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E. W. TOWNSEND, SaUsbury, Md. 



Never Tire When Working In Townsend's Thorough- 

 bred Plants 



This is what a lady customer from New 

 York State writes us after growing one of the 

 best berry patches ever seen in old York State. 



As you know I ordered a small lot of plants 

 from you three years ago. Well these plants 

 grew fine, but I did not follow your directions 

 fully and was more or less careless in giving 

 them the proper cultivation. Last Spring I 

 gave you a larger order and decided to follow 

 your advice to the letter. And I wish that 

 you could see my patch at this writing. You 

 know that in the order was 300 Progressive 

 and 100 King (Autumn). Well these ever- 

 bearing kinds have given our family all the 

 fruit they could use ever since June, and I 

 have lots of fine berries preserved for the 

 Winter, and besides the great quantities of 

 berries I have picked I have a nice full bed of 



plants. The Spring varieties, of course, IjaTe 

 , given us but little fruit. We did get some 

 i very nice fruit from the Fendall and BraDdy- 

 I wine in July, as there were lots of blooms tbat 

 i came after we picked off the early blossoms. 

 But I have the prettiest plants that I baye- 

 ever seen, and my neighbors and the passers 

 by tell us that they never saw anything like- 

 I it before. I have arranged for straw to cover 

 I my plants as soon as it freezes, as this is ae- 

 i cording to your instructions. I will send yon 

 ! a photograph next summer after the crop i& 

 \ on and assure you that you will get many 

 orders out of here next Spring. My husband 

 has taken great interest in my little patch of 

 j berries and says that he never tires in work- 

 ing them. We expect to get a larger plot of 

 i ground somewhere next season and plant a 

 still larger patch. 



MY CUSTOMERS ARE MY BEST SALES- 

 MEN. 



I try to grow the best for them it is possible 

 this business from Christmas to Christmas. 

 They do the selling. Their kind words keep 

 me cheerful while I am at work for them. 1 

 went into this business looking for and ex- 

 pecting success. I am proud to say that I 

 have not been disappointed. But on the other 

 hand my success has been far beyond my own 

 expectations. Here is the secret: I have done 

 my best to please every customer that I have 

 ever filled an order for. In most cases I have 

 succeeded. They have spread the news to 

 their neighbors and friends until Townsend's 

 name has become a household word. Town- 

 send's Thoroughbreds are known everywhere 

 that strawberry growing is practical to any 

 great extent. 



(Copied from R. N. Y.) 



Here is one of the greatest things we have 

 heard yet. It is from actual life; no dream or 

 fable. A genuine extract from a letter writ- 

 ten to a nurseryman. It reads as follows: 



I expected to plant an orchard this year, 

 but have decided to postpone it until next 

 year. On account of this being leap year, 

 I am told that if I plant in this season that 

 I cannot expect a crop except once in every 

 four years, after the orchard becomes in 

 bearing. 



Poor fellow! I would like to see this 

 man's wife. 



Many of our old ancestors stood on the 

 moon, and the wind in planting their different 

 crops, but we have failed to hear of the leap 

 year sign before. 



MORAL — Secure the BEST PLANTS and 

 SEEDS, and you need never think of the 

 moon, wind or leap year. TOWNSEND'S 

 kind grow any year. 



FALL-BEARIXG STRAWBERRY PIiA]?fTS 

 FRUITING IN POTS. 



We can supply large plants in pots during^ 

 August, September, October and November. 

 Each single large plant set in a six-inch pot, 

 loaded with blooms, green berries and ripe 

 berries at the same time for $1.00 each. Pack- 

 ing 2 5 cents extra for each pot. These straw- 

 berry plants in full fruit are just the tMng- 

 for table decorations. Can be had as late «» 

 Thanksgiving. 



Ever-Bearing strawberries have come to stay; 

 Fine, jaicy berries every day. 

 From June until frost they never stop. 

 Blooming and fruiting all over the plot. 



E. W. T. 



SUPLUS STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



Sometimes we have a lot of plants left of 

 varieties that there has been but little call 

 for. Many times these are our very 1)681 

 plants that have been priced a little higli to- 

 wards the close of the season. We may be 

 glad to get rid of them at a very low price. 

 Ask us what we have on Surplus Plants, We 

 can usually fill your bill late in April witli the 

 best plants for your section at the folloiying 

 prices: 



100 plants, 40 cents; 300 plants, ^1.00; 500 

 plants, $1.25; 1,000 plants $2.00; 5,000 plant* 

 $9.00. 



Always mention Surplus Plants when send- 

 ing an order at the above price. 



Lawtey, FJa- 



Mr. Town send. ^^^ , ,^ 



Dear Sir— Please add 7,000 more KloQdjie 

 plants to mv order. Your plants are certamly 

 comini? fine: if they keep on coming so ruee I 

 do not know when the growers will stop ordencF; 

 14,000 yesterday were the finest plants I ever saw. 

 Yours respectfully, A. M. E. 



