E. W. Towiisend, Salisbury, M<1. 



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pearance of any strawberry I have ever 

 seen. I have seen larg-er and I have eaten 

 as g-ood fruit before, but for appearances 

 when picked it is the fanciest berry I 

 have yet seen. In ten quarts picked at 

 one picking the past season I went care- 

 fully over each quart and out of the ten 

 quarts I found only one misshaped berry. 

 Every berry is a perfect top-shaped berry, 

 color a bright red through and through, 

 every one as near the same size as it 

 would be possible to grow. In describing 

 the size I would say it is a large berry 

 about the size of the Chesapeake, or 

 Gandy, and it is nearly same season as 

 Chesapeake, beginning to ripen a few days 

 earlier. It is as firm as anyone could 

 wish. We kept a box in our pantry for 

 six days and they were then in good eat- 

 ing shape. For canning and preserving 

 there is no berry better or makes a better 

 impression. The way I got a few plants, 

 I had a friend living near this garden, 

 and one day he got a peep at these beau- 

 tiful berries in the height of their fruit- 

 ing season. He at once wrote me in re- 

 gard to the pretty sight he had just seen 

 and promised to get some of the plants 

 for me if there was any way in the world 

 to get them. Well, I got them. And I am 

 sure that I am the only one in America 

 that has them excepting this gardener. A 

 word in regard to foliage, size of plants 

 and productiveness. I have never seen 

 any prettier plants and foliage; plants ex- 

 tra large, large, leathery-looking leaves; 

 not a blemish of rust has ever shown. In 

 over a hundred different varieties on the 

 farm anyone would easily pick them as 



the prettiest plants in the lot. As to pro- 

 ductiveness they are second to none with 

 me. I feel perfectly safe in urging my 

 customers to give this berry a trial, be- 

 lieving that it will give you perfect satis- 

 faction in every respect, no matter what 

 use you have for the berry. Its qualities 

 are such that I recommend it east, west, 

 north and south. I confidently expect to 

 see this berry become standard as soon as 

 plants can be grown to make it such. 

 Price $2.00 for 25 plants, $5.00 per 100 

 plants. I will not sell over 100 to any one 

 customer, as the supply is too small this 

 season. 



Ohio, April 6, 1912. 

 MR. E. W. TOWNSEND, 

 Salisbury, Md. 

 Dear Sir: — Order No. 4539 arrived today 

 and I am more than pleased with the 

 plants. They were a little dry, as they 

 liad been on the road four days. They 

 are the finest plants I ever saw. 

 Yours truly, 



ERNEST KOONTZ. 



Kathleen, Pla., April 30, 1912. 

 E. W. TOWNSEND & CO., 

 Salisbury, Md. 

 Gents: — I have sold your plants to the 

 growers here for three years and have 

 always got flrst-class, well-rooted plants. 

 I can recommend E. W. Townsend to any- 

 one wishing to buy first-class strawberry 

 plants. Yours very truly, 



H. L. LANIER. 



