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TOWNSEND'S MISSIONARY— The Leading Southern Commercial Variety. 



THE COLLINS 



"The King of Canners," introduced in 1915 by C. E. Whitten & 

 Son. As a canner, Collins leads them all. Collins is of the Dunlap 

 type, both in plants and fruit. It is firmer in texture, which makes 

 it ideal for canning purpose. Fruits in abundance on any soil. 

 Color dark red, firm and sweet. Size about equal to Dunlap. Some 

 of our Southern customers are well pleased with Collins. Especially 

 for home market and home use. In all canning sections it is planted 

 largely. 



TOWNSENDS MISSIONARY 



The Missionary was introduced by the Townsend Nursery 1908. 

 Our stock of plants was received from Norfolk County, Va. We sold 

 one order the first season to a Mr. Harp, of Kathleen, Fla. The fol- 

 lowing season we sold more than 100 orders in that State. In 1908 

 we sold more than One Million plants in that state. And from 1906 

 until 1924 we have sold all together more than 75,000,000 Mission- 

 ary plants to the Florida Growers. Missionary took the place of 

 such varieties as Lady Thompson, Excelsior, Mitchells Early, and 

 etc. , and put Florida on the map as a Strawberry State. The Mis- 

 sionary is an early variety, especially adapted to the Southern 

 States, but does well in all sections. It is moderately productive, 

 large size, and very firm. A strong hardy grower. Since 1915 we 

 have bred up our strain of Missionary plants to be nearly twice as 

 productive as when they were first introduced. We grow every year 

 a very laige plot of select Missionary plants for those willing to 

 pay the extra price and get the large select plants, which are the 

 same as used in all our breeding fields for propagating the Millions 

 of Townsends Missionary plants. We are always headquarters for 

 the Missionary. Price of select plants $2.00 per 1000 over the price 

 charged for regular stock in list price. 



