THE TOWNSEND WAY 



When we start a crop of strawberry plants, we have 

 but one thing in mind, and that is to grow a better crop 

 of plants than we have ever grown before. Quality is 

 always put before quantity with us. It has always been 

 our aim to keep a step ahtud of our nearest competitors. 

 In this respect, we have no secrets. Our business meth- 

 ods in growing our great crops of plants is opon and 

 above board. 1st — We have the soil and climate to 

 start with. It is an admitted fact that no section on 

 earth is so favorable situated for the growing of strong 

 healthy plants as the famous Eastern Sho' of Maryland. 

 This added to our daily toil of preparing new land from 

 the brush, and properly putting it into shape, our meth- 

 od of selection and restriction of our propagating stock, 

 early planting and constant cultivation throughout the 

 growing season, is the main points of our success. 



Wh3n our crop is completed, we have a 100 par cent 

 crop. That is 100 per cent healthy and productive in 

 quality. We ourselves, not only say this, but thousands 

 and thousands of our customers throughout the country 

 will testify to this fact, and their actions speak louder 

 than anything we could say. In twenty-six years of suc- 

 cessful plant breeding and plant propagation, The Town- 

 sends Nurseries have constantly forged ahead until to- 

 day they stand at the top of the ladder as to the quality 

 of plants that they are producing, as well as the quan- 

 tity which they are yearly producing. 



TRUTH IN ADVERTISING IS OUR MOTTO. It 

 would be only foolishness for us to make these great 

 claims unless we backed it up with the goods Town- 

 sends plants have never failed to more than make good 

 every statement that we have made for them They 

 have* been tested time and time again with the so-called 

 Best in the World plants, and never have they been 

 found wanting. We believe that there is no other strain 

 of plants being offered by any concern in the business 



NUMBER OF PLANTS REQUIRED TO SET 

 AN ACRE AT A GIVEN DISTANCE APART 



Rows 24 inches apart plants 12 inch in row 20,000 

 Rows 3U inches apart plants 12 inch in row 17,000 

 Rows 36 inches apart plants 12 inch in row 14,000 

 Rows 42 inches t.part plants 12 inch in row 12,000 

 Rows 36 incl.es apart plants 18 inch in row 9,500 

 Rows 42 inches apart plants 18 inch in row 8,000 

 Rows 48 inches apart piants 18 inch in row 7,000 

 Rows 48 inches apart plants 24 inch in row 6,000 

 Rows 48 inches apart plants 36 inch in row 5,000 

 Rows 24 inches apart plants 24 inch in row 11,000 

 Rows 30 inches apart plants 30 inch in row 7,000 

 For hill culture rows should be either 24 inches, or 

 30 inches or 36 inches and plants set 12 inch in the row. 

 For matted row system rows should be either 42 in- 

 ches or 48 inches and plants set 18 inch to 24 inch in 

 row. 



A Very Special Offer 



will be made you on a 

 "Kant- Klog" Sprayer if 

 you are the first in your 

 locality to write The 

 Rochester Spray Pump 

 Co., 181 Broadway, 

 Y., and are sure to ask 



that equals the Townsend strain in turning out the 

 quarts and the dollars. We do not believe that there 

 is any concern in the business that can show you one 

 half as many acres of strong vigorous health plants as 

 we can show you on the Townsend plant farms. And 

 not withstanding all these acres of plants, we will be 

 compelled to return hundreds of orders that we cannot 

 fill. It is simply impossible to supply the great demand 

 for Townsencis High Grade plants. The only way to 

 be sure of getting your order filled is to get it in early. 

 If you do this, we promise that you will not be disap- 

 pointed in any way. 



Townsends plants are always reasonable in price. 

 We positively cannot sell our High Grade plants as 

 cheap in price as many others do; but one thing, our 

 customers who have been dealing with us for years 

 know, and that is, they have always got more value per 

 dollar spent with Townsend, than with any other con- 

 cern they have ever bought of. Strawberry plants is 

 no difference from buying bad shoes and good shoes, or 

 bad automobile tires and good tires. You can always 

 find the cheap shoes and cheap tires in price; but feel 

 sure that you have found them to be the most expensive 

 in the end. Nevertheless, there is a middle ground in 

 price. We have never believed in making a big charge 

 for an article just because we knew we could get it. We 

 do believe in putting out the very best article possible 

 and making a fair profit on the same. We contribute 

 this spirit as being a good part of our success. In our 

 enormous production of plants, we have been able to 

 cut expenses in many ways which has lessened the cost 

 of growing our great crops of plants. Another thing, 

 our fair prices have attracted the trade which have 

 stood by us, and in return for our square dealing, have 

 not failed to advertise our products to their friends and 

 neighbors. All of this has gone a long ways in building 

 the Townsends Nurseries on a solid foundation. 



Rochester, N, 



for their special offer No. 150 



GROWING STRAWBERRIES IN 

 HILLS Made easy by the use of 

 our circle runner cutter. 



It simply cuts all runners off 

 around the hill at one operation. 

 Only takes a few hours to cut the 

 runners from an acre. Strawber- 

 ries grow much larger in hills, have 

 better color, better flavor, and 

 bring more money. Hundreds of 

 our customers practice this method 

 and report the largest yields of 

 any system used. 



We make the cutter in 12" and 

 14" inch diameter. Price $8.00 

 each, F. O. B. 



E. W. Townsend & Sons are 

 sole distributors of the Krueger 

 runner cutter. 



PLANTS RECEIVED IN FINE ORDER 



Mr. Robert De Lancey. Springfield, 111., writes. April 4th 1925.— 

 Just received order No. 30795. Plants in fine condition and extra 

 fine plants. A pleasure to do business with such folks. 



TOWNSEND'S PLANTS BEST EVER 



Mr. Kennedy, of Connersville. Ind. writes — For quality and 

 quantity you got them ail "skinned." Best plants I ever bought and 

 you give best count. And besides your prices are certainly reason- 

 able for such plants as you sell. 



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