E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY • MARYLAND 



THIS TRADE MARK IS YOUR 

 PROTECTION FOR 7/tlU2- 

 &- A/atn&QUAUTY PLANTS 



For the past thirty-eight years, the name Town- 

 send has stood for "the best" in all phases of berry 

 growing and has become the by-word for true-to-name quality 

 plants and trees throughout the country. Because of the fine repu- 

 tation our plants have, many attempts have been made to sell 

 inferior plants and trees at lower prices to unsuspecting buyers, 

 representing these plants to be genuine Townsend products. 



In order to protect our customers against such practice five 

 years ago we adopted the policy of placing the Townsend Trade 

 Mark on every bundle of plants and trees shipped from our nurs- 

 eries. This trade mark is your assurance that you are getting 

 true-to-name stock and the high quality which Townsends' 

 plants and trees are noted for. 



Every bundle of Plants sent out by Town- 

 sends' is labeled true-to-name and carries 

 our Trade Mark 



MAKE MONEY GROWING STRAWBERRIES 



You can make big profits growing strawberries providing you secure 

 healthy, virorous plants with yielding qualities bred into them — 

 plants that will produce uniform berries of the highest quality — 

 berries that will bring top market prices. During the harvest season, 

 most markets, both local and distant, are well supplied with un- 

 profitable, small, undersized berries, while these same markets are 

 only too glad to pay premium prices for superior quality berries. 

 Townsends' plants have been bred to produce just such berries — 

 many of our customers telling us that their berries have been 

 topping the market from three to five cents per quart, an extra 

 profit which no grower of strawberries can afford to pass by. 



*LET US HELP YOU GET STARTED 



With ordinary care and attention, big crops of berries can be 

 obtained by even the inexperienced grower. Any instructions that 

 we have failed to include in our culture directions on page 23 of 

 this catalog will be gladly sent you free. We will make your problems 

 our problems and give you the benefit of our two generations ex- 

 perience. We also issue a complete culture guide on berry growing. 

 This booklet is free for the asking. 



• SATISFIED CUSTOMERS 



By following our instructions and advice, thou- 

 sands of our customers have grown with us. 

 These thousands have sent us tens of thousands 

 of new customers until today our long list of 

 satisfied customers enables us to operate the 

 largest strawberry plant growing and shipping 

 business in the world. We endeavor each year to 

 show our appreciation of this confidence by sell- 

 ing only the best plants and giving only the best 

 service it is humanly possible to give. 



• 38 YEARS EXPERIENCE 



When you buy Townsends' plants, not only do you 

 receive plants that are chock-full of vitality and in- 

 creasing yield, but you also get 38 years of practical 

 growing experience to aid you. Mr. G. G. Adams, 

 South Orrington, Maine, writes us: "Picked 8,200 

 quarts berries from two-thirds of an acre." F. D. 

 Rogers, Corydon, Pa., averages 11,700 quarts off an 

 acre. S. Hartman, of Virginia, picked 11,520 quarts 

 from an acre. 



There is no secret in making yields of this kind. 

 You will find that Townsends' Selected Strain of ap- 

 proved varieties will increase your yield also. 



M Guarantee 



be strictly ixoVCX »" eW ll5 



THE TOWNSEND FOUR-POINT 

 GUARANTEE and What It Means to You 



• QUALITY 



The good name of this firm and good will of its customers have been 

 built and preserved by always handling nothing but the highest grade 

 stocks available. Every plant or tree is the best that can be produced. 



• TRUTH 



Old customers know that they will always get the variety they order. 

 They have faith in us and we will not break it. 



• HEALTH 



Every plant we ship is healthy, thrifty, and free from all injurious 

 diseases. Diseased plants will produce dividends for neither you 



• PRODUCTIVENESS 



Any stock received by 

 understood and agreed 



Every plant that goes into our propagation fields is selected for its 

 heavy fruiting crowns. In this manner our stock is kept on its high 

 level in both productiveness and vitality. All plants are carefully 

 packed so that you receive them in condition to grow strongly and to 

 produce as you have the right to expect from plants bearing the 

 Townsend name, 

 you that does not meet these high standards will be replaced free. It is also 

 that in no case will we be liable for any sum larger than the purchase price. 



