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Starbright Plants—Await Your Orders 
STARBRIGHT 
THE NEW BIG STRAWBERRY 
This NEW, splendid variety, was originated by U. S. 
Dept. of Agri., and sold on the market in 1941-42 at a 
premium. We sincerely recommend this new variety, 
and advise our large berry growers, as well as the home 
gardener to plant Starbright this SPRING. A cross 
of Fairfax and Chesapeake, good shipper, fruiting sea- 
son little earlier than Chesapeake and better plant 
maker. The berry is lighter in color than Fairfax, very 
glossy skin, a truly extra fancy strawberry on any 
LARGER GROWERS PREFER TOWNSEND’S PLANTS 
Columbian County, N. Y. 
For last few years, I have been getting strawberry plants from 
you in large quantities, and always have good results. This year I 
was offered plants from other companies, dollar per thousand 
cheaper than yours, but my friends and I believe your plants are 
worth a dollar more per thousand anytime. As long as I am in 
berry business, my plants will be bought from Townsend Sons 
Nurseries, also fruit trees cannot be beat. 
JOSEPH KUZYNA. 
(Mr. Kuzyna has purchased over 200,000 Select Strain Plants.) 
TOWNSEND CUSTOMER FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS 
GENTLEMEN: Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. 
For over twenty years I have used your plants, with great 
success. They produce good fruiting beds—with big crops of 
FAI RMORE nated by the U.S. Dept. 
of Agric. and has been 
extensively tested in North Carolina and other leading 
berry growing states of the South. It was selected from 
thousands of seedlings and has been outstanding in the 
tests made by these colleges. In plant growth it is more 
vigorous than Blakemore, Klondyke, or Missionary. It 
ripens about with the Blakemore and earlier than Fair- 
fax. The berries are as large or larger than Blakemore 
and is considered to be a better variety for markets 
that pay a top price for extra large size, quality berries. 
A fine variety for southern plantings. 
ety introduced by 
NORTH STAR 
the U. S. Dept. of 
Agric. and recommended tor commercial and home gar- 
den plantings in all leading berry growing sections. It 
has been extensively tested in New England States, also 
in New York and Pennsylvania. The berries are of high 
flavor and fine quality, especially recommended for sec- 
tions where Dorsett is killed by early frosts. Berries 
have a beautiful bright red color which extends through 
to the center keeping its bright color for several days 
after picking. Fruit is very firm and will withstand 
long-distant shipping. They ripen evenly all over, there- 
fore making picking very easy, and when placed on the 
market makes a very attractive package. Give North 
Star a trial this year! 
Te variety was origi- 
MIDSEASON vari- 
market. Prices on page 46. 
uice, large berries which sell readily on the market.. The past 
season we picked over 50,000 quarts off of about 3% acres. We 
have never found any Premier plants to come up with yours 
and you might always expect our future orders. Please find 
order enclosed for this year’s planting. F. R. NELSON. 
TOWNSEND’S PREMIER OUT YIELDS ALL OTHERS 
GENTLEMEN: Barnstable Co., Mass. 
Attached you will please find order for 15,000 Select-Strain 
Premier Plants—for which kindly book order and ship at proper 
planting time. 
Your plants always out yield all others and the berries are larger 
and we get larger crops—which mean more profit to us. You 
can expect many new orders from this neighborhood this year, as 
growers are turning to your plants all the time. 
M. O. RAPOZA 
DAYBREAK grown in the southern 
states. It is about a 
week or ten days earlier than the Missionary and sev- 
eral days earlier than Blakemore, usually producing a 
heavy first crop, producing fruit for the early market 
when prices are usually highest. It is as productive as 
Missionary or Blakemore. Fruit equals that of Blake- 
more and of bright, glossy, crimson red. Can be classed 
as a good shipper and one worthy of a planting in the 
southern states. Of U. S. Dept. of Agric. origination 
HEBRO The fruit of this berry is bright, glossy 
e red. It is of delicious flavor, having 
strong, heavy stems which hold their fruit well up from 
the soil. It is a good yielder and one which, we feel, 
will produce excellent results in the New England States 
and should be given trial in other berry growing sec- 
tions. Fruit ripens about the same time as Chesapeake 
and other late varieties. 
Tec is the earliest berry 
SH ELTO This is an early berry, ripening about 
e the same time as the Premier (Howard 
17). It is almost as good a producer. Fruit is very firm 
and has many of the qualities of such high priced mar- 
ket favorites as Chesapeake and Catskill. It is similar in 
flavor to Chesapeake. Tested in 24 sections of the state 
of Connecticut before introducing. 
FAIRMORE Sold for Highest Prices on New York Market of Any Variety Shipped Out of N. C. in 1940 
