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E. W. ToyysEATD & SoNs> f^trawlerru Plant, 



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TOWNSEND'S GENUINE 

 100 PER CENT MASTODON 



There's a Reason Why Our Customers Increase 

 Their MASTODON Planting Each Year 



We rlo iiof, liiive to toll our customers how good 

 MASTODON is, or init on a circus style of udver- 

 tlsing in order to sell iiU tlio iilaiits we cuu grow. 



We hiive never iniido cliilins as big as some grow- 

 ers do, such us 18 berries till a (iiiart, and lots of 

 other stuff. But our custonu>rs come back year 

 after year and buy our |ilauts, telling us that we 

 IM-oduee the best MAS'l'dDON plants they have ever 

 seen. Season 1'.)'2',) we had sixty acres planted to 

 MASTODON. lyiing before the season was over we 

 were returning niouey and turning down orders by 

 the luindrsd of thousands of plants. 



This year 1030 we have grown oyer seveuty-five 

 aeres and have to offer the largest stocic of plants 

 we have ever had, but 'we do not expect to have 

 any plants left over. 



Growers who bought MASTODON in hundred lots 

 three years ago are now buying them in lots of 

 several thousand. 



MASTODON IS NOT ONLY A GOOD EVER- 



BEARINQ BUT A FINE SPRING 



BEARING VARIETY 



Growers who llrst planted MASTODOX for a fall 

 crop only now know tljat it is among the very best 

 spring varieties, and they are getting more than 

 twice as many berries from an acre of ground now 

 in twelve months as they did with standard varie- 

 ties. We have hundreds of growers and possibly 

 thousands who are growing nothing else but MAS- 

 TODON and LUCKY STUIIvE Strawberries. 



The fall crop pays ail expenses and a handsome 

 profit. Besides, tlie spring crop comes along and 

 is velvet. 



Our 

 Fourth Big Crop 

 of Mastodon is On 



GROW MASTODON FOR QUICK MONEY CROP 



MR. EVERETT ADAMS of New Jersey has been 

 growing MASTODON for several years. He has 

 made big money growing them. Mr. Adams cannot 

 grow as many berries as he can sell at a big price. 

 So he is making weeldy trips to the TOWNSENDS 

 FABMS taking back with him loads of our MAS- 

 TODON and LUCKY STRIKE ben-ies. These ber- 

 ries put up as Mr. Adams puts them up bring .$1.25 

 to $1.50 per quart throughout the summer and fall 

 season. Mr. Adams states that he has purchased 

 plants from Michigan to Maryland, but has found 

 no strain of MASTODON plants as good as Town- 

 send's. 



We prefer to let our customers do some of the 

 talking. This gives us more time to grow good 

 plants. 



MASTODON EASY TO GROW 



AVe recommend Spring planting only. 



Set plants as early in spring as possible on good 

 *-rich garden soil. 



Keep the rows free of weeds and middles culti- 

 vated every week during the entire growing season. 



Pick oir all blossoms until July 1st — then let 

 them fruit balance of summer and fall. If mulch- 

 ing is handy it is a good plan to mulch the plants 

 after tirst hard freeze, raking this off between the 

 rows in early spring. And treat same as ordinary 

 standard varieties in your section for spring crop. 

 An application of a good well balanced fertilizer 

 as soon as the mulch is taken off directly on the 

 beds will be helpful unless soil is very rich. 



MR. R. w. HILDRETH, Gardner, Maine, writes: 



Find cnclosej $15.00. Please ship me anotlier 1000 MASTO- 



UOiN plants. From 2900 of your plants set I picked 3600 quarts. 



1 do not believe that this record has been beaten i n this Stale- 



TOWXSEXD-S PLANTS for me, 

 M^S-^nnx^\^ McFAWN, East Way, Mass., writes: 

 MASTODON beating the other varieties; sold the bulk ot 



M^l <:x??r^?,V"'"'^' "P P"<:=- How soon can I get some more 



iM.\bTODON plants. 



THREE FULL CROPS IN 18 MONTHS 

 Here Is How They Do It 



Set plants in early spring — pick first 

 crop August to late November. Pick sec- 

 ond crop the following June. Pick third 

 crop August to winter. 



One of Our Fields of MASTODON Where Your Young 

 I'lants Will Be Dug For Spring 1930 Delivery. 



Point Brec7.e. N. Y., August 25 

 Gentlemen:— We have had wonderful success . 

 SEND-S STRAWBERRY PLANTS. I h"d ,0 I 

 homestead in Pennsylvania. Dut am still growii 



Ir'^^^hlw'ln'.' ;,n";.' ^J'rf 1 ' ''''"'"ij«> this spring and they 

 are snowing up wonderful now. You people h.ive alwnvs 

 treated me hne and I never fail to speak a goVd word for you 

 plants and your service. JIRs. F. 11. GAUTLANI). 



Wallingford, Conn., April 10. 1929. 

 Dear Sir:— Received your plants last week— all .set out— and 

 they were the finest plants I ever saw. Those MASTODON 

 and PREMIER were wonderful to look at. Don't see how you 

 grow such plants. Best wishes. If I live will order more 

 MR. ISADORA McCAR THY. 



Plains, Ohio, April 6, 1929. 

 Gentlemen: — Grape vines arrived in fine order, and mighty 

 fine plants. Well pleased with them. Sorry did not order my 

 MASTODON berry plants from you. Plants I ordered from 

 Michigan look like they were taken from old fruiting beds. 

 I shall give you all my orders next time, 



MR, JOB \V. KING. 



1929. 

 th TOWN- 

 vc the old 



MAS- 



MR. EDW. X. DICKINSON, Shiloah, N. J., writes- 

 Several years .ago I began ordering your plant.s. They were 

 .ilways tnic to name ami .shook, healthy plant.s. I tested 

 hein by llu: side of other grower's pl.ints and there wa.s « 

 decided ilifferencc 111 your favor. I have recommended 

 your hriii to lots of growers and so far as I know they 

 have all been pleased. 



MR. JAMES W. RAAB, Dnllnstown, Pn., i 

 April, 1928, I puieh.isrd .S.Ml I hesapeake planl.s 

 The blossoms were killed hack Iwiee in Lay, 

 all this I sold for H«.''2, 



riles: In 

 from you. 

 Hut after 



tib 

 the 

 for 

 you 



From a New Customer 



MR. WM. B. TAYLOR, Cloves, OUlo, writes: Received 

 plants onleied from you A|iril 1st. 'niev were 



leh 



and he.sl plants 

 lock, also the exi 

 fuline. 



plants, 



ught, r thank you 

 iiid will remember 



MR, G. M 



FRENCH, 



Brunswtch, Ohio; Raspberry 



plants and si 



awberry pL 



nts received in fine order and 



mighty well 1 



leased with 



my first ordrr to you. Think 



that I will set 



d for olherH 



Best wishes. 



MISS ADA SIMPSON, Beverly, Ohio: I'lensc fiiul en- 

 closed stamps ill [layimiit for postage on my garden col- 

 lection, I received -such wonderful fine [ilauts I wont to 

 pay the postage. 



A Single Mastodon 



Plant 

 Produces 3 Quarts 



of Berries 

 From August 15th 

 To September 15th 



More Than 100 

 Green and Ripe 



Berries 



Counted On This 



Plant at One Time 



Sold For $2.25 



Another 

 World's Record 



For 



TOWNSEND'S 



PLANTS 



TOWNSEND'S GENUINE MASTODON PLANT IN FRUIT ('/4 Natural Size) 



