TOWNSEND NURSERIES INC.— SALISBURY— MARYLAND 



Still the Greatest 



Commercial Early 



Berry of Them All 



HEAVY YIELDS 

 GOOD GROWTH 

 FROM TOWNSEND'S 

 SELECT-STRAIN PLANTS 

 "AT NO EXTRA COST" 



Lancaster Co., Pa. 

 Nov. 6lh, 1950 



Gentlemen : 



Please book my order for 50,000 

 SELECT STRAIN PREMIER and 

 TOWN KING strawberry plants, for 

 1951 Spring Planting. 



To visit your nurseries is an inspira- 

 tion. To believe that anyone could see 

 at one glance over 100 acres of straw- 

 berries in one field, and every plant a 

 husky specimen. 



Your plants outyield all others, 

 from your stock we get yields of over 

 16,000 quarts per acre. 



Sincerely 

 M.O.S. 



PS^KiSBR 



NOW-ONLY $12.95per lOOOin 5000 Lots 



THE Premier strawberry is still the queen, and retains its popu- 

 larity with thousands of individual growers because it put a big 

 crop of fine appearing berries on the market first every time, and 

 does it under climatic conditions that often kill other varieties. 

 No other variety can supplant Premier for all around superiority. 

 Superiority as a money maker. Superiority inasmuch as Premier 

 eliminates crop failure, and by fruiting and ripening days and 

 often a week earlier. Premier never fails to command — and get — 

 the highest price. Premier has everything that its name implies, 

 and by our select strain method of growing, we have maintained 

 all of the high qualities that made Premier the immediate sen- 

 sation of the strawberry world when it was first introduced, and 

 has kept it there ever since. 



Our Strain of PREMIER is True-to-Name, Double Inspected, State Certified! 



Every bundle of Townsend's Premier has been double inspected and 

 certified by the Maryland State Dept. of Entomology. Our strain of 

 Premier is direct from the original planting and has been consistently 

 bred each year for heavier yields. Our new ground planting of Premier 



is one of the largest in the country — the quality has never been beller. 

 If you are seeking heavier yielding crops of large fine fruit, plant 

 Townsend's original strain of HEAVY YIELDING PREMIER. We will 

 reserve plants for you, digging and shipping whenever you are ready. 



COLORr— An aUractive, bright, 

 scarlet red, capped by a colorful 

 green calyx that serves to accen- 

 tuate the berries' color when 

 eyed by prospective buyers. 

 SIZE —Uniformly large, and under 

 favorable growing conditions, the 

 berries run to extra large sizes, 

 holding up well throughout the 

 entire ripening season and up 

 until the last picking. 

 FIBMNESS— Classed as a long 

 distance shipper where trucks are 



employed. Premier is ideal for 

 the market gardener because of 

 its lasting firmness. 

 VIGOR— Premier is a strong 

 healthy grower, making a good 

 fruiting bed on a wide range of 

 soils and climatic conditions. 

 QUALITY— A constant demand 

 over a period of years serves to 

 rank Premier among the fore- 

 most for flavor and quality. Rec- 

 commended for home use, local 

 sales or commercial markets. 



SEASON OF RIPENING— Premier 

 berries are among the first vari- 

 eties to ripen, and comes on the 

 market when other strawberries 

 are practically non-existant or in 

 their earliest stages. 



FROST RESISTANT— Premier is 

 practically immune to late spring 

 frosts. This is due to the peculiar 

 plant growth which it makes, al- 

 most completely hiding the blos- 

 som and protecting it from severe 

 cold. 



