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 PROTECTION FOR JMU& 

 TO NAME QUALITY PLANTS 



For the past thirty-seven years, the name Townsend 

 has stood for "the best" in all phases of berry grow- 

 ing and has become the by-word for true to name 

 quality plants and trees throughout the country. Be- 

 cause of the fine reputation our plants have, many 

 attempts have been made to sell inferior plants at lower prices to 

 unsuspecting buyers, representing these plants to be genuine Town- 

 send products. 



In order to protect our customers against such practice, four years 

 ago we adopted the policy of placing the Townsend Trade Mark on 

 every bundle of plants and trees shipped from our nurseries. This 

 trade mark is your assurance that you are getting true-to-name 

 plants and the high quality which Townsend's plants and trees are 

 noted for. 



MONEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES 

 GROWING STRAWBERRIES 



You can make big profits growing strawberries providing 

 you secure healthy, vigorous plants with yielding qualities 

 bred into them — plants that will produce uniform berries 

 of the highest quality — berries that will bring top market 

 prices. During the harvest season, most markets, both local 

 and distant, are well supplied with unprofitable, small, 

 undersized berries, while these same markets are only too 

 glad to pay premium prices for superior quality berries. 

 Townsend's plants have been bred to produce just such 

 berries — many of our customers telling us that their berries 

 have been topping the market from three to five cents 

 per quart, an extra profit which no grower of straw- 

 berries can afford to pass by. 



LET US HELP YOU GET STARTED 



Strawberries are easily grown and, with ordinary care and 

 attention, big crops of berries can be obtained by even the 

 unexperienced grower, who follows our brief culture direc- 

 tions on Page 25. If these instructions do not cover your 



particular growing problems, write us. We will be glad to 

 take up your problems and give you the benefit of the 

 information we have obtained in the thirty-seven years 

 we have been growing berry plants. We also issue a com- 

 plete culture guide on berry culture. This booklet is free 

 for the asking. 



Every bundle of plants sent out by Townsend's is labeled 

 true-to-name and carries our trade mark. 



Every bundle of Plants sent out by Town- 

 send's is labeled true-to-name and carries 

 our Trade Mark 



SATISFIED CUSTOMERS 



Thousands of our customers have grown with us, starting in 

 a small way just as we did, and following our instructions 

 and advice they have made more money year after year 

 in growing strawberries and other small fruits than with 

 any other crop. These thousands of old customers have 

 sent us tens of thousands of new customers, and in this 

 way, Townsend's Nurseries have steadily grown, until today, 

 we are the largest growers and shippers of strawberry plants 

 in the world. We are very Droud of the confidence of 

 strawberry growers throughout the country who have con- 

 tributed their share in building our business to its present 

 standing. We show our appreciation for this faithfulness by 

 giving to each of our customers the best that is within our 

 power by trying each year to grow plants that will please 

 them better and to give the best service at our command. 



WHEN YOU BUY TOWNSEND'S PLANTS 



When you buy Townsend's plants, you purchase thirty-seven 

 years of practical growing experience and plant breeding 

 in addition to these plants that are chock full of vitality 

 and will increase your yields as they are doing for thousands 

 of our customers throughout the country. 



Mr. G. G. Adams, South Orrington, Maine, writes us: 

 "Picked 8,200 quarts berries from two-thirds of an acre." P. 

 D. Rogers, Corydon, Pa., average 11,700 quarts off an acre. 

 S. Hartman, of Virginia, picked 11,520 quarts from an acre. 



There is no secret in making yields of this kind. You 

 will find that Townsend's Selected Strain of approved 

 varieties will increase your yield also. 



Any stock received by 

 understood and agreed 



THE TOWNSEND FOUR-POINT 

 GUARANTEE and What It Means to You 



• QUALITY 



The good name of this firm and good will of its customers have been 

 built and preserved by always handling nothing but the highest grade 

 stocks available. Every plant or tree is the best that can be produced. 



TRUTH 



Old customers know that they will always get the variety they order. 

 They have faith in us and we will not break it. 



HEALTH 



Every plant we ship is healthy, thrifty, and free from all injurious 

 diseases. Diseased plants will produce dividends for neither you 

 nor us. 



• PRODUCTIVENESS 



Every plant that goes into our propagation fields is selected for its 

 heavy fruiting crowns. In this manner our stock is kept on its high 

 level in both productiveness and vitality. All plants are carefully 

 packed so that you receive them in condition to grow strongly and to 

 produce as you have the right to expect from plants bearing the 

 Townsend name, 

 you that does not meet these high standards will be replaced free. It is also 

 that in no case will we be liable for any sum larger than the purchase price. 



