Keywords: Allen's book of berries (16364334796).jpg 36 <br> THE W F ALLEN CO SALISBURY MD <br> Aroma Strawberries <br> Late Strawberries <br> A ROMA n ° stan dard variety that has been on the market a good <br> - many years and seems to be gaining in popularity all the time <br> We often receive letters from customers saying that new varieties may be <br> good but Aroma is good enough for me Mr Alonzo Stewart of Edwards <br> County Illinois says I have never been deceived in your plants I can <br> truthfully say that the Aroma is the best berry I have ever grown I always <br> recommend your plants to my friends The foliage is dark green and of a <br> spreading habit It is a perfect-flowering variety and as a pollenizer of pistillate <br> varieties of its season it is unexcelled Mr Snyder of Indiana planted Aroma <br> and Fendall together and got a crop of 15 000 quarts of fancy berries per acre <br> It has a very long picking season The blossoms begin to open medium early <br> and continue until late The berries are rich in color large in size and deli- <br> ciously aromatic in flavor Through Arkansas Missouri Tennessee and in <br> many other sections it is probably the most widely grown variety as a fancy <br> market berry It has a handsome green cap which makes it show <br> / up well in the package The berries are firm in texture and solid <br> nough to make an excellent shipping berry Plant Aroma alone or <br> with Fendall Hustler Sample <br> Haverland and other fancy pis- <br> tillate varieties Aroma is a <br> money-making berry and we <br> would like to see it <br> grown more widely <br> Price 3 50 per 1 000 <br> Brandywine <br> This is another most <br> popular late variety <br> for tropical and semi- <br> tropical sections We <br> especially recommend <br> this for Bermuda <br> Cuba the Pacific coast <br> states and the Gulf <br> states At the same time <br> it is a valuable variety <br> in the North where it <br> originated The plant <br> is healthy and vigorous <br> and produces a fine <br> crop of large hand- <br> some fruit which usu- <br> ally brings more than <br> the average price We <br> have a fine stock of <br> Brandywine plants <br> this season and hope <br> to be able to fill all <br> orders The picture on <br> the left shows the fine <br> shape and large size <br> Brandywine A most popular late variety both Norm and South Price 3 50 per t 000 43767892 148699 77584 Page 36 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43767892 1917 10 5962/bhl title 77584 Allen Co Salisbury Md ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection Biodiversity Heritage Library Allen's book of berries 1917 Garden Stories Allen Co Salisbury Md Catalogs Maryland Nurseries Horticulture Nursery stock Salisbury Strawberries U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43767892 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43767892 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom allen co salisbury md nurseries horticulture u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 24 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16364334796 2015-08-24 06 50 43 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Allen's book of berries Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |