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9. American Fruits Publishing Company 

 issues a Directory of Nurserymen, contain- 

 ing nearly 5.000 names and addresses; and 

 thus is in direct touch with the entire trade, 



10. Advertising rates in "American 

 Fruits" are lowest and results are direct, es- 

 pecially when advertising in the journal is 

 maintained for yearly term, changing copy 

 as desired. 



RECORD OF AMERICAN FRUITS 

 The orchards in this country contain more 

 than 200,000,000 apple trees, 100,000,000 

 peach and nectarine trees, 30,000,000 plum 

 and prune trees, 18,000,000 pear trees, 12,- 

 OCO,O0O cherry trees and 10,000,000 trees of 

 other species. These gave us about 200,000,- 

 000 bushels of fruit, which was worth $85,- 

 000,000 in 1900. 



Exports of fruit in 1301 were worth $8,- 

 279,213. Last year they were worth $23,023,- 

 586, an increase of 180 per cent, in nine 

 years. 



Berries to the amount of 600,000,000 or 

 700,000,000 bushels are consumed by the 

 American public every year. 



The United States sent $1,847,000 worth of 

 dried apples abroad in 1910. 



Americans bought $6,847,000 worth of ban- 

 anas in 1901, and nearly twice as much in 

 1910. 



"Success for the planter means in- 

 creased business for the nurseryman, 

 and the relationship between them 

 should not terminate with the sale 

 and delivery of the trees." — E. F. Ste- 

 phens. 



WHITING NURSERY CO. 



1011 Groveland Ave. Yankton, S, Dak. 



We make a SPECIALTY of FOREST TREE 

 SEEDLINGS for WHOLESALE TRADE 

 Large stock of Locust, Box Elder and Carolina 

 Poplar. 3,000,000 GREEN ASH SEEDLINGS' 



Also shade trees and ornamental shrubs 

 Any quanity of Cottonwood, Willow, Box Elder, 

 Ash, Elm and Sycamore in River Pulled Stock 

 Write for Prices 



