E. W. TowxsEND & Soxs' S t r a w h e r r y Plants 



LATE TO VERY LATE VARIETIES — Continued 



p/AD r\ — Ford is a Townsend production, and one of 

 ^^^^^1^ which we are proud. Ford, like Premier, is frost 

 made hundreds of our customers big 



resistant, and has made hundreds oi our 

 money when other late varieties were killed, 

 hardy plant grower on all soils. Fruit very large, 

 of good quality, and ranks with the very best in 

 production. Ford will make too many plants if 

 not restricted, and for this reason 

 should be set wide in the rows and 

 grown in narrow matted rows or 

 in hills. We have never seen a 

 rust blemish on any Ford plant in 

 15 years' growing it. and never 

 heard of a crop failure. Plant 

 Ford and you will not go astray. 



CRAWFORD 25 — Crawford is our 

 introduction and is pleasing a lot 

 of our customers. We have re- 

 ports that it has yielded at the rate of 20,000 

 quarts per acre. Fruit extra large, bright red, 

 but of very poor quality. 



PEARL — This is said to be the latest straw- 

 berry on the market, and insures a big crop of 

 late berries that usually bring good prices. It 

 blooms freely and opens its buds very late, gen- 

 erally late enough to avoid all late frosts. The 

 berries are enormous, of very dark red with 

 prominent yellow seeds, remarkably firm. Comes 

 into bearing very late in June or July in the 

 North. 



McALPINE — A very late valuable variety for 

 high sandy soil. Does better on this kind of 

 soil than any late berry we know of. Fruit 

 medium in size, very prolific, and of excellent 

 quality. 



f |iQfQI% — A very large handsome berry 

 *^ and an excellent shipper. Com- 



pares in size with Chesapeake. Very attractive 

 in appearance and a good seller on all markets. 

 Makes plenty strong vigorous plants. Not quite 

 as productive as Chesapeake, but will hold size 

 longer and nearly every berry good perfect one. 



A strong 

 firm and 



Wm. Belt 



— A very large dark red berry 



of excellent quality ; one of the 



home use. Very productive and a 



The Belt has been on the mar- 



leaders for 



good shipper 



ket a good many years and is still popular. 



^(ziSCOt — ^'^^5" l^te. Large and of good 

 quality of the Gandy type, which it 



very closely resembles, 



TOWNSEND^S BIG LATE 



— A Townsend Introduction, introduced by us 

 Spring, 1911. Big Late has been grown in every 

 section where strawberries are grown, and has 

 proven itself a great money maker for the aver- 

 age grower. I have never tasted a better berry. 

 It is surely the aristocrat of the standard varie- 

 ties for quality. Plants are strong, erect, and 

 hold the berries off the ground like cherries. 

 No garden is complete without this grand va- 

 riety. Fruit medium to large, bright velvet red 

 and every berry looks like it has been varnished. 

 Very few varieties equal it in iiroduction. 



WORLD^S WONDER -^^^,Le3 



berry is wanted. World's Wonder will fill the 

 bill. One of the largest and ugliest berries on 

 the list. I have seen these berries as large as 

 10 inches around, seven berries filling a quart 

 basket. The flavor is very mild and sweet; flesh 

 soft, suitable only for home use or local market. 

 Very productive and a good grower. We sell 

 miUions of these plants every year. 



^ A WT)Y — Gandy is a very late variety 



and well known to most growers. 



Excellent quality. Very firm, and classed as 

 one of the best shippers on the list. Gandy must 

 be planted on low springy soil to do its best. 

 When conditions are right Gandy is a valuable 

 variety, as it has size, quality and appearance. 



CHESAPEAKE-See page 10. 



Pearl. 



Townsend's Big Late. 



