HOWARD SUPREME 



Deep Feeder, Strong Grower 

 Qood Plant Maker - Does well 

 on heavy land where other 

 varieties fail 



Every quality that enters into the ideal 

 strawberry is included in the new Howard 

 Supreme. It rates so far ahead of every other 

 new introduction that there can be no doubt 

 that it will soon surpass all other varieties 

 in quantity sold, because it will be the big- 

 gest profit-making berry the grower can buy 

 for a long while to come. 



A UNIVERSAL STRAWBERRY. It has 

 proven a complete success in every part of 

 the country in which it has been introduced, 

 surpass '^c-^jll other varieties in every respect. 



STRONG GROWER. It is a strong vigor- 

 ous grower in all soils and all climates, be- 

 ing immensely productive in heavy soils 

 where many other varieties grow sickly and 

 die. 



A TOPPER IN PRODUCTIVENSS. It has 

 produced in our own fields 12,000 quarts 

 per acre, while the Premier, planted in alter- 

 nate rows beside it, produced 8,500 quarts 

 per acre. 



HOWARD 

 SUPREME 



Patented 



July 25th, 



1933, 



Plant 



Patent 



No. 71. 



Reproduction 



of plants of 



this variety 



for sale is 



forbidden. 



FINDS HOWARD SUPREME. TUPITER 



AXD TOWN KING EVEN BETTER 



THAN EXPECTED 



Montana 



February 1st, 1933. 

 . Townsend & Sons, 

 Salisbury, Aid. 

 Gentlemen : 



Last spring a year ago, I purchased from you 

 I Supreme, Jupiter and Town King, and 

 have found these even better than I had expect- 

 ed. I see one of your competitors is knocking 

 these very three varieties, but I am not dis- 

 couraged in the least. I have now three and a 

 half acres as tine a patch as you ever looked at, 

 and I am expecting another of the finest crops of 

 berries ever gro-i.cn. I am going to keep on grow- 

 ing these until you tell me that you have some- 

 thing better. I can always trust Townsend to do 

 the right thing by his customers. I am wishing 

 you the best of luck. 



Your old customer, 



U. DETTMORE. 



"GOLD MINE" 



for 



Strawberry Growers 



LARGE. The fruit is large to extra large in size. 



GOOD FOR SHIPPING. The fruit is very firm, as well as 

 large, thus making it an excellent variety to withstand the rigors 

 of shipping. 



QUALITY. If there be any highest point in this berry, it is 

 in quality, which is of the best. 



LONG SEASON. Beginning just after the Premier, its fruiting 

 season ends shortly after the Premier has finished. 



Simply remember that Howard Supreme, being an imperfect 

 bloomer, and a heavy producer, should be well pollenized by 

 planting with equal rows 'two rows of each) of such varieties 

 as Premier, Aberdeen, Jupiter, Fruitland, or some other extra 

 good perfect flowering sorts of its season. 



Plant as many Howard Supreme as you can buy. You simply 

 can't go wrong with this wonderful, dividend-producing berry. 



Read what the leading strawberry experts say of this mar- 

 velous introduction and you will be convinced that it is the best 

 all-around berry that money can buy. 



Official Test Connecticut Agricultural Station 



The checked results on the following varieties of Straw- 

 berries were obtained by the Connecticut Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station on the Station's Farms at Mount Carmel, 

 Conn., Spring 1932, from plants set Spring 1931; a total of 

 26 varieties were tested at that time. 



HOWARD SUPREME GAVE THE LARGEST YIELD— Holds 

 its size remarkably well to the last picking when properly 

 pollinated, and is certainly well worth trying in this territory. 

 Standing as to yield, Howard Supreme first, followed by Bell- 

 mar, Premier, Aberdeen, Town King, Blakemore, Fruitland, 

 Wil-Son, Lupton and Chesapeake. 



VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR YIELD .. 

 HOWARD SUPREME HOWARD'S PREMIER 



BELLMAR ABERDEEN 



VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR EARLY PICKING 

 BELLMAR PREMIER BLAKEMORE 



VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR LATE PICKING 

 CHESAPEAKE PURCELL 



WIL-SON STEVENS 



First 



Aberdeen June 1 



Bellmar June 8 



Blakemore June 8 



Chesapeake June 13 



Fruitland June 10 



Howard's 17 (Premier! ..June 8 



Howard Supreme June 10 



Jupiter June 1 3 



Lupton June 17 



Purcell June 17 



Steven June 1 3 



Town King ... June 13 



Wil-Son . .June 17 



KINGS 







Yield in 

 Quarts 



Largest 



Last 



Per Acre 



June 21 



July 



1 



1 1 ,979 



June 19 



July 



27 



13,06S 



June 19 



July 



27 



7,623 



June 23 



July 



7 





June 21 



June 



27 



6,806 



June 23 



July 



1 





June 21 



July 



1 



15,110 



June 23 



June 



27 





June 22 



July 



1 





June 27 



July 



7 





June 27 



July 



7 





June 21 



July 



7 





July 7 



July 



7 





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