WORLD'S LARGEST GROWERS OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS ) 
MIDLAND =: 
Vigorous 
owen! 
EARLY 
BERRY 
IDLAND, first intro- 
duced in 1946 on a 
purely experimental 
basis, has proven itself to 
be an all-around superior 
early variety well worth 
your investment. - Especially 
recommended for quick freez- 
ing. Our reports from various sec- 
tions of the country warrant us in 
highly endorsing Midland to customers 
who have learned to rely on the Townsend 
Nurseries’ word. 
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We Report to You as Follows: 
OHIO_ plants strong grower, berries extra large. 
big cropper. 
Succeeds 
Where others fail! 
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KANSAS_ Plants vigorous grower. berries tna to 
extra large, does not make as ready a fruiting bed 
as Premier. 
QUALITY—Has rich strawberry flavor, ICC 
not too sweet and certainly not classed as 
a sour berry. 
SEASON OF RIPENING—Early, about 
same season as PREMIER. 
VIGOR—Makes a strong fruiting plant, 
rather than a matted row of small plants. 
A beautiful growing plant. 
SIZE—Berries average better than large, 
with 22 to 28 select berries filling a quart 
basket. 
FIRMNESS—Extremely firm berries, can 
be shipped long distance. Berries have that 
fresh look 2 to 3 days after picked. Ideal 
FREEZING—One of the better varieties 
for market. 
PRODUCTIVENESS—Produces tremendous 
of strawberries for quick-freezing—where 
you want the berries sliced before freezing. 
heavy yields. Reported as much as 2 quarts 
of berries from each plant originally set. 
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SOURI__Larger berries than Premier, about the 
same in yields. 
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\—-Likes MIDLAND, for extra large 
fects, and heavy producer. 
PENNSYL \—Midland seems to do better on 
the lower fertile soils of this State, than the average 
variety of the same season. For average Pennsylvania 
Cee PREMIER is preferred for the early variety. 
YORK__Midland has had a little frost trouble 
in Ve State on the very early blooms. Folks like 
eS oe bright berries, ~ 
EW FERSET —On light soils not so good—heavy 
soils the dae are large and bring premium prices. 
" GLAND STATES — stilt prefer PREMIER 
—~ags a as for the early variety. Have some very 
eulandine reports for MIDLAND in the States of 
Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
