TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
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Women Berry-Growers 
Women play no little part in the Strawberry industry. Often they help in picking. They prepare the 
fruit for the table. They make the preserves and syrups from berries. In many cases, the berry fields are 
managed by them from start to finish, and they are making good at it. We know of no better way for 
widows with families, on farms or lots, to increase their income, than by having a patch of berries. All 
the family can be together and all help in the work, 
have been especially enthusiastic over the Pro¬ 
gressive Strawberry, which furnishes fruit for the 
table all summer and autumn. Read these cheerful 
letters from some of our women patrons. 
DELIGHTED WITH CHESAPEAKE 
March 17, 1916, Middlesex County, Conn. 
Dear Sirs: I have sent for your plants several times, and 
always found them the best plants and in good condition. My 
children were delighted last year with the Chesapeake berries. 
They were large and delicious and the most beautiful plants I 
ever saw, so large and thrifty. I hope to J>e able to get some 
plants of the everbearing Strawberries this spring and if I do, 
I shall get them from you. I sell all the berries I can’t use 
myself in Middlesex County and never have enough. I always 
tell my neighbors, if they want good plants, to get them 
from Allen. Sincerely yours, Flora L. Flynn. 
SHE LIKES BIG JOE 
January 16, 1916, McCracken County, Ky. 
Dear Sirs: The plants bought of you last season were fine, 
the best-rooted plants I ever saw. All lived and grew nicely; 
did not lose a plant. At this time all are doing well and promise 
an early crop. I can, and have recommended your plants to 
my neighbors. The Big Joe can’t be beaten. Yours truly, 
Mrs. Robt. Vannerson, Sr. 
DIDN’T STOP UNTIL COLD WEATHER 
February 28, 1916, Linn County, Mo. 
Dear Sirs: The everbearing Strawberries I received from 
you were fine; only one died out of the lot. These berries bore 
until the cold weather killed them, or the bloom rather. The 
berries were large and luscious. The other kinds I ordered did 
well also. I was well pleased with them. Yours truly. 
Flora Rother. 
CHESAPEAKE, THE BEST OF ALL 
January 17, 1916, Adams County, Pa. 
Gentlemen: I had ripe Strawberries from May 19 until 
November 28, when the cold weather killed them. I planted two 
rows of Big Joe. They look great. Glen Mary, Sample, and 
Chesapeake were the best of all. Haverland gave the greatest 
crops. Please hold the inclosed order for spring shipment. 
I may want more and will send it with my cheque. Sincerely, 
Ella W. Blocher. 
which w ill mean pleasure as well as profit. Women 
This picture shows two pianis of the same variety. 
Some growers charge more for plants than others. 
There is a reason. 
Letters from Satisfied Customers 
The fact that so many of our customers continue with us year after year is strong proof that our strong, 
true-to-name plants and service to growers have been appreciated. 
PROMPT SHIPPING HELPS AT PLANTING TIME 
January 14, 1916, Baltimore County, Md. 
Gentlemen: I would like to thank you for the order of plants 
I received from you, the past fall, which were in fine condition 
and the best lot of plants I have ever planted. Also, for your 
promptness in shipping at the time stated in order, as all the 
orders sent you in the past seasons have arrived here on the 
day stated, which is a great help when you have the ground 
in order and want to plant on time. Yours respectfully, 
D. H. Radibaugh. 
DIDN’T LOSE A PLANT 
January 22, 1916, Stark County, Ohio. 
Gentlemen: Will say in regard to the Strawberry plants I 
bought from you last spring that I did not lose a single one 
of them. It is one of the finest patches yOu ever saw. It looks 
like a patch two years old instead of one. If it bears in accord¬ 
ance with the prospects it now has, it surely will be some crop. 
Yours very truly, W. A. Pim. 
BUYING SINCE 1891 —CAN GET CHEAPER PLANTS, BUT 
NOT WITH SUCH ROOTS 
January 7, 1916, Jasper County, Mo. 
Dear Sirs: I have been getting plants from you since the 
spring of 1891, I believe, and have gotten from you ever since. 
You always have fine plants. I could get cheaper plants here 
in Jasper County, but not with such roots. But, dear friends, 
all business will come to an end with old age. I am nearly 
82 years old, too old and weak to work in berries and garden. 
Still, my wife and daughter keep berries in the garden, enough 
for our own use. Truly your friend, Anton Kibler. 
WELL PLEASED FOR 18 YEARS 
January -27, 1916, Prince William County, Va. 
Dear Sirs: We have been buying a few plants from you 
nearly every year for the past 18 years and have been so well 
pleased with them that we send all our orders for berries to you. 
Very truly yours, F. M. Swartz. 
LIBERAL COUNT 
January 17, 1916, St. Louis County, Mo. 
Dear Sirs: The plants were all right. Looked good and 
stayed good, and I have as good a Strawberry patch as you 
want to put your eyes on. Thanks for your prompt shipment 
and liberal count. I have been satisfied since I have been 
dealing with you, about fifteen years. Yours truly, 
Philip Walter. 
13 , 000 —EVERY PLANT GREW 
March 24, 1916, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 
Dear Friends: We have received the plants in No. 1 con¬ 
dition. We have bought plants for fifteen years and we never 
received such plants before as we have from you, that would 
grow as well as yours. To date, we haven’t lost one plant from 
13,000 and we are glad to thank you for good plants and favors, 
and this means just what we say and feel about your goods. 
Your friend, Joe Rubel. 
GOOD 
February 16, 1916. Lewis County, W. Va. 
Dear Friend: Regarding the plants I got of you last spring. 
I got 1,200 of the finest plants I ever saw. I don’t think I 
lost a single plant. Truly yours, Dexter Gould. 
