TOWNSEND NURSERIES INC. — SALISBURY — MARYLAND 



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Your Garden Needs 

 From 



TOWNSEND NURSERIES 



THE WORLD'S LARGEST 



Growers and Shippers of 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS! 1 



WHEN you purchase Townsend plants you know that 

 you are going to receive plants that are disease-free 

 and just waiting to demonstrate the vigorous, 

 healthy and vitalized growing properties that 47 

 years of growing experience can produce. Tens of thous- 

 ands of satisfied customers enable us to operate one of the 

 largest growing and shipping businesses in the world. We, 

 in our turn, endeavor each year to show our appreciation of 

 this confidence entrusted in us by selling only plants that are 

 authentically true to name and reflect our reputation by 

 being the best plants that money can buy. Streams of letters 

 from satisfied customers continuously praise the hardiness 

 and the superior yielding qualities of Townsend plants. 

 There is no secret behind these proven facts. You will find 

 that Townsend Select Strain plants of approved varieties, 

 will provide you with increased yields also. 



We Will Help You Get Started 



Since our best recommendations are not written — but grown 

 — we are very definitely interested in the results that you get 

 with our plants. We want to number you along with other 

 thousands of satisfied customers, so allow us to make your 

 problem ours. Even an inexperienced grower can enjoy the 

 satisfaction (and profit) incurred by growing bumper crops. 

 Ordinary care by you, coupled with the 47 years of growing 

 experience that is behind the instruction under Culture 

 Directions on Pages 6 and 7 by us, can get you the desired 

 results. Any instructions we have failed to include will be 

 gladly sent to you, free of charge, upon request. We also 

 issue a complete culture guide. This booklet is free and 

 yours for the asking. 



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i Our Packing Method 



When you order your plants from us, you 

 are assured of receiving your order in a fresh, 



f rowing condition. The management of 

 'ownsend Nurseries has not spared any ex- 

 pense on research work pertaining to the 

 shipping of perishable plants. Our NEW 

 MODERN PACKING HOUSE, with CON- 

 TROLLED STORAGE assures our customers 

 beyond any doubt that our plants are kept 

 fresh, from the hour they come from the 

 fields, until they are pre-cooled just before 

 being delivered to the transportation com- 

 panies enroute to you. Plants are packed 

 into light (but desirable) packages and ven- 

 tilated crates. A portion of fine, cool damp 

 spagnum moss is placed around all the roots, 

 to preserve the moisture, and to keep the 

 plants perfectly cool while in transit. 



> Fibrous Roots 



The fibrous root system is an important 

 factor in getting a 100% stand after setting. 

 To grow such a plant, proper soils and plant 

 food must be used such as that on our plant 

 farms. Our forty-^even years of experience 

 in growing berry plants has given us valuable 

 information on growing a properly balanced 

 plant — one that will grow and produce the 

 yields you have a right to expect. 



> Prompt Service 

 Quick Deliveries 



One and a half million plants a day . 

 that's our daily digging capacity! Weather 

 permitting, our large crew is on the job 24 

 hours a day throughout the shipping season. 

 This immense productive capacity is your 

 guarantee of prompt attention and shipment 

 of your order, regardless of size. A trial this 



J ear will convince you that with us, SERV- 

 CE is much more than just a word. 



Clean Trimming of Plants 

 Makes Easy Setting 



Plants received from the nurseries well trim- 

 med, not only save customers time when 

 setting, but also saves them extra transporta- 

 tion charges that must be paid for excessive 

 decayed foliage on improperly trimmed plants. 

 There is very often the added loss of the 

 plants themselves, caused by the heating of 

 this foliage in transit, which in turn, causes 

 bud decay or dried roots. This thorough 

 cleaning of all plants is an important part 

 played by our experienced plant diggers each 

 year, and helps our customers to get big 

 yields of quality fruit. 



