(CULTURAL DIRECTIONS Continued) 



more of the imperfect variety. This will insure proper mating if 

 both varieties bloom at the same lime. A very good plan is to set 

 half and half of each. The following perfect flowering varieties are 

 good polinizers fcr imperfect sorts. Sen Dunlap. Gibson. Big Joe. 

 Ford, Premier, Chesapeake. Delicious, Eaton. Aroma, Lupton. Wm. 

 Belt. 



In aelecti - . ■ . '• 



the varieties listed ;is early varieties in the price list, need no 

 other to plan: with any of them, being all perfect bloomers. In 

 the Early to MiJ Season varieties you will find a few Imperfect 

 sorts, and any of the varieties marked (Per) under this heading 

 will polinize the imperfect sorts satisfactorily, and so on with the 

 Medium to Late, and Late to very Late. All the varieties of ever- 

 bearing we are listing need no polinizing. as they are all perfect 

 bloomers. 



For instance. TOWNSEND'S BIG LATE is (Imp) and needs 

 Ford, Lupton, or Chesapeake planted with it. either variety men- 

 tioned will do, and Townsend's Big Late is one of the best if not 

 the best late berries, regardless of sex, on the list. 



REMOVING BLOSSOMS.— It is very important to remove the 

 blossoms or young green berries from all young plants. With he 

 standard sorts this means only one time, but with the ever-bearing 

 it is necessary in order to have the mother plant make a good 

 strong plant before fruiting to cut the blossoms two to three times. 

 Outside of this ever-bearing varieties are grown in the same way 

 as standard varieties. 



CULTIVATING AND HOEING.— Cultivating should start soon 

 after plants are set and continued every week or ten days as long 

 as weeds grow, and by all means cultivate very shallow near the 

 plant just allowing a dust mulch to form. 



The middle of the row may be kept worked a little deeper than 

 next to the plant. The hoe will keep the beds clean, and the ants 

 always. 



Often cultivation has saved a many strawberry patch trom ruin 

 during a drouth. Too many growers stop the cultivators in the 

 berry field because there is no grass growing in dry weather. 

 DON'T DO THIS. Dry weather is the most important time of all 

 to give often cultivation. Every three days during a long drouth 

 will save the field. 



AS TO SPRAYING.— We are not subject to plant disease here 



on the Eastern Shore and are not capable of recommending the 

 right sprays for plant disease. We have in sections here what is 

 known as a strawberry beetle that eats the stem off while the 

 berry is in bloom. A dust of 15% arsenic of lead and S5'< dry 

 sulphur has been found to route these beetles. A low down spray- 

 ing machine (small duster) with a motor driven spray that is set 

 on a low down platform with small wheels abort eight inches high 

 is made for this purpose. The bed is raked first with a weeder 

 and the spray applied early in the morning, or late in the after- 

 noon. Rows sprayed each way, the dust is driven under the leaves 

 and into the old trash just before the blossoms open so the beetle 

 can get in his work. I am informed by one of my Delaware cus- 

 tomers tht he saved his entire crop when neighbors lost practically 

 all. Write Rochester Spray Pump Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



CARRYING OVER AN OLD BED.— There are many ways to 

 handle an oh) bed, as the seasons are different no best way can be 

 laid down that I know of. I have had good success and bad in 

 several ways. Our way is to plow up the whole bed as soon as we 

 are through picking, and plant to another crop. 



As I had rather set out a new bed every spring then care for 

 the old bed, and often find it much cheaper. I know of neighbors 

 who allow the patch to stand all summer as they leave it after 

 fruiting season, and early in the fall cultivate out the middles good, 

 pull the weeds from the plants and haul them out, give an ap- 

 plication of fertilizer and two or three cultivations, and have a 

 fairly good patch for another season. But if the summer has been 

 dry this will not work very well, as most of the plants' will die 

 wanting for moisture. Some bar plow the rows as soon as fruiting 

 season is over, pull out the grass and weeds, fertilize them and 

 hoe and cultivate all summer ; this is about as good as any, except 

 it is expensive. 



Some growers run the mowing machine over the beds directly 

 after fruiting, as soon as the growth dies set it on fire catching the 

 wind plowing strong and burn the patch over. Then cultivate 

 and hoe balance of the summer. 



The above is about the way I see the farmers throughout Mary- 

 land, Delaware and New Jersey handle their fields. But many 

 do as we do on our farms, plow up and plant to another crop as 

 soon as possible. As the fields are usually manured for the berry 

 crop we can grow a good crop of potatoes, corn, soy beans, cow- 

 peas or most any other crop. 



L. S- TOWNSEND, Shipping Dept. Manager 



PREMIER A FAVORITE IN INDIANA 



Mr. Geo. B. Welch, Connersville, Ind. Picked 3,600 

 Quarts Per Acre At One Picking. 



Mr. Welch writes us under date Feb. 20, 1925, 

 as follows: 



"When you get something better than the 

 Premier I want it. They pick twice as many ber- 

 ries as Dunlap or Burrill, stand up better and 

 bring better prices. I sat down between two rows 

 of Premier and picked four quarts without mov- 

 ing. Picked one row down and walked back to 

 the end stepping over a full quart at every step. 

 This is at the rate of 3,500 quarts per acre, or 

 more than 20,000 quarts per acre for the season". 



TOWNSEND'S PLANTS POPULAR IN FLORIDA 



Enclosed find check for $136.00 to cover the enclosed orders. 

 Kindly rush these orders out, if you please. The season is get- 

 ting late, and want to say that every one seems highly pleased 

 with your plants you are sending us. 

 (Signed) Williams Seed Co., Plant City, Fla. 



TO WHOM IT MA Y CONCERN: 



tEfjiS 3f£> tEo Cfrtifp, That on one acre of ground planted to Strawberries grown from Nursery plants 

 purchased from E. W. 'lownsend iff Sons, Salisbury, Md., through their local Agent, I. S. Coon, of Kath- 

 leen, Fla., I picked and sold as follows: 38 1 8 quarts of strawberries, which netted me $1 130.38, and in 

 addition to what I tacked and sold I estimate that I left on the vines at least 2,000 quarts that I could have 

 gathered and realized probably 15c per qt. The variety grown was lownsends' Missionary. 



[Signed] J. A. DUNN 

 Sworn to before me this 13th day of June, 1 02 5. 

 John Houghton, Notary Public 



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