WORLD'S LARGEST GROWERS OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



EARLY 

 BERRY 



MIDLAND Succeeds 

 Where others fail! 



• QUALITY — Has rich strawberry flavor, 

 not too sweet and certainly not classed as 

 a sour berrv. 



• SEASON OF RIPENING— Early, about 

 same season as PREMIER. 



• VIGOR — Makes a strong fruiting plant, 

 rather than a matted row of small plants. 

 A beautifulgrowing plant. 



• SIZE — Berries average better than large, 

 with 22 to 28 select berries rilling a quart 

 basket. 



• FIRMNESS— Extremely firm berries, can 

 be shipped long distance. Berries have that 

 fresh look 2 to 3 days after picked. Ideal 

 for market. 



• FREEZING — One of the better varieties 

 of strawberries for quick-freezing — where 

 you want the berries sliced before freezing. 



• PRODUCTIVENESS— Produces tremend- 

 ous heavy yields. Reported as much as 2 

 quarts of berries from each plant originally 

 set. 



IDLAND, first intro- 



ducted in 1946 on a 

 purely experimental 

 basis, has proven itself to 

 be an all-around superior 

 early variety well worth your 

 investment. Especially recom- 

 mended for quick freezing. Our 

 reports from various sections of 

 the country warrant us in highly en- 

 dorsing Midland to customers who have 

 learned to rely on the Townsend Nurseries' 

 >rd 



We Report to You as Follows: 



OHIO — Plants strong grower, berries extra large, 

 big cropper. 



KANbAb — Plants vigorous grower, berries large to 



extra large, does not make as ready a fruiting bed 



as Premier. 



MISSOURI — Larger berries than Premier, about the 



same in yields. 

 WEST VIRGINIA —Likes MIDLAND, for extra large 



berries, and heavy producer. 



PENNSYLVANIA —Midland seems to do better on the 

 lower fertile soils of this State, than the average 

 variety of the same ssason. For average Pennsylvania 

 soils, PREMIER is preferred for the early variety. 



NEW YORK —Midland has had a little frost trouble 

 in this State on the very early blooms. Folks like 

 the large bright berries. 



NEW JERSEY — On light soils pot so good — heavy 

 soils the berries are large and bring premium p 



NEW ENGLAND STATES —Still prefer PREMIER 

 — as a whole for the early variety, \\a\c some 

 outstanding reports tor MIDLAND in the St.Kv 

 Connecticut and Massachusetts. 



