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W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 
BRANDYWINE. This is another most 
popular late variety for tropical and semi- 
tropical sections; I especially recommend 
this for Bermuda, Cuba, the Pacific Coast 
states and the Gulf states. At the same time 
it is a valuable variety in the North, where 
it originated. The plant is healthy and vig¬ 
orous, and produces a fine crop of large, 
handsome fruit, which usually brings more 
than the average price. Two years ago I 
ran short of plants and had to disappoint 
many of my customers who wanted this 
old reliable variety; I am pleased to say 
that this year I have a good stock and 
expect to be able to fill all orders. 
BROWN’S BEAUTY. I listed this berry 
for the first time last spring, but had lost my 
records as to its origin, etc., and so stated 
in last year’s catalogue. I am now prepared 
to say that Brown's Beauty was originated 
by Mr. G. W. Brown, of Yates Co., New York, 
and I quote the following from a letter received 
from him on January 9, 1913: ‘‘I received a book 
from you yesterday and see my Brown’s Beauty for 
sale. You said you had forgotten where you 
received it—T am the man!’ I can say that it does 
better for me than anything I have ever grown. It 
is very sweet in flavor even [before the berries are 
fully ripe. I have picked them from May 26 until 
August 7, and have been growing it for fourteen 
years, and have three rows of them now at that 
age; I have never changed them from the ground. 
You are the only one that has had a plant, and you 
ought to charge more for it. As for keeping, I put a 
little stick by one last spring just when it was fit to 
pick, and left it four days on the vines; I then 
picked it and laid it on a little dish six days longer 
and then ate it. I believe it would have kept two or 
three days longer.” It is a strong-growing variety 
with vigorous, healthy foliage, and produces very 
large fruit. I think it worthy of a trial. 
BUBACH (Colossus). This grand old variety has 
been on the market now for about thirty years, and 
does not seem to have lost any of its original vigor; 
for a large crop of big berries it is hard to equal. I 
have heard some complaint about its not making 
enough plants, but my land seems peculiarly adapted 
to it, and I have seldom had any trouble in getting 
all the beds that could be desired. It is not unusual 
for my beds to be thick-set, 2 feet wide, and I believe 
my strain of this variety is as good as the original 
$300 from One-half Acre 
The nine thou hints we got from 
you last year an I he C hesapeake berries 
\\i• i>ir\\ 1.1 .1 1 «*< 1 in Trenton for from 
, 5 rts. in , I .1 Iu>\ l lirv attracted a lot of atten¬ 
tion; thi' |**■«»j* 1 *■ ii' .i i aw anything like them, and we 
a ROW at these prices. I guess 
your growers don’t l>eiit that much. We got $300 from 
on,- h.ilt a n -I t he ( hesapeake. It will beat any berry 
ip • 1 night I ever saw. —W. Sattewaite, 
Burling) I l rhruary, 25,1913* 
Brandywine. Pine for the South 
stock was thirty years ago. I always have a big 
demand for Bubach, probably owing to my superior 
strain of this variety, and I seldom fail to sell all the 
plants I have. My present stock probably extends 
to one-half million plants, and I hope to have 
enough* to go around. One customer says that his 
Bubach were by far the finest berries and brought 
the best price; another says he has never seen its 
equal. The illustration will give you an idea of what 
a magnificent display it makes in the crates. Bubach 
is an old standard that can be depended upon to 
give a big crop of big berries. (See illus., page 7.) 
BUSTER. Of Canadian origin, and is said to be a 
cross of Bubach and Sharpless. It is of large size, 
bright red, moderately firm, and ripens medium to 
late. Blossoms are pistillate and exceedingly hardy. 
