TOWNSEND NURSERIES INC. — SALISBURY — MARYLAND 



Always A Dependable Money- 

 Maker On Any Market 



ALL GROWN FROM ROOT CUTTINGS 



If you want to increase your profits, just bear this 

 fact in mind. One acre of blackberries will aver- 

 age 800 to 2000 quarts — and prices on this fruit 

 are always at a premium. Townsend's Select Strain 

 blackberry plants are of the same high standards that 

 have made our strawberry plants famous. They are 

 grown from strong root cuttings, because we know that 

 this method of propagating is far superior to sucker 

 plants. They make a much more fibrous rooted plant 

 and grow off much quicker after setting. One planting 

 lasts for several years, and the first crop generally more 

 than pays for the entire investment. After the first 

 crop, blackberry plants grow upright, standing in 

 bunches and often attaining heights in excess of 6 feet. 

 Despite the fact that we sell hundreds of thousands of 

 blackberry plants to commercial growers every year, we 

 sincerely believe that every home garden should contain 

 several of these easily grown plants. Not only will they 

 furnish plenty of big, tasty berries for making luscious 

 cobblers, wines, jams and jellies, but will also enable 

 you to sell off plenty of left-overs. 



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Bearing Age Blackberries 



The Earliest Of All 

 Blackberries 



This variety is unquestionably 

 the most productive of all the 

 early ripening blackberries. Its 

 growth is superlatively abundant 

 and vigorous, and the canes are 

 very hardy. It fruits a medium 

 large but very 

 firm berry that 

 is excellently 

 suited for ship- 

 ping purposes. 

 For a high qual- 

 ity early black- 

 berry — plant 

 Early Harvest. 



Always A Profitable 

 Investment 



Its vigorous and hi.rdy vine, 

 and its heavy fruiting quali- 

 ties have established for 

 Blowers the reputation of 

 being one of the leading 

 commercial varieties on the 

 market. Its berries are 

 borne in large clusters and 

 are sweet and melting to the 

 taste. Blowers is a heavy 

 producer — especially in the 

 northern states. Get in on 

 Blowers profits this season. 

 Order early. 



Bigger and Better Results With 

 Townsend's Select Strain 



EldoJutdo- 



IT LEADS THE FIELD 



Famous for being the most widely planted of all I 

 commercial blackberries, Eldorado's unexcelled pro- 

 ductiveness cannot be beaten. Its fragrant, jet i 

 black, large sized, practically coreless berry is in i 

 demand wherever and whenever blackberries are 

 marketed. Eldorado does exceptionally well even i 

 under extreme cold weather, and you can depend i 

 upon this hardy variety for satisfaction far beyond I 

 your greatest expectations. Eldorado is a mid-season 

 to late variety and is superb for making pies, jams, 

 jellies and wines. 



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SUCCEEDS ALMOST EVERYWHERE 



Known to have successfully withstood 35 degrees 

 below zero, the New Alfred's hardiness cannot be 

 adequately evaluated. This rugged producer of 

 large, sweet, coreless berries ripens a few days 

 earlier than Eldorado. Alfred's northern Michigan 

 origination has made it adaptable to all sections. 

 Growers in all of the northwestern states as well as 

 in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, New York 

 and Pennsylvania are loud in their praises as of the 

 merits of this new variety. We recommend the New 

 Alfred highly, and in our estimation, for a fine mid- 

 season variety, there is none better. 



Plants Arrive in Splendid Condition 



Cottageville, West Va. 

 Dear Sir : 



Blackberry and strawberry plants arrived in 

 splendid condition, and we are very mucch pleased 

 with them. 



Carl Gerlach 



