Brief Descriptions of Dewberries, Raspberries, Etc. 



AUS-LU 



This is a cross between the Austin and Lucretia. 

 Has the habits of both parents. One of the largest and 

 sweetest dewberries grown, as well as the most pro- 

 ductive. Easy to grow and very hardy in the northern 

 states. 



LUCRETIA 



The standard variety for the South. Also largely 

 planted in the North as it is very hardy. Fruit very 

 firm and of good quality. 



AUSTIN 



This variety is largely grown in Maryland and Dela- 

 ware. Not firm enough for the South. 



RED RASPBERRIES 



THE NEW KATHERINE 



,V THE NEW KATHERINE— The best red Raspberry 

 that we have grown. Like its parent (the St. Regis), it 

 is a persistent producer from early spring until late 

 fall. 



ST. REGIS 



ST. REGIS — One of the old standard everbearing 



reds. 



ERSKINE PARK 



ERSKINE PARK— This is another everbearing, but 

 not as prolific as Katherine, neither is it hardy. 



CUTHBERT 



CUTHBERT — An old time standard of good quality, 

 large size. 



LATHAM 



LATHAM — Said to be one of the hardiest varieties 

 for the North. Fruit large and good quality. 



EARLY KING 



EARLY KING — Extra early, sweet, good quality, 

 very hardy. 



VICTORY 



VICTORY — A new introduction said to be similar 

 to Cuthbert. 



BLACK RASPBERRIES 



PLUM FARMER— We consider this to be one of the 

 best standard Black caps. 



CUMBERLAND — Is a standard variety the country 

 over. 



HONEY SWEET— Practically same as Plum Far- 

 mer, very sweet. 



STRAWBERRY RASPBERRY OR TREE 



STRAWBERRY 



This is one of the greatest novelties in small fruits. 

 No garden should be without a dozen plants. The plants 

 stand up twelve to eighteen inches high and produce a 

 load of choice fruit that resembles both the Strawberry 

 and the Raspberry. One plant will often produce a 

 quart at one picking. Plants are easy to grow; each 

 fall the old plant dies down and comes up in early spring 

 when the strawberry buds are putting out and produces 

 the crop in a short time about the time of Raspberries. 



CAREFUL BUYING 



It is the usual way with careful buyers of Nursery 

 stock and seeds, to first select an old reliable house with 

 standing to place their orders. When the Seabrooks 

 Farm Company a few years ago wanted to plant more 

 than 60,000 fruit trees, and to set out between the rows 

 of these trees Chesapeake Strawberry plants, what did 

 they do ? First they called their Superintendent in to 

 consultation and instructed him to go out and visit the 

 various nurseries thruout the country and to place the 

 order where he was satisfied ha could purchase the very 

 best stock obtainable regardless of cost. What was the 

 results ? 



The Stark Brothers Nursery Co., of La., one of the 

 oldest and mjst reliable nurseries in this country re- 

 ceived the order for the fruit trees, and E. W. Townsend 

 & Sons Nurseries of Salisbury, Md., received the order 

 for the 300,000 Chesapeake strawberry plants to be set 

 out between the rows of trees. 



The Seabrook Farms at Seabrook and Bridgeton, N. 

 J., are probablv the largest truck farms in the world. 



Whsn T. E. Trotman, of Churchland, Va., several 

 years ago decided to put Norfolk County, Va., on the 

 map as a strawberry producing country, what did Mr. 

 Tntman do? He called a meeting of all the important 

 growers of truck crops in his section and a committee 

 was appointed to visit the various plant nurseries 

 throughout the country, and to satisfy themselves whore 

 the very best grade of strawberry plants could be se- 

 cured. And they were instructed aftor making the'r 

 report to place the entire order with the Townsends 



Nurseries. This blanket order given at that time was 

 probably the largest order ever given any one concern 

 lor strawberry piants. What Wo s the results ? Just 

 as long as T. E. Trotman lived, we received the orders 

 for plants every year from that section. And today 

 are enjoying the full confidence of every grower in that 

 County. 



When the Plant City, Florida Strawberry Growers 

 Association was formed more than ten years ago, the 

 manager of that Association was instructed to place all 

 orders for Strawberry plants to be purchased with E. W. 

 Townsend & Sons Nurseries. We understand that this 

 Association now has a membership of over half a thous- 

 and members. And only a few months ago, we received 

 a letter from Mr. R. M. Anderson, its manager, that he 

 had never sent an order to anyone for strawberry plants 

 except E. W. To'wnsend & Sons. 



It takes millions of plants every year to supply these 

 growers. This is probably the most prosperous Associ- 

 ation of its kind in the United States, and Mr. Anderson, 

 in his late report stated that they contributed no small 

 share of their success to the High Grade Plants they 

 had received from the Townsends' Nurseries all these 

 years. He also stated that in all his dealings that there 

 had been but one small mistake made in filling all these 

 orders, and that we had adjusted that more than satis- 

 factory to his member. 



MORAL— If it pays such organizations as the above 

 to d?al with our firm, won't it pay the aver- 

 age grower just as well to deal with us ? 



9 



