E. W. TOWNSEND & SONS, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 5 
PREMIER 
(Howard 17) 
No variety ever introduced to the pub- 
lic has received as much praise as the 
PREMIER. No variety has ever been 
grown in such quantity, and no variety 
has made anything like as much money 
for the growers. And while there are 
now being introduced some 
marvelous varieties, which are 
almost sure to take the place 
of the PREMIER, it is going to 
be hard parting between grow- 
ers and their old friend 
PREMIER. 
PREMIER has paid off thou- 
sands and thousands of old 
mortgages; purchased and paid 
for new homes, new _ barns, 
automobiles by the million, and 
the many other needy things 
too numerous to mention. And 
we predict that it will be 
grown in a large way for a great many 
years to come. For the past twelve 
years we have made PREMIER plants 
our specialty. We have grown them in 
larger quantities than any other nur- 
sery. We have shipped them to more 
than fifty thousand different customers, 
and over and over year after year these 
customers come back for more. 
While PREMIER is too well known by 
the leading growers to need a descrip- 
tion, however for the new beginner we 
will say that PREMIER and Howard 17 
are one and the same variety. The variety was originated by 
Everett C. Howard of Belchertown, Mass., and has become known by 
many as Howard 17. 
PREMIER begins to ripen early. Covers a very long season. 
Unusually large crops of large to very large berries, uniform in 
size and color. , 
Foliage strong and healthy, and not subject to disease. Grows well on any good rich garden soil in any 
part of the country. 
Last PREMIER has never been known to miss a single crop from late frost. Blooms seem to be more 
hardy than most varieties. When you plant PREMIER you plant frost protection also. 
When you send Townsend your order for PREMIER plants you get the best it is possible to grow. There 
will not be one-half enough PREMIER plants grown this time to fill all orders. While we planted a very 
large acreage, something over 100 acres, to PREMIER, we have less than one-third of a crop. We have made 
the price just as low as possible, and would advise our friends placing their order soon as possible, as 
that will be the only way to get plants at any price. 
Blakemore is an origination of Professor Beatty of the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. It has 
been tested pretty thoroughly in most of the strawberry 
growing states, and every Station that we have had reports 
on speak very favora- 
ise bly of it. 
Said to be a cross be- a 
tween Premier and Mis- 3 
h| sionary. In plant growth 
PERFECT it resembles the nas 
sionary very much, be- 
FLOWERING ing a strong grower of 
small size plants. The 
fruit is bright red. 
shading to a darker red 
when thoroughly ripe. Size medium, of a round to conical shape. Red 
to the center without green tips. Flavor excellent and very firm. In 
productiveness it can be classed with such varieties as Dunlap, which 
has always been first in this respect. Our stock of plants are from the 
original source, and have been both State and Federal inspected this 
season, and we hold a clean certificate. 
It is our opinion that BLA: MORE will be more valuable to the 
growers south of the Mason and Dixon line, as we do not believe it will 
equal such varieties as Premier, Aberdeen, Jupiter, Fruitland or Ho- 
ward’s Supreme in the Middle or Northern States. 
THE DESCRIPTIONS in our catalogue of the leading standard 
varieties and NEWER VARIETIES are the true description, as 
we have found them on our own trial grounds; together with the 
descriptions sent in to us by our thousands of customers, and 
the various EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS throughout the coun- 
try. We recommend all our customers trying out a few new va- 
rieties each year. which will show the steady progress being 
made in the developing of better fruits for the table or market. 
