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  ALL 
  STOCK 
  WE 
  SHIP 
  IS 
  TWICE 
  INSPECTED 
  

  

  Our 
  Stock 
  Is 
  THRIFTY 
  

   Our 
  Stock 
  Is 
  HARDY 
  

   Our 
  Stock 
  Is 
  DEPENDABLE 
  

   Our 
  Prices 
  Are 
  REASONABLE 
  

  

  We 
  made 
  our 
  first 
  planting 
  of 
  Nursery 
  stock 
  in 
  Somerset 
  County, 
  Maryland, 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1907. 
  

   Tlie 
  results 
  obtained 
  from 
  this 
  planting 
  were 
  such 
  that 
  we 
  knew 
  we 
  had 
  ideal 
  conditions 
  to 
  develop 
  the 
  

   Nursery 
  business 
  at 
  our 
  new 
  location. 
  We 
  knew 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  producing 
  Nursery 
  stock, 
  but 
  we 
  nev- 
  

   er 
  had 
  the 
  advantages 
  that 
  only 
  Mother 
  Nature 
  can 
  give 
  through 
  proper 
  geographical 
  location. 
  Here 
  

   at 
  Princess 
  Anne 
  we 
  could 
  grow 
  a 
  fruit 
  tree 
  as 
  large 
  in 
  two 
  years 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  possibly 
  grow 
  it 
  in 
  three 
  

   years 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  where 
  we 
  were 
  formerly 
  located. 
  We 
  could 
  grow 
  it 
  with 
  less 
  cultivation 
  and 
  fer 
  

   tilization. 
  We 
  could 
  grow 
  it 
  at 
  a 
  greatly 
  reduced 
  cost 
  of 
  production. 
  We 
  could 
  produce 
  a 
  tree 
  or 
  plant 
  

   with 
  a 
  better 
  root 
  system 
  because 
  of 
  soil 
  conditions. 
  We 
  could 
  grow 
  a 
  more 
  uniform 
  growth 
  on 
  our 
  * 
  

   stock, 
  giving 
  the 
  planters 
  a 
  tree 
  or 
  plant 
  each 
  year 
  that 
  would 
  run 
  uniform 
  in 
  size. 
  We 
  could 
  grow 
  our 
  

   stock 
  without 
  fear 
  of 
  winter 
  injury 
  from 
  sudden 
  freezes 
  and 
  low 
  temperatures. 
  We 
  could 
  carry 
  our 
  

   stock 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  without 
  winter 
  storage 
  and 
  give 
  our 
  patrons 
  stock 
  kept 
  alive 
  and 
  vigorous 
  with 
  

   Nature's 
  moisture. 
  We 
  could 
  produce 
  a 
  tree 
  or 
  plant 
  that 
  would 
  thrive 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  

   far 
  north, 
  or 
  south, 
  or 
  west. 
  Our 
  soil 
  varies 
  from 
  a 
  rich 
  chocolate 
  loam, 
  where 
  all 
  of 
  our 
  deeper 
  rooted 
  

   plants 
  and 
  trees 
  are 
  growing, 
  to 
  the 
  lighter 
  sandy 
  soils, 
  where 
  our 
  strawberry, 
  raspberry 
  and 
  blackberry 
  

   plants 
  are 
  grown 
  because 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  dug 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  with 
  their 
  full 
  root 
  system. 
  Our 
  water 
  level 
  is 
  

   comparatively 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  surface, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  we 
  are 
  in 
  severe 
  droughts 
  our 
  trees 
  and 
  plants 
  obtain 
  

   moisture 
  from 
  below 
  if 
  we 
  keep 
  our 
  top 
  soil 
  worked 
  well. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  to 
  use 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  to 
  

   force 
  a 
  growth 
  on 
  our 
  stock. 
  It 
  grows 
  natural 
  with 
  Nature's 
  help 
  and 
  our 
  thorough 
  methods 
  of 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  propagation. 
  We 
  know 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  stand 
  back 
  of 
  our 
  stock, 
  guaranteeing 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  thrifty, 
  

