E. W. TOWNSEND & SONS, SALISBURY, MD. 



THE PREMIER u>r Howard 17) 



One of the Longest Season Varieties . The Greatest Money Maker and Probably the Most 



Popular of all Varieties. 



Saturday following when it was taken to a photographer and the 

 photograph made which appears on page 3. The appearance 

 of the fruit had not changed enough during this most severe test 

 so that any one could have told it from a freshly picked quart of 

 berries. Any one knowing the effect of ice on strawberries in a re- 

 frigerator will marvel that this variety could stand such a test and 

 show no decay. 



We most heartily recommend Lord Salisbury to every one of 

 our customers, for either Home use, Local market, Market garden- 

 ers, and Commercial Growers, on our Guarantee to be in every way 

 as represented here. Season follows that of the Prince, being nearly 

 as early as the Premier, which is the next on our list. 



PREMIER 



The Premier needs no introduction I am proud to say. For 

 more than five years Premier has been considered in nearly all sec- 

 tions to be the greatest money maker on the list, and today holds 

 the same record in its season, which is Medium Early, and contin- 

 ues over a long very long period. With the possible exception of 

 the far South, Premier stands Supreme in Size, Productiveness, 

 Hardiness and Quality. Six years ago the writer began to speak in 

 high praise of this variety and offered it to every customer with 



