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ALLEN’S BOOK OF BERRIES—1922 
Mid-Season Varieties 
Big Joe (Joe Johnson) (Joe). One of the very best main crop 
midseason berries. The berries are very large, having a hand¬ 
some bright green cap, which makes them very attractive. The 
quality is simply fine so that they make an ideal home garden 
or fancy local market berry. And they are firm enough for 
shipping purposes under good conditions. Big Joe is a vigorous 
grower, making a large healthy looking plant, which produces 
an abundance of fancy berries. The blossoms are very large 
and strong and chock full of pollen. This makes Big Joe ideal 
to plant with some of the enormously productive imperfect flow¬ 
ering varieties like Paul Jones, Big Late, or Sample. Big Joe is 
a good friend of the berry grower. Price list page 23. 
Ekey. (O. I. C.) A vigorous growing variety that you can 
depend on to give a big crop. The berries resemble in shape 
Haverland and Paul Jones, and is a good variety to plant with 
them. The berries are of good quality, and firm enough to ship, 
and the large bright green caps make it very attractive in ap¬ 
pearance. We have used Ekey, planted with Paul Jones in our 
fruiting patches. We recommend them both. 
Glen Mary. In the Middle and Northern States where Glen 
Mary is at its best, probably no variety of strawberries will 
produce more quarts per acre. The berries are large, firm 
enough to ship, of handsome appearance and good quality. Glen 
Mary is a strong grower and produces an abundance of foliage. 
The blossoms are about half perfect, but carry enough pollen for 
their own fruit. However, we believe the size and quality of 
the berries can be increased by planting in a few rows of some 
strong pollenizer, as Big Joe or Ekey. Price list page 23. 
Gold Mine. Produces an abundance of strong, healthy foliage. 
The plants are very productive and the berries are beauties. 
They are large, bright red in color, with a handsome bright 
green cap, which makes them very attractive. The quality is 
very good. The fruit is similar to Big Joe in many ways. We 
have quite a few of them this year and they were one of our 
best money-makers, mostly because of their productiveness and 
the high price which they commanded. 
Haverland. A very popular standard. This fruit is of large 
size, rather light in color and firm enough to stand shipment in 
good shape. Blossoms are imperfect and exceedingly hardy, mak¬ 
ing it very desirable where late frosts are likely. Dunlap, Big 
Joe, Ekey and Magic Gem are all good to pollenize Haverland. 
The plants should be well mulched, as the fruit stems are not 
able to hold the immense loads of berries off the ground. Haver¬ 
land becomes very popular in certain sections that are especially 
adapted to it. It is an old one that has stood the acid test of time. 
Paul Jones. With the possible exception of Premier, which it 
equals in productiveness, Paul Jones is the most productive 
berry we have ever seen. It is a very vigorous grower which 
makes plenty of plants for a good fruiting bed. On all kinds 
of land, Paul Jones will lead in productiveness. It responds to 
fertile soil and manure, but will yield heavily on light soil with¬ 
out tnese when it is not too dry, and even stands drought as 
well as any variety we know of. 
The berries are long and conical in shape, resembling Haver¬ 
land, but they have a darker richer color than Haverland and 
are more attractive in appearance. The berries are above 
medium in size, ripen evenly all over of good quality and are 
good shippers. They will grow anywhere, and they certainly do 
produce the fruit. The blossoms are imperfect and should be 
planted with Big Joe, Gold Mine, Dunlap, or Ekey. Where a 
large quantity of medium size, good looking, good quality ber¬ 
ries is wanted Paul Jones heads the list. Price list page 23. 
Lost 3 Out Of 3000 In California 
Los Angeles Co., Calif., May 5, 1921 
The 3000 Progressive strawberry plants shipped me last Feb¬ 
ruary reached me after a trip of 15 days transit, but I lost only 
3 plants. Some of them now measure 14 inches across the top ; all 
doing fine. Will not let them bloom until June 20th. The neigh¬ 
bors are taking notice. Will need a few plants next February. 
Would appreciate a new catalog as soon as printed. I have given 
mine to my neighbor. Thanking you for past favors, I am 
Leslie Ellis 
