8 E. W. Townsend & Son, Square Deal Nursery 


TOWNSEND’S MISSIONARY. See description bclow. 
v_MISSIONARY—Townsend’s (Per) 
Missioary heads the list of all extra early Southern varieties. 
Since 1906 Missionary has been growing more popular every year, 
not only in the South, but in the great strawberry sections every- 
where. It is truly a universal variety, and a money maker every- 
where, and today is one of the most popular varieties on the markets. 
It is the Townsend Missionary that you see on the fruit stands in mid- 
winter selling for $1.00 and up per quart. It is the same Townsend 
Missionary that you see on the fruit stands late in the .spring or early 
summer, bringing fancy prices, that are being grown in the most Nor- 
thren states. Some of the finest berries I ever saw were Missionary 
berries on a fruit stand in Boston, July 1st, grown in the Cape Cod 
section. 'Townsend’s Missionary is an ideal berry for the new begin- 
ner to start with. Is one of the easiest berries ever grown. If you 
want to grow prize winners, grow them in hills the Townsend way. 
If you are not so particular about the large size, just set the plants, 
give them a little attention and a litle manure and you can grow a 
bumper crop of medium size berries with little expense. 
For fifteen years we have been growing an increased acreage of 
Townsend’s Missionary every year and the demand has increased ev- 
ery year with the supply. Some of the largest strawberry sections in 
the world, like Marion Station, Md., grow more than 75 per cent. 
Missionary. Again we have grown Millions of these plants on our 
new ground farms and hope to be able to supply the demand. 
It will pay you to send us the order for Townsend’s Missionary, 
as we specialize in this variety, having introduced it year 1906, and 
have taken great pride in the variety and have kept it fully bred up to 
the standard all this time. And today our plants are even more pro- 
ductive than when we first sent them out. Some growers have sent 
out worthless varieties labeled Missionary. If you want the GEN: 
UINE MISSIONARY, send the order to TOWNSEND. 

