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ALLEN’S BOOK OF BERRIES—1921 
Missionary—a Very Popular Shipping Berry. 
See description, page 17. 
PREMIER. 
After another year’s trial, we still call Premier the money¬ 
making king of all early varieties. We have never found any¬ 
thing to anywhere near equal it. Premier has no weak points. 
It is a vigorous grower, doing well on all types of soil. The plants 
are enormously productive, commencing early and bearing 
through a long season. They are beautiful in appearance, hav¬ 
ing a glossy, rich red color extending clear through and a bright 
green cap. which adds to their beauty. The berries are delicious 
in quality, and firm enough to ship to distant markets. It has 
no equal either for home garden, local market or as a shipping 
berry. Another point valuable to commercial growers is that 
being a fancy early berry a crop of Premier makes it easier to 
get pickers at th@ first of the season, and keep them for late va¬ 
rieties, than it wbuld be if you had less desirable early berries or 
noneat all. Mr. A. Muchring of Marion County, Mo., says, “We 
put out 1,000 of your Premier plants several years ago and have had 
had two crops and when put on the market, these berries attracted 
more attention than any other sort in town. They were almost 
twice the size you claim in your catalog.” Mr. E. Corville Tol- 
son, Queen Anne County, Md., says, “Last May I bought of 
you 50 Dr. Burrill, 25 Premier, 25 Kellogg’s Prize, and 25 Ches¬ 
apeake strawberry plants. This season I wish you could have be¬ 
held them. I gathered from them 182 quarts heaped up of as 
fine as ever was raised. Had they all been Premier I would have 
gotten 300 quarts. Dr. Burrill is good. Premier super extra.” 
Mr. J. M. Donaho, Sumner County, Tenn., says, “Two years ago 
I bought of you 1,000 Premier. It is by far the finest early berry 
I have ever tried.” We have a fine large stock of Premier, but 
the demand is enormous, some in every order, so we advise order¬ 
ing early. Better miss anything else than Premier. See illus¬ 
tration, page 13. 
Wants the Same Kind. 
Dade County, Fla., March 16,1920. 
Please quote us price on 500 Brandywine strawberry plants, the same 
kind you sent Mr Hartman of Little River last spring. We just saw his 
patch yesterday, and we have never seen finer berries grown. He informed 
us that he had sold $5,680 worth of berries out of two acres, and started to 
plant the first of November. 
Curtiss-Bright Ranch. 
