W. F. ALLEN'S CATALOGUE, SALISBURY, MD. 
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ASPARAGUS. 
Described 
on Page Name of Varieties 
24 GIANT ARGENTEINE (2 yrs.) 
24 PALMETTO (2 yrs.) . 
By Mail, 
,-Postpaid -^ 
12 50 100 
By Express, Purchaser to Pay. 
-Transportation Charges- 
25 100 500 10000 • 
$1.00 $3.00 $5.00 
1.00 3.00 5.00 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
24 RHUBARB (Pie Plant) . 
24 HORSB RADISH (New Bohemia) 
24 SAGE! (Holts Mammoth) . 
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24 BRIGHTON (Red) . 
23 CONCORD (Black) . 
23 CAMPBELLS EARLY (Black) . . . 
23 DIAMOND (White) . 
23 DELAWARE (Red) . 
23 EATON (Black) . 
24 ELVIRA (White) . 
23 EMPIRE STATE (White) . 
23 LINDLEY (Red) . 
23 MOOD’S EARLY (Black). 
23 NIAGARA (White) . 
23 POCKLINGTON (White) . 
23 WILDER (Black) . 
23 WORDEN (Black) . 
23 WYOMING RED (Red) . 
23 WOODRUFF RED (Red) . 
$1.50 
$1.50 
$5.00 
.25 
.60 $1.00 
.25 
.75 
1.00 
3.00 
1.50 
5.00 
GRAPES. 
Each 
Dozen 
$ .10 
$1.00 
$1.50 
$6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.25 
4.00 
.30 
3.00 
5.00 
.10 
1.00 
1-50 
6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1-50 
6.00 
.30 
3.00 
5.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.15 
1.50 
2.50 
8.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.10 
1.00 
1.50 
6.00 
.20 
1.75 
3.00 
10.00 
$5.00 
Per. or Imp. preceding the name in price list des¬ 
ignates whether the variety has Perfect or Imperfect 
blossoms. 
Canadian customers wanting Strawberry Plants by 
mail will please add 5c. per dozen, 13c. per 50 and 
25c. per 100, to the prepaid rate, as we have to pay 
double postage to your country. 
The prices given for 1000 or 5000 as the case may 
be for that quantity of one variety and not for an 
assortment; to illustrate: we offer 5000 Glen Mary 
for $17.50, whereas, if 5000 plants of 5 different 
varieties are wanted they must come under the 1000 
rate. 
The figures at left of price list indicate the page 
on which the variety is described. 
Cantaloupes, Cucumbers and Watermelons 
While as previously announced we have discontin- 
r ued the retail seed business, being large growers for 
• commercial purposes of canteloupes, watermelons and 
cucumbers, I will make an exception of the varieties 
of these that I grow for commercial purposes. It is 
| but natural that we should spare no pains to have 
the very best that can be produced of these items 
when we are growing them by the 100 acres or more 
for market. 
In Canteloupes I doubt if there is a variety on the 
market today that will anywhere near compare with 
the Eden Gem in the qualities that make up a valuable 
market variety. The past season there were over one 
hundred varieties grown for the Department of Agri- 
i culture on my farm, and the Eden Gem was decidedly 
the best in the lot. The Burrel strain of Eden Gem 
is unquestionably the very best market canteloupe 
there is to be had. The quality is very fine. The 
canteloupe is rough netted all over, therefore making 
an excellent showing, and when you open the cante¬ 
loupe the purchaser is not deceived by the quality, as 
1 there Is positively none better. We take particular 
pains to save the best of the best for our own use, 
and generally have a surplus. It is of this that I 
offer. 
In Cucumbers I grew 40 acres the past season for 
commercial purposes. Of all the varieties, and I have 
tested them about all, we have found nothing that 
equals Peninsula Prize as a market cucumber. It is 
a healthy, vigorous grower, very productive, of med¬ 
ium long, uniform, and very dark colored fruits ; just 
what the market wants. Positively as a cucumber for 
the market there Is nothing better. We have saved 
a considerable amount of seed from the very best of 
those that I have grown of this variety; we know 
there is none superior, very few, if any, equal. This 
is the seed that I am offering you. 
In Watermelons I will name three varieties which 
I am growing for market. The Success has been with 
me everything that its name implies. It is a good 
shipping melon, very large size, very productive and 
good quality. The outer skin is a solid green, or as 
called by some a dark blue. Many markets however 
demand a striped melon. To supply this demand 
we have in Phillips Beauty, I believe, the very 
largest of the striped varieties. It is exceedingly 
productive and big enough to attract the attention of 
any buyer who is looking for exceptional big melons. 
Sixty-pound melons in my patch the past season were 
easily found almost anywhere. There is still another 
type. A few markets like a long melon. In Tom 
Watson we have the cream of the list; the very sweet¬ 
est of all watermelons grown, I except none. It is a 
good shipper, and where quality is appreciated it must 
take first rank. My stock of this is of the very best 
that can be- procured. 
The canteloupes and cucumbers above offered are 
all of my own growing. I know positively that they 
are very fine. The watermelon seeds are grown for 
me by the best growers in Florida: the Success by 
the originator of that variety; the Phillips Beauty 
and Tom Watson by seed furnished by myself. We 
offer to commercial growers as follows : 
CANTELOUPES, EDEN GEM (Burrell Strain). 
—$1.00 per lb.; $8.00 per 10 lbs.; $75.00 per 100 
lbs. 
CUCUMBERS, PENINSULA PRIZE. —$1.00 per 
lb.; $8.00 per 10 lbs.; $75.00 per 100 lbs. 
WATERMELONS, SUCCESS.—$1.00 per lb. ; 
$7.50 per 10 lbs.; $60.00 per 100 lbs. 
WATERMELONS, TOM WATSON. -$1.00 per 
lb.; $7.50 per 10 lbs.; $60.00 per 100 lbs. 
WATERMELONS, PHILLIPS BEAUTY.— $1.00 
per lb.; $7.50 per 10 lbs.; $60.00 per 100 lbs. 
The prices on above seeds are by express, receiver 
to pay charges except by the single pound rate, which 
will be sent by mail postpaid. 
