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TOWNKINC (Late perfect flowering) Stands 

 at the top of the list as the most perfect 

 late strawberry. A strong healthy grower 

 producing a good fruiting bed of plants on 

 the average soil. In production it ranks 

 with the very best late varieties, in fact for 

 several years in various test plots through- 

 out the country, it has outyielded such 

 varieties as Chesapeake, Gandy, Sample, 

 Lupton and Wm. Belt about two to one in 

 color, shape, size, beauty and firmness. It 

 is simply in a class by itself. Has a soft 

 mild flavor, so mild in fact that any person 

 can eat them from the vines, where an acid 

 berry is objectionable. It has been 

 truthfully described by one of our cus- 

 tomers, as the "New Late Berry With- 

 out A Fault." Tow^nking was originated 

 by the late T. A. Washburn, Allen, ■ 

 Maryland. Was a chance seedling 

 found growing on a ditch bank in the 

 middle of a meadow that had never 

 been cultivated. From this small beginning 

 only a few years ago, and without any ex- 

 tensive advertising, Townking has become 

 the leading late strawberry in most straw- 

 berry sections of the country, being widely 

 planted from coast to coast. 



READ WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT TOWNKING 



TOWNKING TOPS THE MARKET 



Mr. J. K. Barnhart, New Carlisle, Ohio. 

 Townking has done exceptionally fine for 

 me. Never saw such fine berries and the 

 best sellers on the market. 



At the Pittsville. Maryland, auction block 

 the past season, Townking never failed to 

 top the market, often bringing fifty cents 

 to a dollar per crate over the famous Ches- 

 apeake, which is at home in that section. 



Delta, Pa. 

 I am growing six varieties of Strawber- 

 ries. I shall try Townking again next 

 year— they were the largest berries of any 

 variety I have ever planted, most attrac- 

 tive and very showy, and I can always 

 realize from five to ten cents more per 

 quart for these berries. 



W. E. NEWLIN. 



Bucanan Countv, Ale, 

 November 5th, 1933. 

 GENTLEMEN :- 



I fruited several varieties of strawberries 

 the past Spring, and Townking outranked 

 all of them by far. All were planted on 

 the same ground, it sure is an ideal berry. 

 It has the size, color and productiveness, 

 and looks just as fresh on the market, as 

 when first picked from the vines. It 

 brought as high as a dollar per crate more 

 than Premier, and they were large as hen 

 eggs. You may think I am exaggerating, 

 but I have seen people take a knife and 

 eat them like an apple. I expect to set 

 seven to eight acres next Spring, and 

 ninety per cent will be Townkins;. 



HENRY DITTMORE. 



TOWNKINC OUTYIELDS BEST 

 LATE VARIETIES 



MR. CLYDE DAVIS, Pittsville, Maryland. 

 Townking best strawberry I have ever 

 grown or seen grown. Surpasses such va- 

 rieties as Chesapeake. Lupton, Big Joe both 

 in quality and production. 



Greensburg, Penna. 

 GENTLEMEN :- 



We have been growing your Townking 

 and our customers are so tickled with them 

 that we have discarded all other late va- 

 rieties. The berries are simply beautiful, 

 far surpassing the other late kinds on our 

 soil. 



MR. & MRS. A. K. McCLINTOCK. 



New York State. 

 GENTLEMEN :- 



Please send catalogue listing Townking. 

 I have seen this berry growing here, and 

 without doubt it is the finest late berry 

 I have ever seen. My neighbor picked 

 better than 7000 quarts per acre, outyield- 

 ing the well known Chesapeake. 



WM. BRANT. 



E. W. TOWNSEND & SONS. 



Gentlemen: Enclosed find order for more 

 plants. I ordered Townking plants from 

 you in 1932. These were the nnest plants 

 that I have ever set. 



HARRY S. GRAFF. OHIO. 



At the Experimental farm of Wm. Kehr. 

 Perkasie, Penna.. Townking led Chesapeake 

 in yield, beginning at the same time and 

 fruiting several days later. 



COMPARING TOWNKINC WITH 

 LUPTON 



Annual Strawberry Report from Allegheny 

 County Agriculture Extension Asso- 

 ciation of Pennsylrania. 

 Made June '.iOth, 1930. 



The Lupton. Townking and Mayqueen are 

 similar in most respects and each produce 

 enormously large berries. Lupton is a 

 poor plant maker which probably accounts 

 for its standing, as it is the lowest of the 

 three in production. Townking surpassed 

 Big Joe. Chesapeake, and Lupton in yield. 

 Recommends Townking and Mayqueen for 

 exceptionally large berries. 

 Varieties tested and yield from twenty-five 



feet of row 

 Aberdeen .28^2 Qts. Premier .. .14'^ Qt< 



Ford 14 •• Big Joe ... 5»4 " 



Wm. Belt .14 McAlpine .ITU " 



Chesapeake 6*4 " Townking . 7 " 



Lupton ... 5 " Mayqueen .11 " 



Fleetwood. Penna. 

 January 18th. 1933. 

 Lupton good plant maker, large size, shy 

 yielder. poor quality. Townking good plant 

 maker, large size, good yielder. good qual- 

 :iv and good shipper Two distinct varie- 

 ties. ROBERT G. YORGEY. 



Oneida Countv. N. Y. 

 GENTLE^rEN:- 



One row of Townking picked as many 

 berries as two rows Lupton. and no com- 

 parison in size or quality. I have been 

 growing Townkine now for several vears. 

 J. W BEAN. 



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