14 E. W. TOWNSEND SONS - SALISBURY 

You can buy Townking from Townsend’s Nurseries only. We guarantee 
that Townking will please you or money will be refunded. 
TOWNKING stands at the top of the list as the most perfect late 
strawberry; Townking is a strong healthy grower; producing a good 
fruiting bed on the average soil. It is well adapted to heavy clay soils 
as well as low springy types. In production it ranks with the very 
best late varieties, in fact for several years in various test plots through- 
out the country, it has outyielded such varieties as Chesapeake, Gandy, 
Lupton, and Wm. Belt, about two to one in color, shape, size, beauty 
and firmness. It is simply in a class by itself. The flavor is very mild: 
so mild in fact that any person can eat them from the vines; where 
an acid berry is objectionable. It has been truthfully described by 
one of our customers as the New Late Berry without a fault. 
From a small beginning only a few years ago; and without any 
extensive advertising; Townking has become the leading late straw- 
berry in most strawberry sections of the country; being widely planted 
from coast to coast. 
If you are not already growing Townking we ask that you give it a 
trial this year. Knowing as much as we do about this berry; we are 
oF the honest opinion that it will please you and make a nice profit 
or you. 
SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING POINTS OF TOWNKING 
Color.—Bright rich red. Firmness—A good shipper for long distant mar- 
kets; stands up well after picking. Quality—Far superior to the Lupton 
and Gandy; your customers will like it. Productiveness—Makes good fruit- 
ing beds on ordinary soils; sets heavy in fruit and when properly fertilized 
will outyield all other late varieties. Growth—We have never yet to see a 
field of Townking plants with any signs of blight or rust on it; will stand 
up well in extremely northern climates. Size of berries are large to extra 
large making a fancy pack that will bring top prices. 
New York State. 
GENTLEMEN :— 
Please send catalogue listing 
Townking. I have seen this berry 
growing here, and without doubt it 
is the finest late berry I have ever 
seen. My neighbor picked better 
than 7000 quarts per acre, outyield- 
ing the well known Chesapeake. 
M. BRANT. 
TOWNKING OUTYIELDS BEST 
LATE VARIETIES 
Wicomico County, Maryland. 
GENTLEMEN:-— 
Townking best strawberry I have 
ever grown or seen grown. Surpasses 
such varieties as Chesapeake, Lup- 
ton, Big Joe, both in quality and 
production. 
C. DAVIS. 
OUR CUSTOMERS RECOMMEND TOWNKING AS THE BEST LATE 
VARIETY. WE RECOMMEND IT 
MARYLAND 
THIS VARIETY STANDS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AS 
THE MOST PERFECT LATE STRAWBERRY 
COMPLETE PRICES OF TOWNKING 
Will be found on page 38 
Comparing Townking with 
Lupton 
Annual Strawberry Report from Allegheny 
County Agriculture Extension Asso- 
ciation of Pennsylvania. 
The Lupton, Townking and Mayqueen are 
similar in most respects and each produce 
enormously large berries. Lupton is a 
poor plant maker which probably accounts 
for its standing, as it is the lowest of the 
three in production. Townking surpassed 
Big Joe, Chesapeake, and Lupton in yield. 
Recommends Townking and Mayqueen for 
exceptionally large berries. 
Varieties tested and yield from twenty-five 
feet of row 
Premier ..14% Qts. 
Aberdeen .281' Qts. 
Ford 14 oh Ise GO oan DA 
Wm. Belt .14 sé 
Chesapeake 64% ‘* 
Lupton’ <2. 5 se 
McAlpine .17%4 
Townking 7 
Mayqueen 11 
Fleetwood, Penna. 
Lupton good plant maker, large size, shy 
yielder, poor quality. Townking good plant 
maker, large size, good yielder, good qual- 
ity and good shipper. Two distinct varie- 
ties. ROBERT G. YORGEY, 
Oneida County, N. Y. 
GENTLEMEN:- 
One row of Townking picked as many 
berries as two rows Lupton, and no com- 
parison in size or quality. I have been 
growing Townking now for several years. 
J. W. BEAN 



