E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY • MARYLAND 



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• Deep Feeder • Drought Resistant 

 • Good Plant Maker • Heavy Yielder 

 •Widely Planted in New England States 



Quality — Not surpassed by any variety on our list. 

 Wonderfully flavored, fine for canning. Color deep 

 red. Firm with excellent keeping qualities. 

 Size — Howard's Supreme is noted for its extra large 

 size fruit with a double dark green cap. It is one 

 of the most attractive of all strawberries. Bring top 

 price on market. 

 Strong Grower — Grows vigorous in all soils. Plants are 

 fibrous rooted, having a deep feeding habit. It will make 

 a good fruiting bed even under unfavorable growing 

 conditions. 



Productiveness — At official test of Connecticut Agri- 

 cultural Station, Mt. Carmel, Connecticut, it produced 

 at the rate of 15,110 quarts per acre. Mr. Virgil Morse 

 of Lincoln County, Maine, picked 7.000 quarts from l 2 

 acre in 1936. Mr. A. Quigley, Hampshire County, Mass.. 

 picked 600 quarts from 1/16 of an acre. 

 Season — can be classed as early to midseason variety, 

 ripening a few days behind Premier. 



f As Howard Supreme is an imperfect flowering variety 

 and a heavy producer, it should be well pollinized by 

 planting equal rows (2 rows of each) with such varieties 

 as Premier, Dorsett, or Aberdeen. 



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New Jersey trial grounds have proved Pathfinder to be one of the out- 

 standing varieties it is possible to obtain. It is an enormous producer of 

 large to extra large berries of fine texture, shape and dimness 

 plant growth and good fruiting bed are characteristics oi this 



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 Dorsett 

 and Fairfax. Townsends' strain of Pathfinder has beer. d and 



selected from the original strain. We recommend that you jii 

 this year. But the supplv is limited, so please order earlv. We will reserve 

 plants and ship at proper planting time. 



plant growth and good fruiting bed are characteristics oi tnis ou 



/I /f Pathfinder ripens 

 ~ the same : 



