GARDEN ROOTS AND VEGETABLE PLANTS 



While prices are low, and Quality the very best, now's 

 the time to start a permanent Vegetable Garden. A bed of 

 Asparagus which is good for years, and a few hills of 

 Rhubarb, are both valuable additions to any Home Garden. 

 The Market Gardener will not lose when he can start a 

 permanent field of these plants, at today's low prices. 



Stock up your Garden this year with Townsend's selected 

 vegetable plants. Due to the fact that our catalogue space 

 does not permit the entire list of vegetable plants we offer, 

 we have issued a complete vegetable plant booklet. Anyone 

 interested in the choicest stock and varieties should write 

 for a copy, which we will gladly mail. 



ASPARAGUS 



Plenty of Asparagus for a family of six can be grown on a plot 12x16 feet square. In 

 small gardens the Asparagus bed can be placed in one corner or along the fence. The 

 crowns of plants should be 8 inches below the surface and roots well spread out, spacing 

 them 12 inches apart in rows 3 feet wide for garden culture. For field culture plants 

 should be spaced 18 inches apart in rows 6 to 8 feet apart. 

 An Asparagus bed properly cared for will produce good re- 

 sults for a period of seventeen years. Our 3 year size roots yAI^^B^^^A^^^--^ 

 will produce Asparagus the first year set. " ~ - - 

 MARY WASHINGTON A strain selected from the Washington 

 variety, much heavier stocks, and greater producer than origi- 

 nal Washington variety. Practically blight-resistant. 

 PEDIGREED WASHINGTON A new strain from the Mary Wash- 

 ington, having been selected for its large stocks of bluish green, 

 and rust-resistance qualities. One of the best varieties of 

 Asparagus. 



ASPARAGUS PRICES 



25 100 250 1000 



1 Year $0.40 $1.00 $2.00 $6.00 



2 Year 55 1.20 2.35 7.50 



3 Year 1-00 2.00 4.00 12.00 



500 Plants at thousand rate, ask for special prices on lots of 



5000 or more. 



Asparagus by parcel post, add 8c each 25 plants to cover 

 postage. 



RHUBARB 



Rhubarb pie and sauce have just the right tartness and flavor that one desires during the 

 first days of Spring. Rhubarb is easily grown, and six to ten hills will supply the average 

 family. Any out-of-the-way place will be suitable for Rhubarb. Hills should be spaced 4 feet 

 apart, and about every seven years the hills should be divided, and roots reset. 



MYATT'S LINNAEUS Large tender and fine, one of ^^HP-,'1^^ ^o^^^^^* ci ^s 



the very best to plant, makes good sauce and pies. *'^<;'J. :: *"fin in rnnt! I'ln 



QUEEN Extra strong grower of large stocks of a « roots .60 50 roots 3.00 



pink color for cooking in any way its quality is Rhubarb by" parcel post, add 3 cents each 



unsurpassed. plant to cover postage. 



SWEET POTATO PLANTS 



Delivery any time after (May 20tli 

 IVIARYLAND GOLDEN We are only listing one variety of sweet potato 

 plant, as we consider the NEW MARYLAND GOLDEN far superior to 

 any variety now on the market. It having produced this past year on our 

 farms, where we grow no other variety, 400 bushels of number one po- 

 tatoes to the acre. Every market in the country receiving MARYLAND 

 GOLDEN have praised it highly, the daily market reports in such mar- 

 kets as Pittsburgh, New York, Detroit and Cleveland quote this variety 

 from 25 to 40 cents premium over any other on their market. The color 

 is just what the market wants, a deep rich golden yellow, with a slight 

 pinkish cast, holding its color perfect when cooked. It is not of the dry 

 type like Little Stem Jersey, or of the wet type like the Yam. It being 

 only slightly moist at any state of maturity. This variety was originated 

 at the Maryland State Agriculture College in 1930, a few of these plants 

 were distributed in 1931 for testing. It created a sensation among the 

 sweet potato growers of this section to such an extent that at the present 

 time plants are very scarce, and meet with a ready sale. We are offering 

 our customers in limited quantities only, plants grown from certified 

 seed, and would advise anyone interested in growing sweet potatoes for 

 market or home use to set some of this variety. You will be pleased 

 with them. 



SWEET POTATO PLANT PRICES 



100 Plants $0.75, 250 Plants $1.25, 500 Plants $2.00, 1000 Plants $3.50. 



IVIARYLAND GOLDEN CERTIFIED SEED. For growers who wish 



to grow their own ^iARYLAND GOLDEN plants, we offer certified seed 



stock, delivery of which can be made any time from our storage house. 



Price $3.50 per bushel 



Cabbage and Sweet Potato Plants by Mail 



If Cabbage and Sweet Potato Plants are to be shipped by 

 Parcel Post, use same rates as for Strawberry Plants, found 

 on page .31. 



Frost Proof CABBAGE PLANTS 



Tliis year we have grown on our farms here in Maryland, a stock of several mil- 

 lion Winter Hardened Cabbage Plants, which will be ready for shipment Febru- 

 ary 15th, making daily shipments until May 1st. We have had a favorable grow- 

 ing season in which to mature these plants, and they are chuck full of pep. 

 A trial order will convince you that our field grown winter hardened plants are 

 unequaled in size, root system, and crown growth. 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD One of the earliest varieties of pointed head 

 type, and extensively planted for early market. The plants we offer of this 

 excellent variety will please the most critical trade. They are well hardened and 

 should produce a crop ten days earlier than Southern plants. 



GOLDEN ACRE An early round-head variety of excellent quality, maturing a 

 few days later than Early Jersey. It has few outer leaves, permitting close plant- 

 ing. It is a splendid variety for the market gardener. 



COPENHAGEN MARKET Planted with Early Jersey Wakefield— when the 

 Wakefield Is ready for market, the heads of this strain will be equally as good. 

 If, however, the Copenhagen Market is allowed to grow another ten days the yield 

 per acre in tonnage will be almost double. It will remain longer on the field 

 without bursting than any other early sort. 



EARLY FLAT DUTCH Is a large, solid, flat head variety that matures a little 

 later than the Copenhagen Market, but makes an enormous yield, and is said to 

 be one of the surest headers. 



DANISH BALLHEAD Large heads, round and very solid. We are listing this 

 variety for the benefit of our customers in the extreme North, where it can be 

 grown through the Summer months with wonderful success. 



CABBAGE PLANT PRICES 



50 Plants $0.50 



100 Plants 70 



250 Plants 1.00 



10,000 Plants .... 

 Our Cabbage Plants are produced from imported seed, paying a premium price 

 order to get seed from the best strain grown. 



500 Plants $1.75 



1000 Plants 3.00 



5000 Plants 2.75 



$2.50 



Write for our complete Vegetable and Flower Plant Book, A copy awaits you 



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