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THIS TRADE MARK 



IS YOUR PROTECTION FOR 



TRUE TO NAME QUALITY PLANTS 



Townsend's name for the past thirty-five years 

 has represented all that is best in berry growing 

 and has become the byword for true-to-name qual- 

 ity plants the country over. Many attempts have 

 been made to sell inferior plants to the unsuspecting 

 buver at lower prices than our catalogue list price 

 and represent the plants as being products of the Townsend's Nurseries. 



To protect our customers against such practice we adopted two years 

 ago the policy of carefully marking every bundle of plants shipped out 

 from our nurseries by placing our trademark on the label. This is our 

 customers' insurance against any one who by such unfair means are 

 trying to capitalize on the Townsend name. When you see this trade- 

 mark you can rest assured that you are getting true-to-name plants, 

 and Townsend's Quality. 



MONEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES 

 GROWING STRAWBERRIES 



There are big profits in growing .strav/berries. The first step 

 is to secure healthy, vigorous plants with yielding qualities 

 bred into them. Plants that will produce uniform berries 

 of the highest quality; berries that will bring the top price 

 on any market. The local and distant markets are usually 

 well supplied with small, undersize berries during harvest 

 season, bringing the price down on this class of berries to an 

 unprofitable basis, while the same markets are glad to get 

 berries of superior quality and perfectly willing to pay a 

 premium price for them. Our customers often write us that 

 their berries have been topping the market from three to 

 five cents per quart, this extra price being a very good profit 

 and one that no grower of strawberries can afford to pass up. 



LET US HELP YOU GET STARTED 



Our instructions are easily followed; simple enough for the 

 average 10-year-old boy to understand. To those of our 

 friends with little or no experience in this profitable straw- 

 berry field we are most happy to take up your problems and 

 give you the benefit of the information that we have gained 

 through the years we have been in the small fruit plant 

 business. We also issue a complete culture guide on small 

 fruit growing. This booklet is free for the asking. 



Every bundle of Plants sent out by Town- 

 send's is labeled true-to-name and carries 

 our Trade Mark 



SATISFIED CUSTOMERS 



Thousands of our customers have grown up with us. They 

 started in a small way just as we did. Following our advice 

 and instructions, they have made more money year after 

 year in growing strawberries and other small fruit than any 

 other crop. These thousands of old customers have sent to 

 us tens of thousands of new customers. In this wav TOXS'N- 

 SEND'S NURSERIES have grown until today we are the 

 largest growers and shippers of Strawberry Plants in the 

 world. We enjoy the full confidence of the Strawberry 

 growers throughout the country. We are mighty proud of 

 our business and just as proud of our long list of faithful 

 customers who have contributed their share in building our 

 business to its present standing. For this faithfulness we are 

 giving to each of them the best that is within our power in 

 trying each year to grow plants that will please them better 

 and to give the best service at our command. 



WHEN YOU BUY TOWNSEND'S PLANTS 



You purchase thirty-five years of practical growing experi- 

 ence and plant breeding with them. Plants that are full of 

 vitality and will increase your yields as they are doing for 

 thousands of our customers thruout the country. Mr. G. G. 

 Adams, South Orrington. Maine, writes us: •Picked 8.200 

 quarts berries from two-thirds of an acre." F. D. Rogers. 

 Corydon. Pa., averaged 11,700 quarts off an acre. S. Hartman. 

 of Virginia, picked 11.520 quarts from an acre. There is no 

 secret in making yields of this kind. You will find that 

 Townsend's Selected Strain of approved varieties will increase 

 your yields also. 



THE TOWNSEND FOUR-POINT 

 GUARANTEE and What It Means to You 



QUALITY 



The good name of this firm and good will of its customers have been 

 built and preserved by always handling nothing but the highest grade 

 stocks available. Every plant we ship is the best we can produce. 



TRUTH 



Old customers know that they will always get the varietv thev 

 order. Thev have faith in us and we will not break it. 



HEALTH 



Every plant we ship is healthy, thrifty, and free from all injurious 

 diseases. Diseased plants will produce dividend.*; for neither you 



PRODUCTIVENESS 



Every plant that goes into our propagation fields is selected for its 

 heavy fruiting crowns. In this manner we keep our stock bred up 

 in productiveness and vitality. They are carefully packed so that 

 when they reach you they will grow strongly and produce as vou have 

 the right to expect from Townsend's plants. 



We Replace Free Any Stock Received by You That Does Not Meet These High Standards. 



