THE W. F. ALLEN CO 
SALISBURY, MD. 
Orem. Bears an abundance of fine berries 
OREM. This is another late variety of excep¬ 
tional quality. For an exceedingly late variety it is 
our choice of any we have seen up to this time; being 
very firm, it can be left on the vines two or three 
days after it is ripe and still be in good condition. 
It is one of the kind that bears under almost any 
conditions. It commences to ripen with the Gandy, 
and bears an abundance of firm, large berries, which 
last until after the Gandy are gone. It is more 
productive than the Gandy, larger in size, better in 
quality; color rich red, with yellow seeds and 
dark green caps, which make it very attractive. 
PARSONS’ BEAUTY. Originated in this 
county near Parsonsburg. This is a very productive, 
medium-large, good-quality berry; especially recom¬ 
mended for near market, where it can be picked 
and sold the same day, or picked late in the after¬ 
noon and put on the market the following morning. 
Some claim that it will ship well, but we have never 
felt that we could recommend it as a shipping berry, 
especially where the distance is very great. It 
makes a luxuriant growth and bears an immense 
crop of fine fruit. 
PAUL JONES. A pistillate variety, claimed to be 
a seedling of Haverland and Brandywine. It is 
wonderfully productive of beautiful berries and an 
excellent keeper; brilliant and glossy in color, it 
seems to have a varnished surface. It is claimed 
that the berries kept a week in a common cellar 
were exhibited at the Worcester County Horticul¬ 
tural Society, in Massachusetts, by the side of 
fresh-picked berries, and that the only difference in 
appearance was the added richness in color in the 
week-old berries. It is said to be fully as productive 
as the Haverland. 
PRIDE OF DELAWARE. This is described by 
the originator as “large, firm and evenly colored, 
nearly uniform in shape and size; the foliage very 
bluff and stalky, holding the fruit up from the 
ground. It has large green caps, closely resembles 
the Gandy and ripens two or three days earlier than 
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the Gandy and, on high soil 
where it originated, it is 
fully three times as produc¬ 
tive; the variety is very vig¬ 
orous and looks exceedingly 
promising.” 
PRIDE OF MICHIGAN. 
This is a fine shipper and an 
excellent canner. The meat 
is firm and exceedingly rich, 
solid in texture and very 
smooth, with flavor unex¬ 
celled. The foliage is large 
and so is the bloom which 
has an added advantage of 
being exceedingly rich in 
pollen. The originator says: 
“I have picked from my test¬ 
ing plot several quarts of 
great, handsome, luscious ber¬ 
ries of quality exceeding any¬ 
thing I have ever grown.” 
PROVIDENCE. Origi¬ 
nated in Somerset County, 
Maryland, and is described 
as follows; Blossoms perfect, 
berries large, prolific and 
don’t run down at the end of 
the season, and the rich green 
caps make them very attrac¬ 
tive. The originator says:“It is 
one of the finest early berries that I have ever seen, 
and it does well on either stiff or light sandy soil 
and has never shown any rust or other diseases.” 
The berries are of excellent color and firm enough 
to make it a splendid shipping variety. 
REWASTICO 
The Rewastico is a highly colored, large, cardinal- 
red berry, and the color penetrates through and 
through; it is very productive, and in size is uni¬ 
formly large; in shape it is as perfect and uniform 
as if turned out of a mould, as you can see by refer¬ 
ring to the illustration on page 17, which is a 
true photograph and not in the least exaggerated. 
In plant-growth it is one of the healthiest on the 
farm, making plenty of large, strong plants, with 
an abundance of vigorous, luxuriant, dark green 
foliage; in quality it is rich, with an aromatic Straw¬ 
berry flavor, though somewhat tart; but is firm 
enough to be very popular as a market berry. We 
consider ourselves extremely fortunate in being 
able to procure the entire stock, and are glad to be 
able to offer this new berry this season at a price 
within the reach of everybody, as it is so good and 
is going to be so valuable as a market berry that we 
want all of our customers to have it. We sincerely 
believe that those who fail to procure plants at the 
very reasonable price at which we are offering them 
this spring will miss a great chance to get started 
with one of the best market Strawberries ever 
offered to the public. We consider it the only real 
competitor that the Chesapeake has ever had, and 
in some respects it even surpasses that exceedingly 
popular variety. Anticipating a great demand, we 
shall plant heavily of it ourselves; and should we 
misjudge in the demand for plants, we are sure we 
shall not be disappointed, weather permitting, in a 
large crop of fancy berries. We can give no stronger 
recommendation than this, and we know our friends 
will be as highly pleased with it as we are. See col¬ 
ored illustration, page 13. 
