” says the in¬ 
troducer ; “a giant in filling crates and one of the 
most productive varieties ever tested on my farm. 
At the Ohio Experiment Station on the test plot it 
ranked second in productiveness and only missed 
first place by one-eighth of a quart out of over a 
hundred kinds. It resembles Warfield in color and 
shape, but is superior in size, and has not the defect 
of too short fruit stems, like the Warfield, that make 
hard picking. The Mellie is an immense yielder of 
fine berries.” 
QUALITY. —Another variety from the Geneva 
Experiment Station. Selected from 
a lot of 197 seedlings of Hunn by Atlantic after an 
eight-year trial. I know very little about this variety 
except that it has made a fair growth, and only offer 
it for trial at your own risk. 
EARLY OZARK. —Believing this to be a very 
valuable variety, we had 
quite a large lot of them planted last spring and we 
arc very much gratified that we did so. The plants 
are making ah excellent showing, being among the 
thriftiest and most promising of the early varieties. 
We are receiving good reports from it from every 
source. A number of prominent commercial growers 
have pronounced it a valuable market berry. The vari¬ 
ety was sent out by Mr. Charles Shull, of Missouri, 
and is a cross of the Aroma and Excelsior. Our 
demand for this variety has been very large, and for 
that reason we have had but little opportunity to 
fruit it here, but when grower after grower pro¬ 
nounces it to be good we feel that that is recom¬ 
mendation enough, as the disinterested commercial 
grower, who grows strawberries only for market, is 
not likely to misrepresent the quality of any new 
variety. The growth of the Early Ozark has a dis¬ 
tinct luxuriant appearance entirely its own. The 
foliage stands up erect, the leaves are thick and 
leathery, of a distinct dark green appearance, which 
makes it appear as though it had been varnished. 
The berries are very firm, average large size and early ; 
in fact, it is claimed to be the largest very early 
berry yet produced. My own observation is that it 
is no earlier and no larger than St. Louis, but there 
is this difference, which means everything to the com¬ 
mercial grower : It is firm and the St. Louis is soft. 
We have a very fine stock of plants this season of 
the Early Ozark, which I am pleased to be able to 
offer much lower than heretofore. 
OSWEGO. —Claimed to be a seedling of the Bu- 
bach and Sharpless. Berries are 
large, bright crimson and ripen about with the 
Sharpless. Blossoms are perfect; season late. It 
originated in an old family bed and attracted atten¬ 
tion for its large size and its ability to produce a 
large crop of berries under neglect. It was trans¬ 
ferred to the family garden and grown there for 
years before it finally attracted the attention of com¬ 
mercial growers. Plants are large, vigorous, produc¬ 
ing a number of young plants, while the old plant is 
inclined to bush up much like the Parker Earl. Tak¬ 
ing everything into consideration, it is very much like 
New York both in growth and fruit. 
PRIDE OF CUMBERLAND. —-Originated in 
... New Jersey. 
Ihe berry is brilliant red and holds its luster and 
freshness a long time after being picked. It is very 
attractive, and always brings the highest market price. 
Where everything is favorable it is productive, very 
firm and good quality. It is a strong, staminate 
variety and an excellent variety to plant with me¬ 
dium to late pistillate sorts. Were it not for the 
fact that its blossoms are easily injured by unfavor¬ 
able weather I think this would be one of the lead¬ 
ing market berries. 
SPLENDID. —A very productive variety of uni¬ 
form, medium size. This is an¬ 
other variety that must be kept thin in order to keep 
it from getting too thick on the row for best results, 
as it surely will do if left to have its own w y ay. It 
has a strong, staminate blossom, and is a good one 
for pollenizing such pistillate varieties as Warfield, 
Crescent and others of that type. 
1 READ THIS THEN ORDER FROM ALLEN 
¥ Cumberland Co., N. J., May 25, 1910. 
V Mr. W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 
¥ Dear Sir—My father, Mr. Edward Paynter. 
Y got some Chesapeake and Virginia strawberry 
X Plants from you two years ago and he is more 
A than pleased with them. They are certainly 
£ fine berries, and come up to all you claim and 
A praise of them. You can’t say too much of 
$ these berries. We got more for them than any 
other berries. Last summer, when others could 
♦♦♦ not get 50 cents per crate, we got $2 75 a 
crate. Yours truly, 
HARRY W. PAYNTER. 
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