E. W. TOWNSEND, SQUARE DEAL NURSERY, SALISBURY, MD. 



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Americus 



Originated by Harlow Rockhill, Iowa, 1905; 

 cross by Pan-American and Louis Gaither. 

 Berry medium, roundish, conical; light crim- 

 son, flesh pale, flavor mild and good, makes few 

 runners; suitable for home use, fruits freely on 

 new runners. It bears a fine crop of fruit the 

 year the plants are set out (in August, Septem- 

 ber, and October) and also a nice crop the next 

 spring and the following fall. A general favor- 

 ite in most gardens. A shortcake made from 

 Americus in August or September is a dish fit 

 for a king. Price: $3.00 per 100, $2.00 for 50, 

 $1.25 for 25. 



Francis 



Introduced by Harland Rockhill, Iowa, 1910. 

 Same parentage as Americus. Considered by 

 all to be the highest flavored of the everbearing 

 class, and this is going some, as all everbearing 

 varieties are of better eating quality than the 

 spring varieties. Fruit medium to large, often 

 irregular shaped; color bright red. Fruits free- 

 ly on new runners first year; does best in matted 

 rows. A sure winner for family gardens. Plants 

 very scarce and high. Price: 

 $5.00 per 100, $3.00 for 50, $2.00 

 for 25. 



Superb 



Introduced by Samuel Cooper, 1908. Cross 

 between Cooper and Autumn. Claimed by many 

 Northern growers to be the leading everbearer. 

 Fruit is very large and firm, beautiful shape 

 and color, flavor mild. Does not bear much 

 fruit on new runner plants the first season, 

 therefore should be grown in hills to get best re- 

 sults as an everbearer. As a spring crop variety, 

 we doubt very much if there is anything on the 

 list better excepting probably the King which we 

 believe more productive, and a little larger. So 

 far there have never been many plants left in 

 the nursery beds to test the spring crop, the 

 demand for plants being so great that all nur- 

 series and growers have found it more profit- 

 able to sell the plants. Order Superb plants for 

 the North and you will not go wrong. Not good 

 for the South as an everbearer. Price: $7.50 

 per 1,000. 



MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS 



are buying homes and paying for them from their 

 profits from the plants bought of us, while many 

 other folks that have been led to buy the Cheap John 

 plants have found only disappointment. 



Get Townsend's Thoroughbred plants, grow them 

 the Townsend way and success is yours from the start. 



That our business doubles itself every year is suf- 

 ficient reason that we should have your order this year 

 without a further question. We have never been 

 big advertisers in the farm press. We have used only 

 small space in a few select papers and have depended 

 on the quality of our goods to bring us through. We 

 try to make every order we ship an advertisement for 

 the Townsend Nursery. 



Francis. 



MRS. E. JEWELL, OF 

 ARKANSAS. 



Writes that she made $112.00 

 from 500 Progressives pur- 

 chased from us in spring, 1915. 

 Her article was published in 

 the Fruit Grower. Mrs. Jewell 

 writes that her first trial with 

 the genuine everbearing straw- 

 berries was so good that she 

 wants to tell others of it. What 

 Mrs. Jewell has done any other 

 woman can do that has a little 

 spare corner for the plants. 

 Her neighbors had failed with 

 other plants and tried to dis- 

 courage her. Mrs. Jewel tried 

 Townsend's plants and made a 

 go. Mrs. Jewell ordered 1000 

 Superb the past spring to in- 

 crease her patch. And you bet 

 that she got the Townsend 

 plants again. 



Americus Strawberry, 



