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It gives us pleasure in this, our seventeenth annual greeting, to say to our patrons and 

 friends and to prospective purchasers of nursery stock, that we are looking after our trade in- 

 terests with the same amount of care as at the beginning and with greater success than at first, 

 because of our increased experience in the business. Although we are cultivating twelve different 

 farms in nursery stock, each acre of this extensive tract is under the direct personal oversight of 

 one member of our firm each day. 



We do not seek to produce the wonders in nursery stock, but are satisfied to grow those 

 varieties which have proven themselves to be a success in a commercial way, thus the goods we 

 put on the market is past the experimental age. 



Our custom has been to visit the best orchards in various parts of the country and study 

 their methods and varieties, and to acquaint ourselves with the demands of the different localities. 

 In this way we have put ourselves in a position to please our customers of the different sections 

 of the country. 



Our trees are grown on the best known methods for producing a tree with well ripened 

 wood and strong vitality, which is necessary to produce fruit at an early age. 



Having different farms with a variety of soils suited for growing Peach, Apple, Pear and 

 Cherry trees, Strawberry plants and Asparagus roots, we select land suitable for the various 

 kinds of trees and plants which we grow, and we produce Peach, Apple, Pear and Cherry 

 trees. Strawberry plants and Asparagus roots in large quantities. 



Our facilities for handling nursery stock are the best in the State. We have more acres in 

 cultivation, more trenching ground and larger packing houses than any other nursery in Maryland. 

 We have over two hundred acres in Peach, both budded and seedlings, and a like amount of 

 Apple. We use hundreds of tons of commercial fertilizer annually beside a large quantity of 

 barnyard manure, together with crimson clover and peas as a cover crop to keep the land free 

 from filth and in good working condition. 



We make it a point to grow our F^each on land that has never been in Peach and from 

 natural seedlings, and we also seek for a soil which will produce a strong fibrous root. It is 

 our belief that no better Apple can be produced in America than ours, and we base our opinion 

 on the fact that we have a soil especially suited to the production of Apple, a loam soil with 

 red clay subsoil. 



Strawberry plants are grown in light sandy soil which produces long clean roots with a 

 good healthy crown; Asparagus roots are also given a light soil that may be taken out with 

 all their rootlets, and thus put them into the hands of our customers in the best possible 

 condition. 



It would be a pleasure to us to take our customers and all prospective buyers through 

 our nursery and show them our stock and explain to them our methods of growing and hand- 

 ling the same, and we extend to all a most cordial invitation to visit us. 



We are 124 miles from Baltimore and can be easily reached via B., C. & A. R. R., and 

 152 miles from Philadelphia, and can be reached via P., W. & B. R. R., which is a branch of 

 the Pennsylvania Railroad. 



Our prices will be found as interesting to purchasers as those of any other nursery in 

 the country, and we invite you to compare catalogues or visit us in person before you purchase 

 your supplies for this fall. 



Trusting that we may be favored with a continuation of your patronage, which will receive 

 our prompt attention, we remain. 



Yours very truly, 



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