8 TOWNSEND NURSERIES INC.—SALISBURY—MARYLAND 
*BRED FOR HEAVY YIELDS! 
*IMMUNE FROM _ DISEASE! 
QUALITY — Berries firm, flavor is rich, beau- 
tiful sparkling appearance. 
PRODUCTIVITY —One of the largest pro- 
ducers in the strawberry field, Sparkle ranks 
with Premier-Temple and Catskill. 
SIZE—_On fertile soil with plenty of moisture, 
Sparkle is larger than Catskill. Average con- 
ditions the variety is somewhat smaller, and 
the grower should not let the fruiting bed 
make too heavy of a matted row of plants 
where larger berries are wanted. 
DISEASE RESISTANT —Sparkle is immune 
to red stele root disease with which some soils 
are plagued. Truly a variety for Ohio, New 
York State and some parts of New England 
where this red stele disease has been found. 
Sparkle will grow and produce where other 
varieties fail. 
Townsend experienced labor hand dig and clean 
350,000 Sparkle plants a day for your orders. 
Truly Magnificent! 
DELICIOUS @ ATTRACTIVE 
Mid-Season Berry 
pee hee ore: Wharket 
_ DEVELOPED BY THE NEW 
AGRICULTURAL STATIO 
N OUR 1948 Catalog we stated that 
| SPARKLE was in its infancy—now we 
can state definitely that this is quickly 
developing as one of America’s outstand- 
ing varieties. Sparkle has captured the 
praise of large strawberry growers, par- 
ticularly in such states as New York, New 
England States, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
Ohio, and West Virginia. Sparkle has 
been used with great success in certain 
parts of these states where Catskill does 
not produce sufficient fruiting beds for a 
large commercial crop of mid-season ber- 
ries. Sparkle is a beautiful growing plant, 
making a fine fruiting bed on almost any 
type of soil. Be sure to include some 
Sparkle plants in your 1950 settings. 
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