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Title: Allen's book of berries for 1940
Identifier: allensbookofberr19alle_24 (find matches)
Year: 1940 (1940s)
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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CATSKILL FAIRFAX DORSETT Such berries as these cannot fail to make a hit BERRY GARDENS Make a ^it All the family likes strawberries and to haye big, luscious, juicy ones fresh off the yines is an added delight. They are yaluable food, but many straiyberries are eaten just because tliey taste good. Folks enjoy eating them. They are easy on the family budget too because it costs so little to start and they mean so much on the table during picking season. If canned or preseryed they help out in lyinter too, especially for those who haye a "sweet tooth." Eyerbearing gardens, with fine yarieties like Mastodon, Gem, Green Moun- tain, and others, extend the joys and delights of fresh straAyberries clear through late summer and fall until long after the first frosty weather. The Extra Money Comes in liandy too. A fam- ily garden or small profit plot of strawberries is ideal for making- that Extra money T^'hich comes in so handy. Here are some reasons why. 1. Beginners can do it easily. By follo"U'ing simple instructions the beginner can often make experienced growers "look to their laurels." 2. The "worlc is liglit and healthy. Most suit- able where boys, girls and women must help. A real family job at work both interesting and profitable. 3. Where advancing- age or poor health pre- vent full time work, as well as for those who have part time jobs, strawberries are inost suit- able for supplementing the income. 4. Strawberries come early. The work is done and out of the way of vegetable canning season. Berry money is in the bank before most other garden crops are harvested. 5. "Egg Money" is counted on by many farm- ers' wives, but many can have "berry money" who do not have chickens and cannot give the all the year around attention that chickens re- quire. 6. Little money is needed to start, and a lot can be done with very little land. BUT, be sure to start with good, well-rooted, true to name plants. In our 55 years' experience we have never produced a finer lot of plants than we are offering this year, and they are very reasonably priced. See page 35, also the special offers on page 32. Here are reports from some folks who have nice berry gardens from Allen's plants—and en- joy them. Whole Family in Favor of Growing Strawberries Delaware Co., New York. March 14, 1939. Two years ago my mother bought for me 50 each of Fairfax, Catskill, Dorsett, Chesapeake, Gem and Mastodon. The plants were the finest I have ever seen. "We had more berries last summer than ever before. "We expect to keep on growing strawberries as the -whole family is very much in favor of it. The plants grew splendidly. I like Gem better than Mastodon and expect to increase my plantings of them. Strawberry shortcake after the regular season was past was quite a hit around here. The berries were all the best ever and sold very readily. I couldn't keep up with the orders or begin to. W^e picked 300 quarts. I found your book very helpful and "v\'ish to thank you.—Mrs. Gilbert Stewart. Berries Sold at Good Price Fulton Co., 111. April 19, 1939. Received plants in good order, wonderful plants. Many thanks for promptness. Had a good crop of berries picked the earliest in years. Got good price, 25() , for first 100 quarts. Ended with an 18(i market.— ; Mr. W". F. Grollwitz. 28

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