Allen Nurseries 1924 PDF Download

Excerpt from Allen's Book of Berries, 1924 The pictures on the left show the members of The W. F. Allen Company as they are now, and as they used to be. Many of our older customers will remember that in 1903 W. F. Allen's Annual Catalog contained a print of his four sons (taken same day as the above picture) under the heading, This is one crop of our nursery stock that grows all the winter. With the exception of the oldest, Walter K. Allen, who is now a missionary in India, all of the sons grew up with the business, and from childhood have spent all of their working hours with it. W. F. Allen, President of the company, has been growing and selling true-to name plants for 38 years. He has general supervision over all our operations. In plant season his special duties are handling the correspondence; writing letters; giving help ful advice to those uncertain as to varieties; or other special problems. He also searches out all the leading plant catalogs and orders a few plants of the most highly recommended new varieties offered by other growers. These are thoroughly tried out, and if valuable, are grown and recommended by us. We want the best there is for our customers. Mrs. W. F. Allen, V ice-president. In plant season, she opens the mail; has super vision oi booking the orders; checking the shipping tags to see that each lot of plants is properly directed; and billing them out correctly. Prompt service is facilitated by efficiency in this department. W. Lee Allen, General Manager, 28 years old, graduate of Cornell University 1914. In charge of planting and digging. His job is to see to it that the ground is properly prepared for our own planting, that the plants are properly set, and also to keep plants straight and true-to-name, whether digging for our own planting or to fill orders. If weather is dry or windy, plants must not be exposed to wind and sun thus having vitality drawn out of them. Lee's job is to see that your plants are dug right and kept fresh and strong from the field to the crate. At night and sometimes during the afternoons, he helps with the packing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.