THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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W. F. Allen Company, Salisbury, Maryland 
Crate of Straivberry Plants ready for shipment. Bunches on the top show how the plants are pul up. 
This Company was founded by W. F. Allen, thirty- 
two years ago. He and his tliree sons have been con¬ 
stantly associated with the business ever since. While 
they grow a general line of nursery stock, strawberries 
are their one big s])ecialty. The nursery is located in 
the greatest strawberry section of the world, where the 
soil gives the best possible root system to the plants. 
The climatic conditions and the nature of the soil makes il 
possible to dig and shij) j)lants throughout the winter and 
si)ring. They do both a wholesale and retail business, 
handling orders from twelve j)lanls to over a half mil¬ 
lion. Their business last year amonnted to ovei' sev'Mi 
Ihousand different orders, and included a carload shij)- 
ment of strawberry })lants to one customei*. The total 
output for the year was twelve million plants. These 
were grown on a hundred and seventy-live acres. As 
will be seen by the photographs, it is customaiy to grow 
strawberries on new ground just after it has hetMi ch'ared, 
before the tree stumjjs are taken out. 
True to name, and skill in packing has Ikm'u their aim 
in building their business. The I'esults speak for tlu'in- 
selves. 
The accompanying half tone gives a good i(h';i of tlu'ii' 
method of ])acking and insures plants reaching tlu' cus¬ 
tomer in good condition. 
The W. F. Allen Com{)any is pracli(*ally known all 
over the world, as they r(‘C(Mve orch'rs from far distant 
[)oints. such as (ailifornia, bermuda. (ihina, Ntw\ Z(M- 
land. New Foundland and in fact (weiyw Ikmc* w h(*i'(' 
strawberries are grown. 
September 18, 1917. 
Centlemen:— 
I beg to advise you that as a result of the impiric's 
which I made in Washington concc'ining the alleged pro¬ 
hibition by th(‘ Holland (lovernment of exj)oits of bulbs 
to America from Holland, aftei‘ due iiujuiry our Dc'parl- 
ment of State has rec('iv('d from the American L(‘galion 
at the Hagu(‘, umhu' date of Septembcu' 5th, the follow ing 
report : 
“Export of bulbs except under license prohibited. 
Minister Agi-icullure aimouiua's (wport lic(Mis('s will 
he granted to meet normal ti’ade (hMuands. Appar¬ 
ently no caust* for AnuMacan s('(m 1 iiit(‘r('sts to la* 
alarmed. St(aunt'r Waldyk sclu'didt'd lo sail this 
aft(‘rnoon. she carri(‘S 2().t)()0 cas('s bulbs and no 
other caigo.” 
I trust that tin* above disposition of lh(‘ mailer salis- 
ji(‘d your recpu'sl for assislanca' in Ibis mall(*r. 
Youi’s Iruly. 
(Turns Nve S.mith. 
