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THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 
EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES, continued 
you. They are all that could be desired in the way 
of an everbearing Strawberry. I had ripe fruit in 
December and a few after Christmas. I don’t know 
how to praise them enough.” Progressive afforded 
a pleasant surprise to Mr. E. R. Robinson, of Lonoke 
County, Arkansas, as it will to all those who have 
not seen it produce its great crop of fruit during 
the summer and fall. Mr. Robinson says: ‘‘The 
everbearing Strawberries surprised me, as I have 
never been surprised before, bearing all year and 
when the killing frost came in December they still 
had great bunches of green berries on them. I ate 
berries from the Progressive all summer and you 
may know that I enjoyed it as nothing else. I took 
my neighbors some, all through the hot summer 
and I am now known as the wizard of horticulture, 
simply because I grew these berries, which you, or 
someone else, produced. I have surely advertised 
these fine plants of yours everywhere. I talk them 
to schools, to churches, and to politicians, and you 
may be sure that after a while,, there will be no old 
kinds of Strawberries.” 
Mr. B. E. Tritt, of Champaign County, Ohio, 
pays a high tribute to Progressive: ‘‘I received a 
small shipment of plants from you last season. 
They came in fine shape and all grew. You will note 
you sent me Progressive plants. I nipped off the 
first fruit-stems when planting, then allowed the 
plants to blossom and bear as the season advanced. 
In a few weeks I began to pick some ripe berries, 
and as time went by, I picked more berries, larger 
ones, and continued to do so long after our first 
frost. In fact, we picked our last quart a few days 
before Thanksgiving, November 25. Even after' 
that date and the ground had actually been frozen, 
I picked some berries and sent them to a cousin at 
Marion, Ohio, who had given me the ‘laugh’ when 
I had mentioned my berry-picking to him a few days 
before Thanksgiving. During the season (the first 
too) I believe I picked as many quarts as I had 
plants to start with (about three dozen). I expect 
to send you a substantial order in a few weeks. The 
three principal charateristics I observed in the 
Progressive berries were: First, the size of the 
berries increased as the season advanced; second, 
the wonderful power of the blossoms and fruit to 
withstand frost and freezing; third, quality of the 
berries was as good as that of any of the old va¬ 
rieties. A remarkable berry.” 
The experience of Mr. John O. Eckert, of Cincin¬ 
nati, Ohio, shows that the Progressive is not limited 
to farms, or estates in the country, but that a good 
supply of berries can be had on a city lot. “We 
received your plants in splendid shape and planted 
them about the 4th of April. By the 4th of May 
they were practically all blooming and some had 
berries. We did not lose a single plant out of the 
entire lot. On the everbearing plants we picked the 
blossoms until about June. They started bearing 
thereafter and the only record that we kept was from 
the 2nd of August to the 2nd of December, when we 
picked 60 quarts of berries from the 55 plants that 
we received from you. The early frosts in October 
and November did not injure them in the least. I 
picked Strawberries until my fingers got so cold that 
I had to stop and warm them. It seems almost like 
a joke to see a person pick Strawberries with an 
overcoat on and the ground covered with white 
frost and the berries as fine and delicious as earlier 
in the fall. The flavor of the Progressive berry is the 
best and could not be improved upon in any way, 
as everyone that tasted them marveled at their 
sweetness and deliciousness. I have recommended 
your plants to quite a number of people and no 
doubt you will hear from a number from this section. 
Of course, I want you to understand that I am not 
in the trucking business, but my experience has all 
been had on a city lot. If I wanted to sell berries, 
the kind that I raised last fall, I could have easily 
sold them, or any part of them, at 75 cents per 
quart. I am surprised that growers have not taken 
up the production of the fall berry, as in my opinion 
it would certainly be a money-maker. Perhaps I 
should have acknowledged the currant bushes that 
I received from you. They all came in in fine shape 
this fall and we planted them immediately. The 
only thing I cannot understand is why we can get 
such good plants from Maryland and the plants 
that I get here in the city never do any good.” 
If you love Strawberries, we know you will want 
to plant some Progressive. Please remember that 
these are planted in the spring, the same as any other 
variety, and need a little care 
in keeping the blossoms cut off 
until about the last of July. 
After that, they will start bear¬ 
ing fruit only a few weeks after 
setting the plants, and continue 
all summer and early fall. We 
have a large stock of plants, 
but our early information indi¬ 
cates that the demand is going 
to be great, so we would say: 
Get your order in early and we 
will reserve every plant you 
order, even though it is not to 
be shipped until late in the 
season. Get busy now and 
make your selecton from this 
catalogue. Price, $10 per 1,000. 
OUR STANDARD UNSURPASSED 
I purchased from you last April 
one of your “try-them-all” collec¬ 
tions, and at this time I can say 
that I am very well pleased with 
the results. I never got plants from 
any other firm that could come up 
to that standard.— Frank Caton, 
Wayne County, Mich., July 28, 
1916. 
One of our wagons loaded with Strawberry plants, ready to start to the 
express office 
