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E. W. TOWNSEND & SON, SQUARE DEAL NURSERY 
Cambridge, Vt. 
May 3rd, 1919. 
Plants opened on April 29th; | 
were fine and a great surprise. 
Thirty times more than I had 
expected. I feel indebted to you 
very much and will see that you 
get a large share of my orders. 
such beautiful large well rooted 
plants. 
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T am sending you a box of my 
maple sugar of my own make toa 
try to even things up a little. 
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* Sincerely yours, 
Putman Luther, Hort. 
NOTE.—Well, if the plants were — 
any finer than the Sugar they 
were some plants.—E. W. T. & S&S. 
Urlton, N. Y., Sept. 5th. 
Your plants of the Lucky Boy 
which I got from you this last 
spring did so well, also my neigh- - 
bors, I would like to handle them 
here in this county. Fine plants | 
and fine berries. 
Respt.. F. J. M. 
UNCLE TOMMIE and his Pets—THE EVER-BEARING STRAWBERRIES 
Photographed August 1st. 
plants this is his finest field he has ever grown. 
Uncle Tommie says that in more than 30 years in growing 
We have had visitors from all over the 
country to look at this field of plants and every one states they have never seen such a 
field of plants before. 
Uncl Tommie is pround with his great success in plant growing, and we are proud of 
‘Uncle Tommie” 
Peerless 
Peerless in many respects’ resemble Superb, 
in fruiting. Is a tremendous plant maker if al- 
lowed its own way, and fruit will not be plen- 
tiful if allowed to run in matted rows. Like 
all other ever-bearing varieties best to keep off 
all runners first season. If allowed to stand in 
hills plants will grow very large and will pro- 
duce enormous crops of large high colored ter- 
ries, with good quality. We think it far ahead 
of Superb, as it does with us. We bought our 
supply of plants from the Originator, Mr. Coop- 
er, of N. Y. State, and have a reasonable good 
supply of plants. 
Progressive 
Progressive is probably the hest known ever 
pearer at this time, and has been more widely 
distributed than any other ever hearing variety. 
Is a great droughth resister, and hegins to rip- 
en large crops of medium size berries almost as 
soon as set out and for this reason it is best 
to keep fruit buds pinched off for first three 
months. Will make abundance of small fruit 
on a thick matted row. But should be grown 
in hills for best results, or at least in a narrow 
matted row. Progressive unlike any of the 
other ever bearing varieties is the earliest herrv 
to blossom in the spring, and is very hardy from 
frost, and as it is also a persistent bloomer, it 
is bound to be the first variety to ripen and no 
matter how cold the spring or how late, Pro- 
t 
as he is known to all of us. 
gressive may be counted on for a full crop. 
Some. of our customers made more than $1000 
per acre from the fruit the past June, to on 
nothing of the crop picked last summer and f 
which sold for 50c per quart. 
In some sections of the country, Superb is 
the leading ever-hbearer, Progressive being dis- 
earded for it. Here in the Eastern Shore of 
Maryland it does not produce but very little 
fruit in the Fall, and could hardly be classed as 
an ever-bearer. It is in the Northern States 
that it is at its best as a fall cropper. AS a 
Spring variety it ranks with such as Chesapeake 
and will fully equal this variety in production 
and quality. 
Lucky Strike 
We are very sorry to report that we have not 
sufficient plants to list this season. A heavy 
rain just after the plants were set completelF 
drowned the side of our field where our Lucky 
Strike plants were set, and we wili not have 
more than a few thousand plants and those we 
wish: to keep to propagate from. The Lucky 
Strike seems not to be a universal variety. In 
some sections as here with us it is one of the 
very best, both in plant growth and and in 
fruit: while in some sections it proves almost @ 
failure and produces no fruit at all. Wherever 
it was at its best it proved a grand success. Te 
| those who wish to test it out for themselves we 
offer a few plants at $1.00 each. 
| IF IT’S AN EXTRA EARLY VARIETY, PREMIER IS ON THE TOP. WE HAVE A 
LARGE STOCK DIRECT FROM THE INTRODUCER, GUARANTEED STRAIGHT IN 
|" EVERY WAY, AND TO PLEASE YOU. 
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1,000,000 ON NEW LAND. 
