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E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY • MARYLAND 



THIS VARIETY STANDS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AS 

 THE MOST PERFECT LATE STRAWBERRY 



You can buy Townking from Townsend's Nurseries only. We guarantee 

 that Townking will please you or money will be refunded. 



TOWNKING- stands at the top of the list as the most perfect late 

 strawberry; Townking is a strong healthy grower; producing a good 

 fruiting bed on the average soil. It is well adapted to heavy clay soils 

 as well as low springy types. In production it ranks with the very 

 best late varieties, in fact for several years in various test plots through- 

 out the country, it has outyielded such varieties as Chesapeake, Gandy, 

 Lupton, and Wm. Belt, about two to one in color, shape, size, beauty 

 and firmness. It is simply in a class by itself. The flavor is very mild: 

 so mild in fact that any person can eat them from the vines; where 

 an acid berry is objectionable. It has been truthfully described by 

 one of our customers as the New Late Berry without a fault. 



From a small beginning only a few years ago; and without any 

 extensive advertising; Townking has become the leading late straw- 

 berry in most strawberry sections of the country; being widely planted 

 from coast to coast. 



If you are not already growing Townking we ask that you give it a 

 trial this year. Knowing as much as we do about this berry; we are 

 of the honest opinion that it will please you and make a nice profit 

 for you. 



SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING POINTS OF TOWNKING 



Color. — Bright rich red. Firmness — A good shipper for long distant mar- 

 kets; stands up well after picking. Quality — Far superior to the Lupton 

 and Gandy; your customers will like it. Productiveness — Makes good fruit- 

 ing beds on ordinary soils; sets heavy in fruit and when properly fertilized 

 will outyield all other late varieties. Growth — We have never yet to see a 

 field of Townking plants with any signs of blight or rust on it; will stand 

 up well in extremely northern climates. Size of berries are large to extra 

 large making a fancy pack that will bring top prices. 



Greensburg, Penn. 

 GENTLEMEN :- 



We have been growing your Town- 

 king and our customers are so 

 tickled with them that we have 

 discarded all other late varieties. 

 The berries are simply beautiful, far 

 surpassing the other late kinds on 

 our soil. 



MR. & MRS. A. K. McCLINTOCK. 



COMPLETE PRICES OF TOWNKING 

 Will be found on page 38 



New York State. 

 GENTLEMEN :- 



Please send catalogue listing 

 Townking. I have seen this berry 

 growing here, and without doubt it 

 is the finest late berry I have ever 

 seen. My neighbor picked better 

 than 7000 quarts per acre, outyield- 

 ing the well known Chesapeake. 

 WM. BRANT. 



OUR CUSTOMERS RECOMMEND TOWNKING AS THE BEST LATE 

 VARIETY. WE RECOMMEND IT 



Comparing Townking with 

 Lupton 



Annual Strawberry Report from Allegheny 

 County Agriculture Extension Asso- 

 ciation of Pennsylvania. 



The Lupton, Townking and Mayqueen are 

 similar in most respects and each produce 

 enormously large berries. Lupton is a 

 poor plant maker which probably accounts 

 for its standing, as it is the lowest of the 

 three in production. Townking surpassed 

 Big Joe, Chesapeake, and Lupton in yield. 

 Recommends Townking and Mayqueen for 

 exceptionally large berries. 



Varieties tested and yield from twenty-five 

 feet of row 



Aberdeen .281/2 Qts. 



Ford 14 



Wm. Belt .14 

 Chesapeake eVi " 

 Lupton ... 5 " 



Premier . 

 Big Joe . . 

 McAloine 

 Townking 

 Mayqueen 



141/4 Qts. 

 , 51/4 " 

 .171/4 " 

 7 



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Fleetwood, Penna. 

 Lupton good plant maker, large size, shy 

 yielder, poor quality. Townking good plant 

 maker, large size, good yielder, good qual- 

 ity and good shipper. Two distinct varie- 

 ties. ROBERT G. YORGEY, 

 Oneida County, N. Y. 



GENTLEMEN :- 



One row of Townking picked as many 

 berries as two rows Lupton, and no com- 

 parison in size or quality. I have been 

 growing Townking now for several years. 

 J. W. BEAN. 



