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E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY • MARYLAND 



TOWNSEND'S 



SELECT STRAIN 



CHESAPEAKE 



are 



Vigorous Growers 



CHESAPEAKE was origi- 

 nated several years ago. 

 During these years CHESA- 

 PEAKE was noted as being 

 a shy plant maker. In some 

 cases, not making sufficient 

 plants to get a good fruiting 

 bed. This trouble has been 

 overcome by our plant selec- 

 tion and through this selec- 

 tion we have built up our 

 strain to such a high degree 

 of plant making qualities 

 that you can rest assured 

 that you will have no trouble 

 in getting a good fruiting 

 bed under ordinary growing 

 conditions with TOWN- 

 SEND'S SELECT STRAIN 

 CHESAPEAKE. 



We have a nice stock of 

 CHESAPEAKE plants to offer 

 our customers this year and 

 can take care of your order 

 whether it is for one hundred 

 or one million, as TOWN- 

 SEND'S PLANT FARM is 

 noted as headquarters for 

 CHESAPEAKE of outstanding 

 quality. 



Complete Prices on Page 38 



Dominates X%£ Late Varieties QJbCOLU6£ 



A— Sure Cropper. 



B — Bright rich red color. 



C — Doesn't discolor after 



picking and retains 



bright red color for 



several days. 

 D— Average size, 20 to 30 



berries to a quart. 



E — Exceptionally late and a good shipper. 



F — Doesn't come into bearing until all 

 the early varieties are practically 

 through and extends berry season 

 fully two weeks. 



G — Distinctly a high quality berry, which 

 brings top market price. 



LATE BERRIES BRING HIGHER PRICES 



OUR customers in many sections of the country advise us that 

 their late berries always bring better prices than their early 

 berries. In such sections where this occurs we do not hesitate 

 to recommend the well-known Chesapeake as a most profitable late variety. 

 In most sections Chesapeake starts to ripen three or four days after 

 Townking. 



For best results Chesapeake should be planted on rich, loam or springy 

 type soils, and on such soils will 

 make a good fruiting bed, pro- 

 ducing excellent yields of fine 

 quality berries, attractive and of 

 extra large size. For this quality 

 and extra size, growers of Chesa- 

 peake have always obtained a 

 high premium price. 



Townsend's Select Strain Chesa- 

 peake is used by berry growers 

 throughout the Northern States, 

 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wis- 

 consin, Ohio, West Virginia, 

 North Carolina, and Virginia. 

 The results obtained from Chesa- 

 peake in these states have been 

 so satisfactory that an increased 

 acreage is made annually to take 

 care of the steady increase in 

 market demands. 



If you are living in a section 

 where a late fruiting variety is 

 needed, then don't fail to set 

 Chesapeake! You will be well 

 pleased with the results ob- 

 tained. 



Here's What 



S. I. FOREMAN THINKS OF 



CHESAPEAKE STRAWBERRIES 



Franklin Co., Pa. 

 DEAR SIRS: 



I have been growing strawberry 

 plants for twenty years and wish 

 to take this means of telling you 

 that the Chesapeake plants you 

 sent me last year grew fine and 

 made a nice fruiting bed. The 

 yields obtained from them beat 

 any Chesapeake plants I ever 

 bought anywhere. I want to con- 

 gratulate you on the fine, heavy- 

 yielding strain of plants you send 

 out, and you can bank on my 

 future orders going to your firm. 

 With best wishes, I remain 



Yours Truly, 

 S. J. FOREMAN 



