TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS 
O t b is the month in which I have wrote my sunual letter to many of you for 
ctoper nearly twenty years. While this letter is printed in the first part of the 
book it is always the last work done. For one purpose, it is the hardest task in the writing 
of our little book. I have so much that I wish to thank you all for and such a limited 
space to express myself that it is hard to find words to express my thoughts, as I most de- 
sire. So just ALLOW ME TO THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART FOR YOUR CONFI- 
DENCE. 1919 has been a remarkable season in many ways. In some sections of the coun- ~ 
try it has been the dryest and hottest season for years. 
In others it has been one of the wettest seasons for years. In our particular séction; it has 
been both wet and dry. cold and hot. And while many crops have been almost a failure, we have 
been fairly successful in growing a fine crop of plants. Labor has been one of our greatest trou- 
bles, and biggest expense. But not withstanding that labor was high and sé¢arce, manure, machin- 
ery, and every other item that enters into the growing of a crop has more than doubled, we have 
never faltered. We have grown a good acreages as you will note in our list. But we have done 
send standard. We have discarded many varietie of plants. And they are fully up to the Town- 
so with but one thought, and that is to better the strawberry world. And especially to better 
help our customers who come-to us year after year to fill their orders. Pees 
They look to us for the Best: and we are doing everything~- possible to grow only the besr. 
both in varieties and quality. 
We head our list of Standard varieties this season with PREMIER, which I firmly believe is 
the greatest early strawberry ever-grown by man. . We have- grown ‘about two millions of the 
Premier plants. If we could have spared the stock last spring we would have grown five mil- 
lions, for we will need that-many to supply the demand. We say this: there is no secticn North, 
South. East or West that Premier has -not- given the very hest of s-tisfaction. ; 
Our old stand by MISSIONARY, which -has feen the leading eariy terry from coast to esast 
for more than ten years, we have been successful in growing the largest crop we have ever srown . 
of them. And while the Premier is all we- claim for it and then some, Missionary will continue ~ 
to he the leader with theusands of growers the country over: for years to come. The Mission- 
ary has so many good qualities that it will never be discontinued as long as ‘strawberries are 
grown. For many vears Missionary: was thought to he a Southern’ variety only. But for the 
past five years Missionary has.been grown almost to the esual of any other variety in the North 
and West. And is today . the best known early berry on all Markets. Our Stock over Five Mil- 
lion Plants. 2 
Early Ozark and Early Jersey Giant. our next two Extra Early varieties, and beth good 
ones, and we have a good stock of plants. With such a list as the above four varieties, can 
our customers go wrong? on extra early and early varieties. 
In mid-season varieties, we have Dr. Burrill, Klondyke, Dunlap. Haverland. Klondyvke and 
Dr. Burrill are universal varieties and monev makers everywhere. Dunlap and Haverland are the 
leaders in their sections, which is from. Maryland—North and West. 
In mid-season to late. varieties, we have picked these _THIRTEEPN.—Ford. Big Joe, Magic 
Gem. Glen Mary, Wm. Belt, Aroma, Chesapeake, Kellozge Prive. Gandy. Fendall, Lupton, Samnle, 
Worlds Wender. A finer list of varieties was never catalogued and in selecting the above. list, 
we discarded more than one hundred extra good varieties. 
In Ever-Bearing we are listing only four varieties—-LUCKY. BOY heads thelist as it justly 
should. It is head, neck and Saauliers Pee all others, and has proven in its first trial year to 
be the best wherever. tested. 
A letter just received from a New York Strawher ry Exnert, Mr. A. B. Katkamier. savs: ““T 
am delighted with the-Iuckvy Boy on my soil; are very attractive and the vield is the best of 
the five varieties I am growing.’ 
A letter from Ohio today says: “As the days srow colder the Lucky Boy grows better. bigger 
and sweeter. Greatest success yet in ever bearing strawberries. Will discard all others’ 
A lady from Rome, Ga... writes to-day: “The $10.00 paid you for the 100 Lucky Boy plants 
best bargain I ever made. Largest and sweetest berries ever seen in this part of the Country. 
Could auote hundreds of such remarks, but will just add that I hope every customer will give 
them a trial this season. 100 plants will put you on the road to wealth. 
Pesides Luckky Boy we have Progressive, Peerless and Superb, which we have selected as 
the best of the bunch. We have a number of Seedlings that we are testing, but will not intro- 
duce them unless they are better than any of the four above. : 
We have about twenty million plants in the twenty-five varieties, ahsolutely true to name. 
Nearly all of which are grown on new cleared land. Besides this our strain of plants have been 
selected season. after season for years, (as to the number of years we have had the variety in 
stock), and there is no way on earth that we know of to produce better plants than we are pre- 
pared to send you this season. ; 
We shall take every care in handling your order that is at our command. Use plenty of damp 
moss, and pack in light ventilated crates, or mailing cartons, making all marks on the package so 
as to insure prompt celivery on our part. 
A word of praise here from the Exnress Comnanies. In shipping more than “10,000 packages 
last season, we only lost one package. This certainly is a fine showing on both the Carriers and 
tne Shipping Department of ours. 
As te prices we have heen cor:peliead to advance in line with other comomdities. And helieve 
that you wil find us as low as most Nurseries that send out the best stock. And when you buy 
from us you are huving from first hands at wholesale prices. As all the plants we sell are grown 
by us, or under our own supervision, and we are able to put our Guarantee on every package. 
From reports received throughout the country, the past season has heen a banner season 
for our customers. We have never heard of such profits made before from any crop as we 
have received reports this year; ranging from $750.00 an acre up to $2590. Our Eastern Shore 
_- Md. farmers have done enually as well as other sections, the price heing here on an average of 
more than $8.00 per thirty two quart crate at the loading stations. And at the price we are ask- 
ing for our plants this season we could realize more money to turn them in to fruiting beds and 
not sell a plant. But we could hardly afford to do this. There are too many of you Folks de- 
pending on us for your plants and though we made a million dollars this season from the fruit 
we would not dare go back on the Folks that has made us what we are. We are in the Plant 
business for life. And expect our children to serve yours. May we be mutually happy and pros- 
perous. 
And will you send the order along as early as possible this season. And we promise tea Ol 
to your entire satisfaction. 
Wishing you much success, I am. 
Yours very truly. 
E.. W.. TOW NSE D,. Pres.-\Vigec 
