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THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 
A load of berries on the way to market 
Growing Strawberries for Pleasure and Profit 
Everyone who owns land, whether it be a plantation with hundreds of acres, or a small city lot, should 
grow some Strawberries. The Strawberry can be grown successfully everywhere, and it deserves to be 
Strawberries for the Home 
It is the first fruit to ripen in the spring and its 
coming is heralded with delight by all the family. 
It is beautiful in form and color, delicious in flavor 
and fragrance, healthful and nourishing to the body. 
It is easy to grow Strawberries and there is much 
pleasure in the growing, as well as in the eating. 
You have noticed the pride with which the grower 
of a bed of Strawberries invites his (or her) iriends 
out to see the berries. When in bloom, or fruit, they 
are as beautiful as a flower garden. If ripe, we enjoy 
picking them directly from the vines, or anticipa¬ 
ting a feast at the table. 
Berries All Summer and Fall 
Growing Strawberries affords employment— 
pleasant, easy, and profitable—for poor men with 
little land; for old men with little physical strength; 
for women, boys, and girls, who love to till the soil 
and delve in mother earth. The value of a family 
Strawberry garden can hardly be expressed. Three 
or four varieties will furnish the home table through 
a long season with fresh berries, with all their beauty, 
healthfulness, and delicious flavor. By having ever- 
bearing berries, this season can be extended clear 
into the summer and fall, until freezing weather. 
Berries for Preserving 
Your own Strawberry garden will furnish plenty 
of berries for preserving. Of all the sweet foods we 
eat in winter, there is none superior to preserved 
Strawberries, and the fact that they were grown 
in your own garden will give them added value. 
Pin-Money 
After you have had plenty for the table and for 
preserving, the surplus can be sold to neighbors, or 
in the nearest town. Often, if they knew you had 
such nice berries, they would come right to your 
house after them and pay a good price too. 
Your Grocery Bill 
Your own Strawberry garden will help out on the 
grocery bill. Not only do you save the cost of the 
berries you usually buy, but you have more delicious 
fruit than you ever buy and you wilbsave the cost of 
some other things that you won’t want, now that 
you have Strawberries. 
Little Money Needed to Start 
Little money is needed in making a home Straw¬ 
berry garden. The only cash outlay is for plants. 
Be sure to get good ones. We can furnish you 
enough plants to start a home garden, for one to 
five dollars, according to size of garden. Read about 
our Collection C, page 3. 
Get busy; make your plans now for your Straw¬ 
berry patch. If you are undecided about the proper 
varieties, we will be glad to advise you. 
Supplement Your Salary 
The work is easy, healthy, pleasant, and can be 
done at odd chances. To the man who works in an 
office all day, it will be an especial pleasure to get 
out in the garden and make money while he takes 
his much-needed exercise. A Strawberry garden 
offers the best possible chance for the man with a 
little land to supplement his salary. You can sell 
fancy berries at a good price anytime and with a 
little common sense and good plants, you can grow 
fancy berries —and make some extra money. Let 
us help you do it. 
Double Real-Estate Value 
Strawberries increase the value of your farm. 
There is no better way to dispose of real estate at 
a good price than by setting it to Strawberries. Not 
only can you get a much higher price for such land, 
but it is much easier to sell. If you doubt the added 
value a Strawberry patch affords, try, just before 
