E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY • MARYLAND 



..PREMIER 





LEADING BERRY GROWER USING 

 TOWNSENDS PREMIER 



Suflolk County. N. Y. 

 The sixty thousand Premier sent me this year reoeived 

 in fine shape and doing well. We give a good deal of 

 credit for our success with strawberries to your plants. 

 E. VAN BRUNT. 



TOWNSEND'S PREMIER 



Comes back with another Premier order 



Oswego County. N. Y. 



The 8000 strawberry plants received Monday 

 in good shape. Inclosed check covers another 

 order for Premier. Thanking you for the 

 good plants you shipped us. we 'are 



Sincerely yours, W. C. HEDGER & SON. 



(HOWARD- 17) 



The Most Widely Planted Early 



Strawberry Ever Introduced 



No variety ever introduced to the 

 public has received as much praise 

 as the Premier. No variety has 

 ever been grown in such quantity 

 in so many sections of the country and no variety has 

 made anything like as much money for the growers. 

 And while there are now being introduced some marvel- 

 ous varieties, which are almost sure to take the place 

 of Premier, it is going to be a hard parting between 

 growers and their old friend Premier. 



PREMIER has paid off thousands of old mortgages, purchased 

 and paid for new homes, new barns and automobiles and the 

 many other needy things too numerous to mention. And we 

 predict that it will be grown in a large way for a great many 

 years to come. Since the introduction of premier we have 

 made this grand variety our specialty. And the growers have 

 become to recognize Townsend's as headquarters for True To 

 Name Premier plants. We have shipped them to more than 

 fifty thousand customers, and over and over year after year 

 these customers come back for more. While Premier is too well 

 known by the leading growers to need a description; however 

 for the benefit of the new beginner we will say that Premier 

 and Hoicard-17 are one and the same variety. The variety 

 was originated by Mr. Everett C. Howard of Belchertown, 

 Mass., and in many sections has become known by the name 

 as Hoivard-17. 



Color — Medium red and very attractive with the green cap which 

 shows off the berry to advantage when placed in package. 



Size — Under favorable growing conditions the berries will run large 

 to extra large and very uniform. 



Firmness— Premier can be classed as a long distance shipper where 

 trucks are used. For the market gardener its firmness will be found 

 to be very satisfactory. 



Vigor— Foliage very strong and healthy. Will grow well on any good, 

 rich garden soil in practically all sections of the country. 



Quality — Stands out as one of the best flavored berries grown. 



Season of Ripening— In the North. Premier is one of the first berries 

 to ripen. It can be put on the market from a week to 10 daj's ahead 

 of the midseason varieties. 



Frost Resistance — This is an out- 

 standing point in favor of Premier, 

 as we have never known a crop of 

 Premier to be injured seriously by 

 late frost. You can count on Pre- 

 mier being a sure cropper. When 

 you plant Premier you plant frost 

 protection also. 



A fine field of Premier and .'\berdeen grown by R. B. 

 Jefferson County, N. Y. 



.Archer, 



Mr. R. B. Archer is one of 

 the leading Strawberry 

 Growers in Jefferson County, 

 New York, and is harvesting 

 bumper crops of fine berries 

 from Townsend's Selected 

 Plants of Approved Varieties. 



