AN IMPORTANT MESSAG 



for the Commercial Grower 



SINCE the beginning of our career as nurserymen the 

 Townsend nursery has been intensely interested not 

 only in producing and handling the best strains and 

 varieties of strawberry plants available, but also "in offering 

 to farmers and growers in different sections of the country 

 those varieties which would be best adapted to that particular 

 section and which demonstrated the best money-making pos- 

 sibilities for the local grower. 



With that end in view, we have not only conducted exten- 

 sive testing and proving grounds at the nursery, but have 

 tried our best to keep an accurate account record of the 

 adaptabilities of the different varieties as reported to us by 

 our customers and various state experimental stations. This 

 record has proven invaluable to us and to our customers in the 



various territories who wished to be sure, before buying, that the varieties they selected 



were particularly adapted to local conditions. 



The varieties mentioned in this catalog, and recommended for the various territories, 

 are the result of this painstaking research on the part of ourselves and our old cus- 

 tomers. Further definite information is available at this office and we will be glad to 

 furnish it to you upon request. 



Many varieties offered by us for particular localities will-do equally well in other locali- 

 ties, but close adherence to the data in this catalog and to such data as we will furnish 

 upon request will distinctly minimize the possibility for error in selecting new varieties 

 for your main crop plantings. 



We are proud of this service, know you will appreciate it, and trust that you will make 

 use of it whenever necessary. 



Territorial Adaptability of TownsencPs Varieties 



Variety Approved for Season 



Csaver Western and Mid-Western states Extra Early 



Blakemore Western and Southern states Extra Early 



Southland Southern states Extra Early 



Success New Jersey Extra Early 



Fairfax Eastern states including Ind., Ohio, Mich., III., and West Va Early 



Dorsett All Strawberry sections except far South Early 



Klondyke Southern states Early 



Premier All sections except extreme South Early 



Bellmar Southern states Early 



Townsend Missionary . . . Florida and Gulf states Early 



Howard's Supreme . . . .All Strawberry sections Early 



Red Gold Western and Mid-Western stctes Early 



Aberdeen . . . . N. J., Pa., Ohio, and other Northern states Med. Early 



Senator Dunlap Western and Mid-Western states Med. Early 



Dr. Burrill Middle West Med. Early 



Cooper Michigan and vicinity Med. Early 



Red Heart Northern states from New England to Maine and Wisconsin and Missouri Med. Early 



Big Joe All Strawberry sections except extreme South „ Med. Early 



Jupiter All Strawberry sections except extreme South Med. Early 



Ford All sections except far South Late 



May Queen All Strawberry sections Late 



Lupton ... New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut Late 



Chesapeake . .Northern states including West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan Late 



Wm. Belt N. Y. and Pa., and other states north of Mason-Dixon line Late 



Wil-son Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania Late 



World's Wonder Me., Vt., N. H., northern N. Y Late 



Brandywine California and Florida Late 



Town King All Strawberry sections Late 



Townsend's Big Late ... All sections Late 



Aroma Tenn., Miss., Ky., S. Carolina, Ind., III., Eastern Kansas, Arkansas, Michigan and Missouri . Late 



Gandy . . .All Strawberry sections except extreme South Extra Late 



Mastodon Everbearing . . All Strawberry sections Early Summer 



till frost 



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