10 
ALLEN* S BOOK OF BERRIES—1921 
Our Plants Have a Fine Root-System. 
Starting Right 
Don't handicap your efforts by using plants of poor or uncer¬ 
tain quality. For over 35 years we have been supplying highest 
grade strawberry plants to growers all over this country. Our 
plants this year are mostly grown on new land. We used over 
1,000 tons of stable manure to make them strong and vigorous. 
The pictures on the front cover show how our plant fields looked 
on September 1, 1920. You can do no better than to start with 
some of these plants. 
1. Young Beds. All of our plants are dug from young beds. 
Most of them this year are grown in fresh new land. (See front 
cover). 
2. Root-system. Our plants are grown in a light, sandy 
loam soil. In this type of soil any plant can develop its root- 
system to the fullest degree. And, having a light soil, we can 
dig plants without breaking off any of the great bunch of roots. 
With plants grown in heavier soils, the roots cannot penetrate 
the earth and make the root-system they do here; and, even if 
they could, it would not avail in giving fine plants, as plants are 
not removed from heavy clay soils without breaking off many 
of the fibrous roots, the kind necessary to start plant growth. 
We repeat: The root-system of our strawberry plants is never 
bettered, seldom equaled. 
3. Sturdiness. Our growing season is moderately long, just 
long enough to secure maximum development of both roots and 
crowns. Constant hoeing and cultivation and the tons of manure 
we apply help keep them healthy and in prime growing condi¬ 
tion. The large size, good roots, and great vitality of our plants 
are a form of insurance, worth in itself, the cost of the plants. 
You want this kind. 
4. Healthy. Our plants are healthy and vigorous as grown 
in the field. Furthermore, our plants are well cleaned; the dead 
and decaying stems and old leaves around the stems are trimmed 
off, so that it would be almost impossible to transmit diseases 
even if they were present. 
5. Hardiness. Our plants are hardy anywhere in the United 
states or Canada, wherever strawberries are grown. We know 
this because our plants have given and are giving excellent re¬ 
sults in the most northern berry growing regions. 
Care and Promptness. 
Muscogee County, Ga., March 23, 1920. 
The strawberry plants arrived safe yesterday. Thank you for your care 
and promptness in filling my two small orders. Thank you also for the 
extra plants included and the extra stamps returned. All the first plants 
you sent are growing nicely. 1 have not lost a single one, and no doubt the 
last ones will do as well. Your strawberry plants furnish their own recom¬ 
mendation to anyone who sees them. 
Miss Vesta King. 
