E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY • MARYLAND 



MILLIONS OF SELECT STRAIN 

 PREMIER ARE GROWN 

 ANNUALLY AT OUR 

 PLANT FARMS 



COMPLETE 



STRAWBERRY PRICES 



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Our strain of Premier is direct 



from the original planting and 



has been consistently bred each 



year for heavier yields. 



DOUBLE INSPECTED— 

 STATE CERTIFIED 

 Every bundle of Townsend's Prem- 

 ier has been double inspected and 

 certified by Maryland State Dept. 

 of Entomology. Why take a chance, 

 Order your premier from Town- 

 send. They cost no more than just 

 ordinary plants. 



TOWNSEND'S PREMIER IN 

 PENNSYLVANIA 



For 19 years we have purchased 

 our strawberry plants from Town- 

 sends; never a crop failure from 

 your Premier plants. They always 

 produce extra-heavy crops, your 

 Select-Strain Premier are produc- 

 ing even larger fruit, better quality 

 and averaging 18,750 quarts berries 

 per acre the past season off of 

 about four acres. We received for 

 this fruit $.20 to $.25 per quart, 

 and did not have enough berries 

 for our trade, when my neighbors 

 who bought some plants elsewhere 

 could not sell their berries for even 

 ten cents. OLIVER J. WEAVER. 

 Columbia County, N. Y. 



Quote me prices on 30,000 Pre- 

 mier, 20.000 Catskill. I bought over 

 40,000 strawberry plants from you 

 last year and had fine results, even 

 in dry weather. 



JOSEPH KUZYNA. 



(Mr. Kuzyna purchased over 

 77,000 Select-Strain plants.) 



THE MOST WIDELY PLANTED daft£u 

 STRAWBERRY EVER PRODUCED 



!?TIHE Premier strawberry is really premier 

 X because (1) No other early variety has ever 

 received so much praise, enjoyed such universal acceptance under 

 all possible growing conditions. (2) No other variety has made 

 as much money for growers. There may be others that will supplant 

 Premier in certain localities, but for good all-around consistency, 

 we predict that Premier will continue to lead for years to come. 



By careful plant selection and our select strain method of growing, we have 

 maintained all the high qualities that made Premier the immediate sensation 

 of the strawberry world when we first introduced it to our trade. Millions of 

 select strain new ground grown Premier plants are grown and shipped an- 

 nually from our nursery to the Largest Berry Growing Associations and 

 thousands of individual growers in every section of the country. These growers 

 realize the heavy yielding quality of our strain of Premier plants, and today 

 Townsend's are recognized as headquarters for the original strain of HEAVY 

 YIELDING PREMIER. 



Our new ground planting of Premier is one of the largest in the country 

 and have made a nice growth. The quality was never better. If you are 

 looking for a heavy yielding strain of Premier, send along your order after 

 receiving this catalogue. We will reserve plants for you, digging and ship- 

 ping whenever you are ready to set. 



WTiile Premier is well known by the majority of berry growers, for the benefit 

 of the new planters we describe Premier as follows: 



Color — Medium bright red and very at- 

 tractive with its large green cap that 

 shows off the berry to advantage when 

 placed on the market. 



Size — Under favorable growing condi- 

 tions the berries will run large to extra 

 large and very uniform size, holding up 

 well to the last picking. 



Firmness — Premier can be classed as a 

 long distant shipper where trucks are 

 used. For the market gardener its firm- 

 ness will be found to be very satisfac- 

 tory. 



Vigor — Premier is a strong, healthy 



grower, making a good fruiting bed on 

 a wide range of soils and climatic con- 

 ditions. 



Quality — Stands out as one of the best 

 flavored berries grown. 



Season of Ripening — In the North 

 Premier is one of the first varieties to 

 ripen. It can be put on the market from 

 a week to ten days ahead of the mid- 

 season varieties. 



Frost Resistant — Premier has long been 

 noted for its frost resistance and I 

 have never heard tell of a Premier crop 

 failure due to late frosts. 



A Premier and Howard 17 are one and the same variety. The variety was 

 originated by A. B. Howard Sens of Belchertown, Mass., and in many sec- 

 tions Premier is known by the name, Howard 17. 



^ YOU! can increase your yields and profits at "No Extra Cost" by plant- 

 ing Townsend's Select Strain New Ground Grown Premier "Known in 

 every berry growing section as the heaviest yielding strain grown." 



ALL DOUBLE INSPECTtD— STATE CERTIFIED 



WE SELL ANNUALLY MILLIONS OF TOWNSEND SELECT STRAIN PREMIER 



