﻿HOMER 
  S. 
  KEMP 
  GEO. 
  W. 
  KEMP 
  EDGAR 
  H. 
  KEMP 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Manager 
  General 
  Manager 
  Assistant 
  Manager 
  

  

  Out 
  Qreetings 
  for 
  1936 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  a 
  feeling 
  of 
  gratitude 
  that 
  we, 
  the 
  Managers 
  of 
  the 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries, 
  want 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  all 
  

   of 
  those 
  that 
  have 
  favored 
  us 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  years 
  with 
  their 
  orders 
  our 
  sincere 
  greetings 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1936. 
  

   We 
  would 
  like 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  feel 
  as 
  though 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  personnel 
  of 
  our 
  Nurseries 
  for 
  without 
  their 
  sup- 
  

   port 
  we 
  realize 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  possible 
  for 
  us 
  to 
  have 
  developed 
  our 
  nursery 
  to 
  the 
  high 
  standard 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  today. 
  They 
  have 
  given 
  us 
  courage 
  and 
  the 
  means 
  to 
  go 
  ahead 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  are 
  a 
  real 
  source 
  of 
  

   satisfaction 
  to 
  us, 
  and 
  we 
  will 
  certainly 
  make 
  every 
  effort 
  to 
  justify 
  their 
  continued 
  patronage 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  to 
  

   come 
  

  

  We 
  wish 
  also 
  to 
  extend 
  our 
  greetings 
  to 
  all 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  dealt 
  with 
  us 
  and 
  who 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  

   real 
  advantages 
  of 
  dealing 
  direct 
  with 
  a 
  Nursery 
  such 
  as 
  ours. 
  We 
  ask 
  you 
  to 
  look 
  over 
  this 
  catalog 
  which 
  is 
  our 
  

   only 
  salesman 
  and 
  note 
  the 
  listings 
  therein. 
  We 
  feel 
  our 
  customers 
  are 
  entitled 
  to 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  purchasing 
  

   the 
  best 
  available 
  and 
  with 
  that 
  in 
  mind 
  try 
  and 
  secure 
  for 
  propagation 
  the 
  best 
  available 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  

   and 
  pass 
  them 
  on 
  to 
  you, 
  as 
  the 
  planters, 
  at 
  a 
  fair 
  price. 
  We 
  are 
  approached 
  each 
  year 
  with 
  hundreds 
  of 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  types 
  of 
  fruit 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  real 
  value 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  final 
  analysis 
  

   they 
  are 
  found 
  wanting 
  and 
  inferior 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  season 
  we 
  are 
  now 
  listing 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  discarded 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  our 
  desire 
  to 
  confuse 
  you 
  with 
  many 
  neAV 
  offerings 
  which 
  may 
  or 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  profitable 
  to 
  you. 
  

   We 
  try 
  to 
  be 
  conservative 
  and 
  list 
  only 
  those 
  that 
  we 
  feel 
  are 
  definite 
  improvements 
  and 
  which 
  will 
  mean 
  added 
  

   profits 
  to 
  the 
  commercial 
  growers. 
  Even 
  then 
  sometimes 
  our 
  judgment 
  proves 
  wrong 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  criticised 
  rather 
  

   severely 
  and 
  sometimes 
  unjustifiably 
  for 
  oftentimes 
  the 
  same 
  fruit 
  planted 
  in 
  other 
  sections 
  and 
  grown 
  under 
  

   different 
  cultural 
  methods 
  will 
  prove 
  all 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  claimed 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  We 
  desire 
  especially 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  "COLORA" 
  Red 
  York 
  being 
  introduced 
  by 
  us 
  this 
  Spring. 
  

   Without 
  question 
  we 
  believe 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  finest 
  type 
  of 
  York 
  Imperial 
  apple 
  yet 
  introduced 
  and 
  we 
  hope 
  it 
  will 
  

   prove 
  more 
  worthy 
  than 
  the 
  description 
  we 
  have 
  given 
  of 
  it 
  implies. 
  Detailed 
  description 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   Fruit 
  Department 
  of 
  this 
  catalog. 
  You 
  will 
  also 
  find 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  NEW 
  LISTINGS 
  this 
  year 
  which 
  we 
  believe 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  trial. 
  We 
  hope 
  you 
  will 
  try 
  them 
  and 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  have 
  your 
  praise 
  of 
  them 
  or 
  vour 
  criticism 
  

   of 
  them 
  for 
  their 
  real 
  trial 
  comes 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  planted 
  in 
  different 
  sections 
  under 
  varying 
  conditions. 
  

