Title: Allen's 82nd book of berries
Identifier: allens82ndbookof19alle (find matches)
Year: 1967 (1960s)
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. : W. F. 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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J EARLIBELLE Earlibelle (N.C. 2486) is a new variety released as an early commercial variety for North Carolina and south. We had excellent results and good yield fruiting Earlibelle here in Maryland during 1966. The season was more toward mid-season than early under our conditions. The berries are uniform, long-conic in shape, with a surface glossy and firm; the flavor is tart. Earlibelle plants are small but run so freely that beds frequently need thinning. Price list, page 28.
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T REDCOAT Redcoat is an introduction from Ottawa, Canada, which ripens in the Dunlap season. It is productive, very attractive in appearance and of good quality. In tests at Kentville it ranked ahead of Sparkle and behind Robinson in yield per acre. The chief objection to Redcoat is its susceptibility to verticillium wilt. Price list page 28. / y SENATOR DUNLAP Dunlap is a fine old variety that was found in Illinois in 1890. It is grown principally in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Dunlap berries are medium size and not too firm. They are very good as fresh fruit and rated as average for processing. The berries are a bright, rich red clear through. Dunlap plants are vigorous growers but quite susceptible to leaf spot. We use copper in our dusting schedule to combat this problem. We have a nice supply of beautiful Dunlap plants this season. Price list page 28. Franklin Co., Ohio, Jan. 10, 1966. "For years I have been reading garden catalogs but yours is the first I have seen that conscientiously and in painstaking detail lists the bad features along with the good. Having consulted numerous catalogs on this, my first venture into raising straw- berries, I was amazed to read the glowing descriptions of varieties that you evidently don t particularly esteem. Being a complete neophyte I soon concluded I'd better buy from the Allen Co. because if I goof it up, it won't be because I was conned by a good catalog story. Yours for more truth in garden catalogs." D. S. Pattison 8

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