SALISBURY, MARYLAND 



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TowHsend's .Missionary. 

 The greatest Southern Commercial Berry. Buy your plants from the originator. 



Missionary 



Missionary — Early. The Missionary is still the 

 leader in all Southern states as a commercial 

 variety. The Missionary lias proved in the 

 South and West what the Senator Dunlap has in 

 the North. It is really the poor man's variety. 

 It will grow anywhere it is possible for straw- 

 berries to grow under unfavorable conditions, 

 and show remarkable results, and with the best 

 of cultivation it can be made a gold mine. 



In all such sections as Norfolk, Va., Chad- 

 bourne, N. C, Plant City, Fla., Lakeland, Fla., 

 Griffin, Fla., and in fact every strawberry sec- 

 tion of the state of Florida it has taken p< 

 sion and is more largely planted than all others 

 combined. There is no other variety ever intro- 

 duced that has proven itself so popular in so 

 short a time. While it is a prolific bearer and a 

 good shaped and good sized berry, combined witli 

 good quality, its greatest point in favor is its 

 Dimness as a shipping variety. I am safe in 

 saying that I have sold more Missionary plants 

 than all other nurseries combined since I intro- 

 duced the variety in the state of Florida in 

 1906, and I have shipped it to every section of 

 the country where strawberries are grown and 

 I have yet to hear a single complaint where it 

 did not make good. While the qualities that it 

 possesses are not so essential in the North to 

 make a favorable variety, it nevertheless has 

 proved satisfactory as an all around variety. 

 This season has not been the best for plant 

 growth and I expect to run short of plants this 

 season, although 1 have a very Large acreage set 

 in plants. I would, therefore, advise all my 

 Southern customers that bank on the Missionary 

 to get their orders iii as early as possible. They 

 will be booked any time ami shipped when 



wanted. Not necessary to say TOWNSE 

 MISSIONARY if you send the order to Townsend. 

 The reason the name Townsend is added to the 

 Missionary is because there were several fake 

 varieties sent out for the Missionary before the 

 plant growers could secure a stock of it. If 

 you want the genuine article send me the order. 



UNCLE JIM (Per.). Of the New York typ< 



to be the same by many, but 1 think the: 



difference and that the Jim has the best of the 



two. The Jim is the largest berry grown by 



me, I think, when the season suits it. 1:. 



1 have seen them so large that 1 really thought 



they would have eaten better and looked 



if they had been half their - Strong, 



healthy, productive, just the kind to plant for 



local market or where they can be picked today 



and sold tomorrow. 1 have a full - 



THOROUGHBRED PLANTS and they 



sellers. 



OAKS, EARLY About the same variety as the 

 Lady Townsend; one could hardly tell in- 

 ference in foliage or fruit. 



CLIMAX For commercial purposes I k: 

 no early variety that has proved mo 



able, it has a record Ol - 



is a few days earlier than Klondyk< 



produce three quarts to the Klond.. . s 



About same size i ■• 



qualities not as good as Klondyk- 



but is Arm enough in the North I 



1 shipper. The sale of plants 

 large and seldom have enough to supply my 

 trade. 



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