  

  Each 
  year 
  brings 
  to 
  us 
  new 
  problems. 
  These 
  problems 
  often 
  are 
  embarassing 
  and 
  yet 
  helpful 
  for 
  they 
  show 
  

   us 
  a 
  weak 
  point 
  in 
  our 
  organization 
  and 
  we 
  can 
  then 
  make 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  correct 
  it. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years, 
  

   serious 
  shortages 
  have 
  existed 
  on 
  many 
  fruit 
  varieties 
  due 
  principally 
  to 
  the 
  workings 
  of 
  Mother 
  Nature 
  which 
  

   brought 
  about 
  a 
  failure 
  on 
  Seedling 
  stock 
  used 
  in 
  propagation. 
  This 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  worst 
  droughts 
  

   the 
  country 
  has 
  ever 
  known 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  temperatures 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  the 
  principal 
  fruit 
  and 
  nur- 
  

   sery 
  producing 
  areas 
  have 
  known 
  in 
  many 
  years. 
  These 
  abnormal 
  conditions 
  again 
  showed 
  to 
  us 
  the 
  many 
  ad- 
  

   vantages 
  of 
  being 
  located 
  here 
  in 
  Somerset 
  County, 
  Maryland, 
  for 
  we 
  were 
  fortunate 
  in 
  not 
  being 
  affected 
  by 
  any 
  

   of 
  these 
  conditions 
  except 
  the 
  shortage 
  of 
  propagating 
  stock, 
  which 
  reduced 
  our 
  normal 
  supply 
  of 
  many 
  items. 
  

   These 
  shortages 
  sometimes 
  proved 
  embarassing 
  because 
  they 
  often 
  resulted 
  in 
  selling 
  out 
  of 
  certain 
  grades 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  season 
  and, 
  keeping 
  our 
  records 
  as 
  accurately 
  as 
  possible, 
  we 
  often 
  found 
  we 
  were 
  oversold 
  on 
  certain 
  

   grades 
  and 
  found 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  supply 
  smaller 
  or 
  larger 
  grades 
  of 
  some 
  varieties 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  order. 
  

   We 
  felt 
  it 
  better 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  than 
  to 
  ship 
  the 
  order 
  short 
  and 
  disappoint 
  the 
  customer 
  altogether. 
  Few 
  realize 
  the 
  

   importance 
  and 
  difficulties 
  involved 
  in 
  keeping 
  stock 
  records 
  of 
  Nursery 
  stock, 
  for 
  no 
  one 
  can 
  accurately 
  estimate 
  

   stock 
  until 
  it 
  is 
  dug 
  and 
  graded 
  and 
  after 
  it 
  is 
  graded, 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  perishable 
  nature, 
  so 
  many 
  things 
  can 
  happen 
  

   to 
  render 
  it 
  unmerchantable. 
  We 
  are 
  constantly 
  striving 
  to 
  solve 
  the 
  problems 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  such 
  conditions. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  glad 
  to 
  say 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  fine 
  lot 
  of 
  apple 
  and 
  peach 
  trees 
  this 
  year. 
  Our 
  apple 
  are 
  mostly 
  one 
  year 
  stock 
  

   and 
  are 
  nice 
  trees 
  even 
  though 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  heavy 
  stock 
  as 
  we 
  normally 
  grow. 
  Our 
  peach 
  are 
  as 
  fine 
  as 
  any- 
  

   one 
  could 
  wish 
  to 
  plant. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  normal 
  supply 
  of 
  Cherry, 
  Pear 
  and 
  Plum. 
  We 
  do 
  have 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   Finest 
  Small 
  Berry 
  Plants 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  grown, 
  such 
  as 
  Grape 
  Vines, 
  Strawberry, 
  Raspberry 
  and 
  Blackberry 
  

   Plants. 
  Small 
  fruit 
  growing 
  has 
  proven 
  extremely 
  dependable 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  and 
  we 
  hope 
  our 
  pa- 
  

   trons 
  will 
  plant 
  liberally 
  of 
  these 
  items 
  this 
  year 
  for 
  they 
  are 
  bound 
  to 
  continue 
  to 
  prove 
  profitable. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  tried 
  to 
  write 
  this 
  as 
  we 
  would 
  talk 
  to 
  you 
  in 
  a 
  personal 
  interview 
  and 
  we 
  could 
  go 
  on 
  for 
  pages 
  and 
  

   discuss 
  things 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  us 
  all 
  but 
  space 
  will 
  not 
  permit. 
  If 
  there 
  are 
  questions 
  in 
  your 
  mind 
  about 
  our 
  

   Nursery 
  or 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  stock 
  you 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  buying, 
  ask 
  them. 
  We 
  will 
  answer 
  them 
  fully 
  if 
  possible. 
  

   We 
  hope 
  we 
  shall 
  again 
  have 
  our 
  old 
  customers 
  back 
  with 
  us 
  this 
  year 
  and 
  we 
  hope 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  those 
  that 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  this 
  catalog 
  and 
  who 
  have 
  never 
  dealt 
  with 
  us 
  will 
  send 
  us 
  their 
  order 
  this 
  year 
  for 
  what 
  they 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  

   plant. 
  We 
  will 
  appreciate 
  all 
  orders 
  that 
  come 
  to 
  us 
  and 
  will 
  do 
  our 
  very 
  best 
  to 
  give 
  you 
  service 
  and 
  satisfac- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  proud 
  to 
  say 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  our 
  business 
  each 
  year 
  comes 
  from 
  our 
  old 
  customers 
  who 
  have 
  planted 
  

   our 
  stock 
  and 
  found 
  it 
  dependable. 
  

  

  