THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY MD. 
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5. Commercial Canning and Preserving of strawberries 
is becoming more important yearly. Jams, jellies and conserves 
are being manufactured and sold under many different brands. 
In many factories berries are bought at the city markets and 
“done up" at once. Manufacturers are also going right to the 
shipping points, buying berries, and putting them in barrels with 
sugar. They are then shipped to the factory for use as above. 
We sold over 40,000 quarts for this purpose alone last year. These 
outlets not only provide a larger market but help keep the fresh 
fruit market up by taking the smaller, overripe, and sandy fruit. 
Poor fruit is what gluts a market. The demand for fancy fruit 
is immense—and at good prices. 
6, Scarcity of Labor. Berry growing takes a relatively 
large amount of labor. This very fact tends to keep the supply 
down and the prices up. And it makes it all the more certain 
that you can get profitable prices for every quart you can grow. 
Our advice is to plant all you can take care of, and arrange to 
take care of every one you can. That’s what we are going to do. 
Little Money is Needed to Start a berry patch. Besides 
the plants, a dibble or trowel for planting, and a hoe and culti¬ 
vator for working, are all the equipment needed. 
A Family Business. The small farmer with a large family 
is in a position to grow lots of berries now. He can utilize the 
labor of his family at comparatively easy work and at a business 
which will pay well. The work is healthy, the pay is good, and 
the children can work in the open air and with their parents. 
The Boys and Girls can be Kept on the Farm by getting 
them interested. A patch of strawberries, say ]/i to 1 acre will 
afford them pleasant, easy, intelligent work and at this time, will 
yield profit enough to keep them interested in the farm, a chance 
that doesn't often happen, as most farm work is less remunerative 
than other lines of endeavor. 
Real Estate Values are increased by growing intensive crops 
like strawberries. So much can be done on a small piece of 
ground, that often rich, high priced land in and near cities and 
large towns, can be profitably planted to strawberries. 
Quick Returns. We know of no other fruit crop that bring 
returns so quickly. A fuL crop in about 13 or 14 months. No 
other fruit can match strawberry growing in this respect. 
Second Crop. A second and sometimes a third crop of ber¬ 
ries almost equal to the first crop can be had at very little addi¬ 
tional expense. 
Did Fine. 
Pawnee County, Okla., April 17, 1920. 
Please send me your prices on strawberry plants. I will have to set a new 
patch. The last plants I got from you did fine. 
M. G. Custeb. 
Never Saw Better Roots. 
Fayette County, Ky., April 17, 1920. 
The strawberries came in good shape, and I never saw any with better 
roots in my life. I thank you for sending them so promptly. 
Miss Lucy W. Berry. 
No Such Roots at any Price. 
Cook County, III., February 3, 1920. 
I bought about 5,000 plants last year from you and they are fine. Have 
bought plants from all the big growers, but never seen such roots at any price 
as you furnish. 
_ Ray Simpson. 
Never Saw Finer Plants. 
Doniphan County, Kan., March 23, 1920. 
Will you very kindly forward enclosed order for plants so it will reach 
me not later than April 10th. In this locality we are compelled to get our 
strawberry plants early. Trusting you can fill this order with as good plants 
as I have received from you in former orders. Never saw finer. 
Mrs. R. O. Summer. 
Best and Freshest. 
Chester County, Pa., April 16, 1920. 
I received the plants today and I want to thank you for your prompt ship¬ 
ment and fine condition of plants. They are the best and freshest plants 
that I have ever received, and I have had them from a great number of 
different firms. 
Leo A. Haenn. 
