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W. F. ALLEN'S CATALOGUE, SALISBURY, MD. 
SAUNDERS. —A good, reliable, old, standard, 
staminate variety that you can 
usually depend on. One of the best to plant with 
pistillate varieties. Will usually do well on light 
soil and yield good crops. Mediudi large and pro¬ 
ductive. Originated in Canada. 
GOLDEN GATE. —Originated in Massachusetts 
, . , . by S. H. Warren, who is a 
good judge of strawberries, and was largely instru¬ 
mental in bringing the Marshall before the public. 
, e Golden Gate is a strong grower, with numerous 
plants of luxuriant dark green foliage. It has a 
strong staminate blossom, with lots of pollen, which 
produces strictly fancy, large fruit clear to the end 
of the season. It has a rich crimson color, with no 
green tips. The variety is probably better suited to 
than to the South, and I feel confident 
that it will give satisfaction throughout New Eng¬ 
land, the Middle West and the Northwest. 
take a small newspaper to give all the good points 
of his new berry. Among other things, he claims it 
to be very hardy. The variety has made a good 
showing in plant growth with us this season, but 
as we have not fruited it yet I shall have to wait 
until another season before giving a very definite 
description. From what I have seen of it I should 
judge it was worthy of trial. 
METEOR. —A comparatively new variety from 
Massachusetts, originated by Charles 
Lunt. The originator claims it to be almost frost¬ 
proof. He also says it is more productive than the 
Sample and that he gets from 5 to 8 cents more per 
quart for it in the Boston market. It is a new vari¬ 
ety, well worthy of a trial. The blossoms are pis¬ 
tillate and very hardy. While the plants receive no 
special care over other varieties, its vigor and health 
of plants are quite apparent. 
MIXED PLANTS. —It often happens that in 
taking up a large quantity 
of plants to fill hundreds of orders that sometimes 
we will get up more of some variety than are needed 
at that time to fill orders. It also sometimes happens 
that we will have a row or two in the field that will 
get mixed, which we cannot use for filling straight 
orders. To those who are willing to set this kind of 
plants, knowing that they have some of the listed 
varieties, but not knowing which they are or which 
they are getting, we are willing to make a very low 
price, and we can usually fill a limited amount of 
orders of this kind and will accept orders for mixed 
plants at $2 per thousand. 
WILL DO OUR BEST TO MERIT YOUR 
APPRECIATION. 
Howard Co., Ind., April 16, 1910 
Dear Sir—Strawberry plants received yester— * 
day in fine shape. The plants were really better 
than I expected ; they were packed in fine shape. 
You will get more orders from me next year ; I 
like your way of doing business. Respectfully, 
O. A. THOMAS. 
A RECORD WORTH STRIVING FOR. 
Moore Co., N. C., March 24, 1910. 
Mr. W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir—I have been a strawberry grower 
for thirty-five years and I have bought plants 
from many nurserymen, but have never received 
plants packed better or arrived in better con¬ 
dition than the lot just received from you. Very 
^ truly yours, W. H. GOLDSMITH. 
GOVERNOR ROLLINS. —Originated in Massa- 
„ 0 ... , _ . chusetts by Benjamin 
H. smith and named in honor of Governor Rollins, of 
New Hampshire. The plants are medium size, mak¬ 
ing a healthy growth of thick, dark green leaves 
Governor Rollins took first prize at the Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Show in 1907. The fruit is firm, 
large, perfect in shape, dark red in color and very 
fine quality, and holds up well until the last picking 
and matures all of its fruit. It is a productive and 
promising variety. 
HERITAGE. —Berries uniform, large, beautiful 
- T , . * n shape, splendid color, delicious 
flavor. It is medium firm and makes a big yield * 
blossoms are staminate or perfect and have a rich 
green cap. which adds very much to the appearance 
and market value. Originated in New Jersey, where 
there was so much good said about it that I bought 
quite a few plants and put it in stock two years ago. 
It is one of the healthiest and strongest growers on 
the place. Customers in the vicinitv of its origin 
speak In the highest terms of it. 
LONGFELLOW. —1 'his variety has a perfect 
blossom and the season is 
Claimed to be from early to lae. The introducer 
describes the Longfellow “as very large and producing 
the largest number of uniform big berries of any 
variety of its season. In form it is very long and of 
a perfect strawberry type. In color it is dark red, 
the rich, deep redness extending from circumference 
to center. The flavor is rich and sweet, texture firm, 
making it an excellent market* variety.” 
OHIO BOY. —This is a new berry sent out by 
. , , A. A. Eppert, of Ohio, for which 
he claims great things. Mr. Eppert says it would 
OUR DESCRIPTIONS. —The foregoing descrip¬ 
tions of strawberry 
plants are true to the best of my ability to describe 
them. The varieties that I have fruited or seen In 
bearing I have given the description as I have seen 
them. This is no guarantee, however, that any va¬ 
riety will prove to you exactly as I have seen it 
here. If I have not seen the variety in fruit, I have 
quoted the best authority at hand. There is so much 
variation in strawberry growing that it is practically 
impossible ^o describe any variety in such a way that 
the description would fit under all circumstances and 
in all localities. A variety that will give good re¬ 
sults one season will very often fail the next, and a 
variety that is not so good this year will frequently 
be better another season. Moreover, a variety that 
does well and proves satisfactory in every respect on 
one man's soil will not on some others, and vice 
versa. The descriptions, therefore, are given ro help 
customers the best we can, and are intendd to de¬ 
scribe the varieties generally as we would expect 
them to do under favorable conditions. It would be 
impossible to tell any person just what any variety 
would do in this particular case. We still recommend, 
as we have done for years, that every grower of 
strawberries should plant a few of the new varieties 
each season and test out for themselves just what 
will do best for them before investing a large amount 
in untried varieties that he knows nothing about. 
This will not only prove interesting, but may save 
you a good many dollars and guide you to plant what 
will please you the best, as no one can tell you in 
every instance just what will be best for you to plant. 
The best that can be done is to give you general 
information and name you varieties that would gen¬ 
erally do well under the most varied conditions. 
