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



Lucretia. 



NORTHERN CUSTOMERS FIND OUR THOROUGHBRED 

 PLANTS SATISFACTORY. 



We wish to call attention of the Northern growers to 

 our "hardy prolific plants." It is a fact that plants grown 

 in a mild climate such as we have on the Eastern Shore of 

 Maryland are built more hardy, and will stand more abuse 

 in handling and transplanting than plants grown further 

 North where they have to be mulched during the winter 

 for protection from the heavy freezes. Our plants are 

 never mulched during the winter, and they have that 

 hardiness that causes them to carry well to the four cor- 

 ners of the United States, in proper condition, and then 

 to grow the big crops which many of our customers are 

 speaking about. 



Please note the testimonials of some of our Northern 

 customers, what they say about our plants that were ship- 

 ped them in June the past season: 



Massachusetts. — The shipment of plants arrived on June 

 12th, in fine condition. 



Iowa. — Plants arrived satisfactory; best I have received 

 this year. 



Michigan. — Your plants are all that you claim. "We take 

 our hat off to you. 



Wisconsin. — Plants received June 20th; fine shape; every 

 plant is growing nicely. 



Minnesota. — The last box of plants came in today and 

 are as good as the first after being on the road two weeks 

 in perfect condition. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Thanks for such nice plants; received 

 June 1st. 



New Hampshire. — Plants received May 1st in splendid 

 condition. 



Ontario. — Plants received O. K. Thanks for such fine ones. 



Quebec. — I received your plants on May 12; very well 

 pleased; plants are large; strongest looking I ever set. 



Pennsylvania. — May 1st. We want to say that we are 

 well pleased with the plants. While your plants are 

 cheaper than we have been getting they are also much 

 better in quality. 



Iowa. — All the plants purchased from you have been per- 

 fectly satisfactory; best plants we ever bought, and sorry 

 did not hear from you ten years ago. 



Iowa. — Last plants received in good order; fine plants. 

 You will get lots of business from here next year. 



California. — Your plants always do well for us; much 

 better than our Pacific Coast plants. Look for a good 

 business this fall and winter. 



Note. — No matter where you are situated, if it is small 

 fruit plants Ave can please you, and can usually save you 

 money on your order. While we do not claim to be cheaper 

 than anyone, we do claim when quality is considered that 

 there is not a nursery in the world that is giving as much 

 for the money as we are doing. Why not send Townsend 

 the order and take no chances? We assure you that no 

 one will appreciate the order more than we will. 



Dewberries 



We grow only^fewo varieties, the Austin 

 (Mays) and the Lucretia. We have tried 

 others, but they have all been failures. 



The Austin ripens about one week earlier 

 than Lucretia with us, but is not as good a 

 shipper as the Lucretia. For home mar- 

 kets it is a fine variety and can be recom- 

 mended; though for long distant shipments I 

 can only recommend the Lucretia as the 

 most profitable dewberry ever grown. 



For best results plants should be set in 

 rows five feet one way and four feet the other 

 and at the end of the first year's growth tied 

 to stakes about three and one-half feet above 

 the ground; the tips cut back about one foot. 

 This keeps the fruit clean and when given 

 this pruning makes the berries of more uni- 

 form size. They are also much more easily 

 picked when thus tied. We recommend light 

 soil for dewberries and a Southern slope 

 when possible. Our plants are all hand- 

 tipped in the early fall. This insures extra 

 strong roots. Owing to the labor trouble 

 we are compelled to ask our customers this 

 season a trifle more for our dewberry plants 

 than has been our custom. The tipping and 

 also digging of the dewberry plants is a very 

 sticky job and we were compelled to raise 

 our former wages which we had been ac- 

 customed to pay. But at our present prices 

 you will find them as cheap as the cheapest 

 and far below many. We begin to ship dew- 

 berry plants in November, and can make 

 shipments at any time in Winter. It is 

 usually the cheapest way to have them go by 

 freight if in lots of four to five thousand. 





25 



50 



100 



1,000 



in (Mays) 



.$0.50 



$0.75 



$1.00 



$6.00 



•etia 



. .50 



.75 



1.00 



6.00 



Austin. 



