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E. W. ToWNSEND & Soj^s' Strawherrji Plants 



CHESAPEAKE 



One of 

 Our Big 

 Specials 



'^SEND'S GENUINE CHESAPEAKE 

 STRAWBERRIES 



Lockport, New York, 

 May 3, 1928. 

 Dear Sirs: — I have been 

 handling strawberries for 

 the past 50 years — and no 

 man can raise better plants 

 than the 30,000 Chesapeake you 

 shipped me. Please accept my 

 thanks for the fine plants and good 

 treatment received from you. My 

 friends will give you some nice 

 orders next year, as they all ad- 

 mired my plants. 



I remain yours, 



R. H. YOUNG. 



(^|-J£^g^P£^ A I^P" — Still the favorite late berry rrith a majority of growers. For the past 



. ten year.s wc luivo mado the growing of Chesapeake phuits a specialty, 



every year increasing onr acreage and every year finding ourselves sold out before the end of the 

 season. Last year we had forty acres of Chesapeake plants all well set aiul a particular line lot 

 of plants. Yet we did not have enough. This time we have planted liftv ;icres. and the i)lants 

 ar^ all extra tine hut not as heavy set as last year. BOOK YOUR ORDER EARLY. We are now 

 booking orders for Chesapeake plants, before oiir Catalogue is given to the printers. Lots of our 

 customers will have no other late variety, and they r.re always early in placing their orders so 

 as to be sure of getting TOWXSEXDS CHESAPEAKE PLANTS. To most of our customers 

 and friends Chesapeake needs no description, but Tor those who are new in the business Ave briefly 

 describe it as follows : 



QUALITY comes first with Chesapeake. It is simply delicious. 



COLOR: A beautiful rich glossy red. 



SIZE : Berries are very large and hold their size well. 



FIRMNESS: Firm enough to be classed as a gooci shipper. 



HEALTHY: One of the cleanest, healthiest plants on the list. 



PRODUCTIVENESS: There are very few late varieties that will outyield it. Sets just enough 

 fruit to mature all to good size. 



PROFITABLE: You will always find Chesapeake quoted on the marliet at the top figure. 



GREATEST WEAKNESS : On some soil Chesapeake will not make the desired mimber of 

 plants wanted. Plant on rich or medium rich springy soil and it will aiiord plenty plants to make 

 a good matted row. 



MR. JOHN ANDERSON of New York State writes: 



You say that Chesapeake does not afford a great number 

 of plants — I wish that you could see mine. I bought 10,000 

 plants of you last year and planted Ihem all in one acre 

 setting very close in the row. I not only have a row full 

 of plants, but the whole field full. And they are the larg- 

 est, healthiest Chesapeake plants I ever have grown, and 

 I have been growing Chesapeake for over ten years. I have 

 never seen any plants that have the vigor that TOWN- 

 SEND'S plants have. I never have any trouble getting a 

 good bed with any of your varieties. Some neighbors told 

 me I had too many plants, that my fruit would be small. 

 But they changed their mind after fruiting season came on. 

 I have never seen larger berries than I have harvested 

 this season. 



MR ELIAS MANNEY of Vermont writes July 15th: 



I bought 10,000 Chesapeake plants spring lyJ8— 5,000 from 

 you and 5,000 from another grower. All lecoivcd and set 

 out same week. I hoed and cultivated them all four times 

 over. Then plowed up the other fellow's part. From your 

 5.000 plants I have picked and sold over 5,'»0 quarts of the 

 linest berries I have ever grown. I paid you $27.50 for 

 your S.OOU, and paid the other fellow $25.00 — so by saving 

 $2.50 I have lost over $650.00. From now on it's TOW'N- 

 SEND'S Piants or nothing for me. 



MR. J. D. SMITH, McKeesport, Pa., writes: Am well 

 pleased with Townscnd's plants. Vou ought to furnish vnur 

 customers with advertising signs to place in the patches 

 and small labels 'o paste on the baskets so people who buy 

 berries would know that they came from Townscnd's plant.^. 



