E. W. Townsend, Salisbury. Md. 



We have built up a strain of plants 

 not surpassed by any one. Our method 

 in improving varieties is to select only 

 the first and largest plants that mature 

 each year, by cutting back the runners 

 that come afterwards. By doing this we 

 have secured a stock of plants that will 

 put out more crowns and are stronger 

 in every particular than the common field 

 grown plants that are taken from the 

 middle of the rows year after year. Any 

 variety to run several seasons without 

 new breeding and will give you the 

 best of satisfaction when grown in wide 

 matted rows. A trial will convince you 

 if you have never grown our plants. 



Write for our new big 1913 catalog. 

 When you send in your order we will pub 

 lish hundreds and hundreds of good stuff 

 for you. Were too late in getting same out 

 for this season. Will be ready to mail 

 early in summer 1912. Tells how to Grow 

 THOROu^ -DS. and v/hy IT PAxS 



CIS and how it WILL PAY YOU. 



Pasadena, Texas 

 Feb. 9th, 1911, 



Mr. E. W. Townsend, 

 Dear Sir: — 



xhe shipment of Klondyke plants 

 arrived O.K. Will say I am well pleased. 

 Every plant is strong and vigorous. 

 Yours truly, 



T. R. Duffield, 

 How it that for small Klondykes? 



Griffin Fla. 

 Dear Sir:— 



The 10,000 plants came to hand in fine 

 shape. I think they are the finest I 

 ever eaw shipped out. I shall take pleas- 

 ure in doing buisness with your house In 

 the future, and shall advis eMy Frineds 

 to order from you when they want some- 

 thing GOOD. 



J. E. GRIFFIN & SON. 



learned where to buy plants. Will set 

 more every season. Some best plants ever 

 came here give best satisfaction. Some 

 asking us to go thousands of miles to se 

 their patches. Othei s wanting to know 

 now we grow them so mmuch better. 



I 



The Strawberry Growers' 

 Friend. 



Letters like the above are very encour 

 aging to me and always make me strive 

 to even better things. 

 E. W. T. 



We could print hundreds of such testi- 

 monials from the state of Texas if space 

 would allow. Some write like this: have 