   guaranteeing 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  hardy, 
  guaranteeing 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  free 
  from 
  all 
  injurious 
  diseases, 
  guaranteeing 
  it 
  to 
  

   give 
  absolute 
  satisfaction 
  to 
  everyone 
  who 
  buys 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  humanly 
  possible 
  for 
  any 
  nursery 
  to 
  give 
  

   their 
  products 
  any 
  more 
  careful 
  attention 
  than 
  we 
  give 
  our 
  nursery. 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  W. 
  Kemp, 
  General 
  Man- 
  

   ager 
  of 
  our 
  nursery, 
  who 
  is 
  now 
  rounding 
  out 
  his 
  sixty-seventh 
  year, 
  has 
  given 
  his 
  entire 
  life 
  to 
  the 
  

   study 
  of 
  producing 
  and 
  distributing 
  nursery 
  stock. 
  His 
  two 
  sons, 
  Edgar 
  H. 
  Kemp 
  and 
  Homer 
  S. 
  Kemp, 
  

   have 
  spent 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  years 
  since 
  childhood 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  business 
  with 
  their 
  father, 
  and 
  we 
  believe, 
  

   being 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  as 
  we 
  are, 
  giving 
  every 
  branch 
  of 
  it 
  our 
  personal 
  supervision, 
  participat- 
  

   ing 
  actively 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries, 
  delivering 
  to 
  their 
  patrons 
  hardy, 
  

   thrifty, 
  productive 
  true-to-name 
  trees 
  and 
  plants, 
  serves 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  guarantees 
  to 
  the 
  buyer 
  

   that 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  get 
  satisfaction 
  and 
  liberal 
  treatment 
  in 
  

   whatever 
  he 
  may 
  buy. 
  

  

  The 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries 
  have 
  always 
  tried 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  in 
  anything 
  they 
  said 
  or 
  did 
  to- 
  

   wards 
  their 
  customers. 
  We 
  don't 
  claim 
  to 
  be 
  perfect 
  and 
  we 
  don't 
  say 
  that 
  we 
  never 
  make 
  a 
  mistake, 
  

   for 
  if 
  we 
  did 
  we 
  would 
  be 
  telling 
  a 
  deliberate 
  untruth, 
  but 
  we 
  do 
  say 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  men 
  enough 
  to 
  admit 
  

   our 
  mistakes 
  when 
  we 
  make 
  them 
  and 
  do 
  our 
  best 
  to 
  correct 
  them. 
  We 
  don't 
  want 
  to 
  get 
  your 
  order 
  by 
  

   ridiculing 
  other 
  nurseries. 
  We 
  want 
  your 
  order 
  on 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  our 
  stock 
  and 
  our 
  methods 
  of 
  doing 
  

   business. 
  We 
  know 
  that 
  you 
  are 
  often 
  told 
  not 
  to 
  buy 
  that 
  southern 
  stock 
  or 
  that 
  northern 
  stock. 
  You 
  

   are 
  often 
  told 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  be 
  treated 
  unfair 
  by 
  dealing 
  away 
  from 
  home 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  stock 
  will 
  be 
  noth- 
  

   ing 
  but 
  trash, 
  inferior 
  in 
  quality 
  and 
  infected 
  with 
  disease. 
  You 
  will 
  have 
  most 
  any 
  story 
  told 
  you 
  in 
  or- 
  

   der 
  to 
  get 
  your 
  order. 
  We 
  cannot 
  be 
  present 
  to 
  refute 
  these 
  charges, 
  so 
  we 
  must 
  tell 
  you 
  of 
  our 
  nursery 
  

   and 
  our 
  stock 
  in 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  print 
  so 
  you 
  can 
  read 
  it 
  for 
  yourself, 
  and, 
  if 
  necessary, 
  show 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  

   person 
  who 
  makes 
  these 
  untrue 
  statements 
  about 
  us. 
  You 
  can 
  listen 
  to 
  his 
  replies 
  and 
  draw 
  your 
  own 
  

