E. W. TOWNSEND, Strawberry Specialist 



First Prize. 

 If it is a strictly Fancy Early variety wanted, take this one. 



Guaranteed to please. 



Norwood 



Uncle Sam 



Norwood (Per. blossom). Midseason. This 

 berry has been widely advertised and needs no 

 description from me. It is supposed to be a cross 

 between the Marshall and Corsican. The Nor- 

 wood is a very fancy variety with me, doing its 

 best under good cultivation. The plants are 

 large and healthy, making a moderate supply. 

 Not very productive, but every berry is a good 

 one. The flavor is good enough for a king. 1 

 recommend it where a strictly FANCY variety 

 is wanted or for family use. Some catalogs 

 claim that four berries have filled a quart box. 

 I have not grown any that size, but have them 

 as large as I desire. On account of being a mod- 

 erate plant maker the plants have to sell very 

 high. I have a fine stock this season. 



FIRST PRIZE — EARLY - This variety was intro- 

 duced several years ago and is fast coming to 

 the front where a fancy berry is wanted. It is 

 not the best variety for the South, but for local 

 markets/ I know of nothing better as a money- 

 maker. Plants are strong and beautiful and free 

 from rust; makes plants freely. The fruit is 

 extra large, scarlet red with a beautiful double 

 calyx that holds the color no matter how dry 

 the season. The flavor is mild and sweet and is 

 considered by experts to be of the very best 

 flavor. If you are convenient to a nearby mar- 

 ket get this one, and you will want a few for 

 your home use anyway. 



CARDINAL (Imp.). Midseason to late. Size, me- 

 dium, quality good, productive, good plant 

 maker. 



DO NOT FAIL TO ORDER A FEW OF THE 

 FALL-BEARING STRAWBERRIES. 



Uncle Sam. After testing the Uncle Sam for 

 several seasons I believe it to be so nearly like 

 the Early Ozark that one description will ap- 

 ply to both. 



EXCELSIOR Extra Early. Small in size and very 

 sour; is a good shipper and comes in a season 

 when few berries are in market, hence it usu- 

 ally brings good money. We have a few cus- 

 tomers that bank on it and every season grow 

 a small plot of plants for our trade. 



LADY TOWNSEND, EARLY a good variety for 

 either home use or distant market; is very pro- 

 ductive; good quality; medium sized; good plant 

 maker; is a favorite in most sections where it 

 is known. 



/«r- Hanback's Beauty 



Hails from Virginia. Introduced in 1912. In 

 this short time this variety has made many 

 friends and the growers in this section of the 

 country are setting heavily of it. Season late; 

 begins to ripen with the Aroma. Fruit very 

 large and firm, quality fair to good, colors all 

 over with no green tips, color light red with 

 beautifully green calyx. The growers who have 

 fruited it on good soil in any quantity claim 

 that it is wonderfully productive, picking some- 

 thing like 7,000 to 10,000 quarts to the acre. I 

 have not fruited it myself, but have seen it in 

 fruit and it struck me as a good one to try this 

 season. ^^^ 



FOR PRICE L.IST OF EVER-BEARING 

 STRAWBERRIES SEE PAGE 30 



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