E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY ■ MARYLAND 



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Extra Early 



THE IDEAL 



COMMERCIAL 



BERRY 



REMOVES 



ALL 

 SHIPPING 

 WORRIES 



BZiAKEMOBE. This fine Extra Early variety was orig- 

 inated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It was a 

 scientific cross between Premier and Townsend's Mission- 

 ary. While it is classed with the same season of ripening 

 as Missionary and Premier, we find it ripens about four 

 days ahead of these varieties. In plant growth it is a 

 strong, hardy grower; makes plenty of fruiting plants 

 with very little attention. It does not require any par- 

 ticular type of soil to give a very productive crop. This 

 is due to the fact that its parentage, Ivlissionary, is a deep 

 feeder and a very good yielding variejty, and would pro- 

 duce fine results on sandy soils or heavy muck loam. 



Blakemore is more of a Southern variety, it having 

 been found that best results have been obtained south 

 of New York than in the Northern and New England 



States. We recommend Blakemore for New Jersey, Dela- 

 ware, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky. Indiana. 

 Illinois, and all Southern States with exception'of Florida. 

 It has been tried out in Florida and will not compare in 

 yields or size of fruit with Townsend's Missionary. 



Blakemore has wonderful shipping qualities, carries 

 well on long-distance hauls and will withstand heavy 

 rains while ripening on vines, with very little loss of 

 fruit. It produces 80 ^c of its crop within one week after 

 first picking, making it a very valuable variety for large 

 Growers who wish to hit the early berry market in large 

 quantities. The fruit is medium to large, running uni- 

 form in size, and has a very sprightly flavor that makes 

 it a very good canning or preserving berry. Since intro- 

 duction Blakemore has become the leading canning va- 

 rietv in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. 



MISSIONARY (Early) 



LEADING 



Southern 



VARIETY 



90 /. 



of the Total Berry Acreage 

 in Florida Is Missionary 



"Townsend's Nurseries 

 The Home of Missionary; 

 Introduced by Townsend's 

 26 Years Ago, and Still Going Strong 



The fact that, during the past 26 vears. the Townsend nurseries have 

 shipped over 100.000.000 Missionary plants into the State of Florida alone 

 is proof in itself that, for a main southern crop the Missionary is unexcelled. 

 Because of our method of •up-breeding"' (continually improving on this 

 old variety I. the Townsend standard for this variety has been continually 

 raised so that today southern planters acknowledge that our strain is the 

 most productive and the surest to produce consistently large profits of any 

 Missionary plants sold. They do not gamble, but stick to us and are well 

 repaid for their confidence in our product. 



Buy Townsend's Selected Missionary plants for southern planting' 



Reconunended for States of Fla.. Qa., N. C Tenn.. S. C Texas 



