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CATALOG NUMBER 25 



What is known as "THE EASTERN SHO' " of Maryland is an old settled section. Some 

 of the richest plantations of all time since America was settled have been right here, and the 

 lands granted to Lord Baltimore by the King of England are now, as they were 200 years ago, 

 the Cream of the Country. 



Here is where I have spent my life, my father, grandfather and great-great-grandfathers on 

 both my father's and mother's side. 



This section of the country has been long called the garden spot of the world, and rightly so, 

 I believe, for when everything is considered I do not believe that there is another spot in the 

 world so pleasant. As the "Old Eastern Shore," Salisbury, Md., where our home and nursery 

 are situated, is just half way between the Atlantic ocean and the grand Chesapeake Bay, we get 

 the cool, sweet breeze from both. Our summers are long and cool. Our winters are short, and 

 mild; zero weather is almost unknown here. The growing season extends from March until No- 

 vember. Two crops ripen on the same land, bringing double profit in one season. 



Our land is light and level in most cases, especially around Salisbury. The above conditions 

 are mainly the cause of the "Eastern Shore" of Maryland having the reputation of sending out 

 the best nursery stock of any section in the world. 



It is here, under the most favorable conditions, that I am trying to grow for you the best 

 stock that can possibly be grown. I am striving hard to keep pace with, and a neck ahead, of 

 our very best and oldest growers. That I have pleased the greatest majority of my customers in 

 the past I feel satisfied. And I promise you that I am working harder than ever to produce for 

 you a still better grade of plants than I have been able to offer you before. While I have not 

 grown the number of plants per acre this season, I feel sure that I have more than made up in 

 quality. It has from the start been my endeavor to make a friend of every customer, for two 

 reasons: it pays to live that way, and it pays to do business that way. I attribute a large por- 

 tion of my success to my pleased customers. 



I sincerely thank you all for your liberal patronage in the past and hope to merit a con- 

 tinuance of your favors. Wishing you much success, I remain, 



Yours very truly, 



E. W. TOWNSEND, 



Copyrighted, 1914, by E. W. Townsend. The Fair Dealing Nurseryman. 



