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ONE OF OL'R LOCAL PAPERS. 



There is no section of the coum.ry so suitable in soil and climate for 

 the successful raising of strawberry plants and melons seed as tliat sur- 

 rounding Salisbury, and^ when this business is in the hands of a man 

 who was brought up on a berry farih, has made the cultivation of them a 

 life study and has succeeded in originating the best varieties now on the 

 market it has reached its highest itate of perfection. 



At the beautifully situated and pighly cultivated farm of Mr. E. W 

 Townsend, near Salisbury, can be I seen the ideal place for the raising 

 of plants for shipment, and he has succeeded by supplying only the best 

 to growers in building up a busines^ with the most careful and discrimin- 

 ating planters that has extended to every part of the country. His plants 

 are not experiments, but have splenilidly stood the test of time and pro- 

 duce berries which for yield to the iicre and delicacy of flavor are not to 

 be equaled. On his farm Mr- Towns end raises over seventy -five varieties 

 adapted to every soil and climate where berries are grown. Some of 

 the plants which have had the largest sales and are most in demand by ex- 

 perienced growers are the "Climax" and "Missionary," both early bearers, 

 and the "Chesapeake," a late berry which has proved very popular- The 

 "Autumn" and "Pan-American" are two varieties that will grow anywhere 

 and bear from the last days of AJigust until Jack Frost puts in an ap- 

 pearance. 



. Mr. Townsend is a recognized authority in a section where nearly 

 everyone has more than an average! knowledge of plants. He has over 

 jO acres planted in them, and they are shipped, packed securely, by ex- 

 press, mail or freight- 



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