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Title: Allen's book of berries for 1937
Identifier: allensbookofberr19alle_21 (find matches)
Year: 1937 (1930s)
Authors: Allen Co. (Salisbury, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs
Publisher: Salisbury, Md. : Allen Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Enjoy Strawberries From Your Own Garden A small amount of expense and effort on a small garden plot will be well repaid in pleasure and profit. Two hundred plants will make a nice small garden, 500 a fine large garden. Your own strawberry garden will mean not only plenty of fresh strawberries for table use but also plenty to can and preserve for winter use. With the new high quality berries like Dorsett, Fairfax, Xarcissa and others you will be proud to show them to and share them with your friends. Not only that, but the surplus is almost always salable at a good price. With the Everbearing varieties like Gem, Mas- todon and others you can have berries through- out late summer and fall until after freezing weather. Read these letters from folks who have had strawberries from their own garden to use, to share and to sell. Big Return from Small Outlay Jefferson Co., Ky., February 20th, 1936.—I have been growing your plants in a small way for several years and have had with them more pleasure and profit, considering- the small outlay of money and labor required, than with any other item in my garden.—Mr. Harry Stewart. Very Good for a Greenhorn—or Anyone Else Baltimore Co., Md., April 18th, 1936.—In May 1934 I ordered of your company 100 Southland, 100 Premier strawberry plants. Last season there were 256 quarts of berries picked from the two varieties, of which 176 were Premier. Not bad for a greenhorn. My patch of Big Joe is looking wonderful. Came through the severe winter fine. Enjoyed your Berry Book very much. Don't forget me next year.—Mr. Jack T. Hicks. Ready Market for Extra Berries Campbell Co., Va., June 11th, 1936.—Plants pur- chased from you in Spring 1935 did exceptionally well and I found a ready market for the extra berries which I could not use.—Mr. W. G. Cartlich. Allen's Plants or Your Own? By using your own you save the cost of plants and transportation but you lose in other ways. 1. The expense of digging and cleaning your own plants. With inexperienced help and with soil heavy and hard this is quite a task. 2. Every row you dig decreases your own crop. With fair prices expected or thin rows to dig from, this loss counts up fast. 3. The invigorating effects that often come from a change of soil and climate. There is often a marked gain. 4. The convenience of having plants right at hand when you want them. 5. The beneficial results of early planting are well known. You can take advantage of the first "open spell" (in the north) by setting Allen's plants instead of digging your own. 6. Well cleaned plants, with evenly bunched straightened roots making setting easier, quicker and better. 7. Allen's plants are growTi for plant purposes in a light sandy loam soil. Many fine strawberry beds are grown on heavy soil but the plants would be short rooted and knotty if dug from such soils. There would be less resistance to drought and mechanical disturbances. Many of our customers find that with Allen's plants they get finer stock at a lower cost that will give better results than their own.
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