. Allen's book of berries : 1914. Berries Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. 11 W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND. Superb. The fall-bearing berry for the home garden For prices of all Strawberry Plants, see pages 37 and 38 taken off their hats to the Pro- gressive. Mr. Harlow Rockhill, of Grundy County, Iowa, is the originator of this wonderful new variety, and he has a right to be proud of it. Under date of Sep- tember 6, 1912, he writes me as follows: "Your letter of August 30 to hand, and I am pleased to learn that the Progressive has made a good impression on you.
. Allen's book of berries : 1914. Berries Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. 11 W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND. Superb. The fall-bearing berry for the home garden For prices of all Strawberry Plants, see pages 37 and 38 taken off their hats to the Pro- gressive. Mr. Harlow Rockhill, of Grundy County, Iowa, is the originator of this wonderful new variety, and he has a right to be proud of it. Under date of Sep- tember 6, 1912, he writes me as follows: "Your letter of August 30 to hand, and I am pleased to learn that the Progressive has made a good impression on you. Progressive is the leader out in this country. If I were to confine myself to just one variety, it would be my choice of all the varieties on earth. I have fruited it five years, and am now ready to discard all single-fruiting kind. I think the rest of you will come to it later on. I have about one-half acre of ground in this variety, part spring set and part set last year, and cul- tivated for plants this year. First ripe berries July 14; to date have picked forty-two crates, or 684 quarts, with bushels of fine berries spoiling because I have no help to pick them. The quality is so good that customers call for more of them. People here at home are paying me $ per dozen now for plants. It has long been my desire to get a good everbearer that would make so many plants they could be grown as cheaply as the old kind; then everybody could soon have them, and we have it in the Progressive. I don't think you would make any mistake to plant heavily, get a good bunch of pickers and market the berries on them. I believe I will get $ for berries, in addition to the plants, in which twice this can be realized if the plants are set 18 inches in the row, or grown in hedges. Plants should have the blooms cut until fall crop is wanted, then they will come by wagon-loads. It is a commercial success with ; Personally, I think it is the best of the fall-bearing varieties, and
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