E. W. TOWNSEND & SONS, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 
(Howard 17) 
No variety ever introduced to the pub- 
lic has received as much praise as the 
PREMIER. No variety has ever been 
grown in such quantity, and no variety 
has made anything like as much money 
for the growers. And while there are 
now being introduced some 
marvelous varieties, which are 
almost sure to take the place 
of the PREMIER, it is going 
to be hard parting between 
growers and their old friend 
PREMIER. 
PREMIER has paid off thou- 
sands and thousands of old 
mortgages; purchased and paid 
for new homes, new barns, 
automobiles by the million, and 
the many other needy things 
too numerous to mention. And 
we predict that it will be 
grown in a large way for a great many 
years to come. For the past twelve 
years we have made PREMIER plants 
our specialty. We have grown them in 
larger quantities than any other nur- 
sery. We have shipped them to more 
than fifty thousand different customers, 
and over and over year after year these 
customers come back for more. 
While PREMIER is too well known 
by the leading growers to need a de- 
scription, however, for the new beginner 
we will say that PREMIER and Howard 
17 are one and the same variety. The 
variety was originated by Everett C. Howard of Belchertown, Mass., 
and has become known by many as Howard 17. 
PREMIER begins to ripen early. Covers a very long season. 
Unusually large crops of large to very large berries, uniform in 
size and color. 
Foliage strong and healthy, and not subject to disease. Grows well on any good rich garden soil in 
any part of the country. 
Last, PREMIER has never been known to miss a single crop from late frost. Blooms seem to be more 
hardy than most varieties. When you plant PREMIER you plant frost protection also. 
When you send TOWNSEND your order for PREMIER plants you get the best it is possible to grow. 
To show our abiding faith in PREMIER, we have grown this year 1931 the largest acreage of PREMIER 
plants that we have ever grown, and have the finest crop per acre. We have Good PREMIER plants 
enough to fill every order that comes to us, and the prices are the lowest that we have ever sold them. 
FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS WE HAVE MADE PREMIER (HOWARD 17) OUR BIG SPECIAL. 
SPECIAL PRICES TO LARGE GROWERS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 
NOTHING BUT OUR PREMIER FOR MR. ADAMS BOE ee ar ae NOTED FOR 
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G. J. ADAMS, South Orrington, Maine, writes: LEVI GARST, Salem, Va., writes: 
Enclose check as payment on my order of Premier We consider your Premier plants to be of the high- 
plants: The 5000 Premier plants we bought of you est quality; and a number of folks are still com- 
last year picked 8200 quarts; There is no other va- menting on the yield that I have made on your 
riety for us but your Premier Plants. With very Premier: which was 300-32 quart crates from one acre. 
many thanks for your courtesy to us and fair busi- I had the finest bed of Strawberries I have ever 
ness dealings. grown and I believe the best I have ever seen. 
TOWNSENDS STRAIN PREMIER HEAVIEST YIELDERS 
Ghent, New York. 
We have just finished our berry season and have had a good crop from your plants: the 50,000 Premiers yielded 
this year approximately 8,000 quarts to the acre. We consider your Premier the heaviest yielding strain of Premier 
on the market. DONALD COONS. 
THE HOME OF HOWARD'S SUPREME 
This Photo taken on the farm of A. B. 
Howard Sons, Belchertown, Mass.; while 
harvesting their crop of Howard's Su- 
preme and Howard '17 (Premier). Of 
which they are the originators. 
The phenomenal success obtained in 
originating new varieties of Strawber- 
ries by this firm and with the introduc- 
tion of Howard's Supreme and Howard 
17 have given to the strawberry world 
two varieties that will stand as a mem- 
orial to the History of the Famous 
Howard Strawberries; as being two of 
the greatest Strawberries Ever Intro- 
duced. 
