E. W. TOWNSEND & SONS, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 9 
FORD. 
Large Dark Red. 
Late to Very Late Varieties 
(Per).—Very late. of medium size, good qual- 
BOOSTER ity: very firm and sweet. Recommended for 
home use or market. Moderately productive. Hails from Bridg- 
man, Mich. 
GANDY —Gandy is a very late variety and well known to 
most growers. Excellent quality. Very firm, and 
classed as one of the best shippers on the list. Gandy must be 
planted on low springy soil to do its best. When conditions are 
right Gandy is a valuable variety, as it has size, quality and 
appearance. 
Lupton —A very large handsome berry and an excellent 
shipper. Compares in size with Chesapeake. Very 
attractive in appearance and a good seller on all markets. Makes 
plenty of strong vigorous plants. Not quite as productive as 
Chesapeake, but will hold size longer and nearly every berry good 
perfect one. 
MASCOT (Per).—One of the very latest varieties. A 
strong grower of medium size, healthy plants. 
Very productive, and firm enough for a distant shipper. Fruit 
extra large, of the Gandy type. 
—A Townsend In- 
TOWNSEND’S BIG LATE troduction — intro- 
duced by us Spring, 1911, Big Late has been grown in every sec- 
tion where strawberries are grown and has proven itself a great 
money maker for the average grower. I have never tasted a 
better berry. It is surely the aristocrat of the standard varieties 
for quality. Plants are strong, erect, and hold the berries off the 
ground like cherries. No garden is complete without this grand 
variety. Fruit medium to large, bright velvet red and every 
berry looks like it has been varnished. Very few varieties equal 
it in production. 
FORD —Ford is a Townsend production, and one of which 
we are proud. Ford, like Premier, is frost resistant, 
and has made hundreds of our customers big money when other 
late varieties were killed. A strong hardy plant grower on all 
soils. Fruit very large. firm and of good quality, and ranks with 
the very best in production. Ford will make too many plants if 
not restricted, and for this reason should be set wide in the rows 
and grown in narrow matted rows or in hills. We have never 
seen a rust blemish on any Ford plant in ten years growing it, 
and never heard of a crop failure. Plant Ford and you will not 
go astray. 
Townsend’s 
Big Late. 
Where an over- 
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WORLD'S vr berry is 
WONDER ranted World's 
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W onder will fill 
the bill. One of the largest and 
ugliest berries on the list. I have 
seen these berries as large as 10 
inches around, seven berries fill- 
ing a quart basket. The flavor is 
very mild and sweet: flesh soft, 
suitable only for home use or lo- 
cal market. Very productive and 
a good grower. We sell millions 
of these plants every year. 
Wm. Belt —“ very 
dark red 
large 
berry 
with excellent quality: very pro- 
ductive. A leader in some locali- 
ties. Greatest trouble it rusts 
bad in wet seasons, and for this 
reason is giving way to better 
varieties. 
Branchland, W. Va., 
March 21, 1930. 
E. W. Townsend & Sons Nurseries, 
Salisbury, Maryland. 
Gentlemen: 
Received my plants, and they are do- 
ing fine considering the 
weather, and if I loose any, it will be 
no fault of the plants. 
Very truly yours, 
ORA ADKINS. 
very dry 
Oswego, N. Y., April 26, 1930. 
E. W. Townsend & Sons Nurseries, 
Salisbury, Maryland, 
Gentlemen: 
Enclosed find 3,000 Ford 
plants. The Premier plants ordered fron 
you three years ago have done fine. I 
am a well pleased “Townsend Customer.” 
Very truly yours, 
L. B. STORR. 
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