   conclusions. 
  We 
  know 
  we 
  can 
  depend 
  upon 
  you 
  being 
  your 
  own 
  honest 
  judge. 
  We 
  are 
  not 
  way 
  down 
  

   south, 
  neither 
  are 
  we 
  way 
  up 
  north 
  ; 
  we 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Temperate 
  Zone, 
  where 
  the 
  temperatures 
  are 
  not 
  ex- 
  

   cessively 
  hot 
  nor 
  excessively 
  cold, 
  and 
  our 
  stock 
  will 
  do 
  well 
  whether 
  planted 
  north, 
  south, 
  or 
  west. 
  Stat- 
  

   istics 
  show 
  our 
  average 
  temperature 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  be 
  56 
  degrees 
  F., 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  58 
  degrees 
  F. 
  at 
  

   Atlanta, 
  Georgia, 
  53 
  degrees 
  F. 
  at 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  50 
  degrees 
  F. 
  at 
  Hartford, 
  Connecticut. 
  Our 
  stock 
  

   must 
  be 
  hardy 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  grown 
  naturally 
  and 
  matured 
  naturally 
  and 
  gradually 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of. 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  of 
  Nurserymen, 
  a 
  national 
  organization, 
  and 
  all 
  stock 
  

   is 
  graded 
  by 
  the 
  standards 
  set 
  by 
  this 
  organization 
  except 
  where 
  stock 
  is 
  graded 
  special 
  for 
  some 
  orders. 
  

   You 
  will 
  always 
  find 
  our 
  stock 
  running 
  strong 
  to 
  grade, 
  and 
  in 
  fruit 
  trees 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  graded 
  both 
  as 
  to 
  

   height 
  and 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  which 
  guarantees 
  to 
  you 
  a 
  uniform 
  tree 
  at 
  all 
  times. 
  The 
  increasing 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  plants 
  we 
  ship 
  each 
  year 
  shows 
  the 
  confidence 
  placed 
  in 
  us. 
  The 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  state 
  inspectors 
  who 
  have 
  inspected 
  our 
  shipments 
  on 
  their 
  arrival 
  to 
  the 
  planters 
  show 
  that 
  we 
  

   are 
  delivering 
  disease-free 
  stock. 
  The 
  many 
  fine 
  letters 
  we 
  receive 
  from 
  patrons 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  north 
  prove 
  

   the 
  hardiness 
  of 
  our 
  stock 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  states 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  mountainous 
  district. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  our 
  

   stock 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  southern 
  states, 
  such 
  as 
  Texas, 
  Arizona 
  and 
  Georgia, 
  show 
  it 
  

   will 
  do 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  west. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  in 
  close 
  contact 
  with 
  conditions 
  as 
  they 
  exist, 
  we 
  have 
  put 
  our 
  prices 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  

   to 
  put 
  them, 
  and 
  still 
  deliver 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  you 
  should 
  plant, 
  so 
  please 
  consider 
  this 
  when 
  

   you 
  see 
  lower 
  prices 
  quoted. 
  

  

  We 
  don't 
  say 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  but 
  we 
  do 
  say 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  grown, 
  

   and 
  we 
  further 
  say, 
  quality 
  of 
  tree 
  or 
  plant, 
  the 
  care 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  grown, 
  and 
  all 
  we 
  have 
  said 
  taken 
  

   into 
  consideration, 
  no 
  greater 
  values 
  in 
  Nursery 
  stock 
  stock 
  can 
  be 
  had 
  for 
  the 
  dollar 
  invested 
  than 
  can 
  

   be 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries. 
  We 
  ask 
  that 
  you 
  give 
  our 
  products 
  a 
  fair 
  trial, 
  wherever 
  

   you 
  are 
  located. 
  

  

  MAKE 
  YOUR 
  FARMS 
  MORE 
  PROFITABLE 
  AND 
  YOUR 
  HOMES 
  MORE 
  BEAUTIFUL 
  WITH 
  

  

  WHY 
  

  

  BOUNTIFUL 
  RIDGE 
  NURSERY 
  PRODUCTS 
  

  

  