TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
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HOW MANY PLANTS WILL STAND THIS? 
January 15, 1916, Montgomery County, Tenn. 
Dear Sirs: The Strawberry plants that I ordered from you 
last March arrived all right the 5th of April and were set the 
5th and 7th. It was very dry then and continued dry for three 
weeks. I expected to lose a large portion of them, but when 
the rain came, I don’t think I ever saw anything grow like 
they did. Don’t think I lost over 50 out of 5.000 and I have 
the finest patch that I ever have had in the nine years that I 
have been raising berries. I advise everyone not to set home¬ 
grown plants, for they will not do as well as plants from you. 
Yours truly, J. H. Pollard. 
PLANTED IN DRY WEATHER —LOST 4 OUT OF 4,000 
January 17, 1916, Wyandot County, Ohio. 
Dear Sirs: The plants I got of you last spring were in as 
good condition as the day they were dug, and I planted them in 
dry weather and it was dry for two weeks afterwards. Out of 
the 4,000 I only lost 3 or 4 plants and now have a good prospect 
of a dandy crop of berries. Years ago I got plants from other 
places and I then sent to you for some plants, and ever since, 
when I get plants, I get them from you, receiving plants 
shipped a distance of 500 or 600 miles, in as good condition as 
the day they were dug. Yours respectfully, Guy Greer. 
3. Our plants are healthy, grown in fresh new 
ground, and this, together with our method of 
cleaning plants, makes them practically sure to 
reach you in good condition. Of the two plants in 
the picture, the one on the right is properly cleaned 
and the other is not. On first thought, it might be 
considered a protection to the crown. It is really 
not a protection. A sharp blow that would break 
the crown of one would not be saved by a few dead 
leaves and runners. Our plants are protected from 
wind and sun thoroughly, by our method of hand¬ 
ling. Before packing, the roots are moistened to 
insure the plants against drying out in shipping, 
and our light, well-built crates and fine sphagnum 
moss used in packing afford ample protection for 
plants even more tender than Strawberries. The 
runners and dead leaves surely afford the plants no 
protection. But they are a harm and menace, in¬ 
asmuch as they form the best possible way of har¬ 
boring disease*and small insects. We believe our 
plants to be absolutely healthy, but we make it 
almost impossible to transmit disease, even if it 
were there. And again, in case of delayed shipments 
(which express companies sometimes make) or of 
warm weather, the dead and decayed runners and 
leaves around the plants make heating and rotting 
much more probable. We repeat: Our plants are 
properly cleaned—and we know by experience 
what proper cleaning is. The New York Agricul¬ 
tural Experiment Station (Bulletin No. 366) in 
describing the proper preparation of plants proceeds 
as follows: ‘‘After the plants have been dug, they 
are trimmed for setting by removing all dead leaves 
and runners and all except one or two of the green 
leaves. The roots are usually shortened back about 
one-third their length. They should never be 
allowed to dry out.” 
BETTER THAN PLANTS FROM LOCAL DEALERS 
April 11, 1916, Cook County, Ill. 
Dear Sirs: Your plants arrived in much finer shape than we 
ever got from our local dealers. We certainly feel satisfied. 
Yours, A. E. Roth. 
GOOD ENOUGH 
February 7, 1916, Lancaster County, Pa. 
Dear Sirs: My plants were the best plants I ever received. 
They were packed so nice that they could not help but grow 
and they have been so good that I don’t see any use in trying 
to get anything better. Youre truly, Elam Eisenberger. 
OUR PLANTS BETTER THAN THOSE FROM MICHIGAN, 
IOWA, AND WISCONSIN 
September 24, 1916, Freeborn County, Minn. 
Gentlemen: After having purchased Strawberry plants of 
you for the last twenty years, I am convinced that your plants 
suit me better than any others that I have bought elsewhere. 
I have had plants from Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin, but 
have failed to get as good satisfaction from any of them as 
I have had from your nursery. Yours respectfully, 
J. L. B. Howe. 
4. Our plants are perfectly hardy anywhere in the 
United States or Canada, wherever Strawberries are 
grown. Northern nurseries often recommend north¬ 
ern-grown plants because they are hardy. We can’t 
blame them for trying to sell their plants; but our 
strong recommendation to northern growers is to 
use our plants, because we can grow larger, stronger, 
better-rooted plants that are absolutely hardy. In¬ 
telligent reasoning and experience both uphold our 
claim of hardiness of our plants. In our climate the 
ground freezes to 6 to 12 inches deep and thaws 
several times during the winter. Our plants come 
through this without the slightest harm. Any 
farmer knows that it is a more severe test of hardi¬ 
ness to have freezing and thawing than it is in a 
somewhat colder climate or season where the ground 
freezes and stays frozen. And from actual experience 
our plants have lived better, grown better, and 
produced better than other plants. The following 
four letters from extreme northern states are 
selected at random from our big bunch of letters 
from Allen’s Plant-enthusiasts. 
MARYLAND-GROWN PLANTS THE FINEST 
January 31, 1916, Otsego County, N. Y. 
Dear Sirs: My business as a gardener has placed me where I 
have seen berry plants from many growers and I can honestly 
say Allen’s Maryland-grown plants are the finest I have ever 
planted. Your Haverlands are extra fine. If I have occasion 
to order plants, will remember your house. Your truly, 
Ralph C. Hodges. 
EQUAL OF ANY PLANTS GROWN FARTHER NORTH 
January 31, 1916, Aroostook County, Maine. 
Gentlemen: I wish to say the Amanda plants I got of you 
grew fine. I have always had a prejudice against southern 
plants to be planted here in the extreme North, but the Straw¬ 
berry plants I got of you proved equal to the best northern 
plants I ever had. Yours truly, 
G. F. Merritt. 
BETTER ALL-ROUND FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 
February 14, 1916, Rockingham County, N. H. 
Sirs: I believe I have had plants from you three years. 
I find your plants always get to me in better shape, are better 
plants, live and grow better than any plants I ever got from 
other places. Yours truly, W. H. Bliss. 
Strawberry plant Properly 
not cleaned cleaned 
