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ARE WE FOR THE ORDERS WE HAVE BEEN FAVORED WITH FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. OUR EFFORTS HAVE 

 BEEN TO SATISFY THE CUSTOMER, AND WE ARE NOW BETTER EQUIPPED AND OUR EFFORTS ENCOUR- 

 AGED; WE ARE MORE DETERMINED TO PLEASE OUR CUSTOMERS, AND THAT MEANS SUCCESS FOR US, 

 AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT SUCCEEDS BETTER THAN SUCCESS. 



WE DO NOT LOOK FOR THE WONDERS IN GROWING NURSERY STOCK, BUT WE ARE BENDING OUR 

 ENERGIES TO GROW THE OLD TIME WINNERS THAT HAVE PROVEN SUCCESSFUL IN A COMMERCIAL WAY, 

 THAT ARE PAST THE AGE OF EXPERIMENTATION, IN A GENERAL WAY, WHERE TESTED. 



WE TRY TO VISIT THE BEST ORCHARDS IN THE COUNTRY TO SEE THEIR METHODS AND DIFFERENT 

 VARIETIES OF FRUIT IN SEASON, AND IN THIS WAY WE CAN BETTER PLEASE OUR CUSTOMERS IN VARIE- 

 TIES SUITED TO DIFFERENT LOCALITIES. 



OUR TREES ARE GROWN ON THE VERY BEST METHOD KNOWN TO PRODUCE A TREE, WELL RIPENED 

 WOOD THAT WILL COME IN BEARING AT AN EARLY AGE, AND WE THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN CON- 

 SIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT ON THAT LINE. FIRST, WE SELECT OUR LAND. WE HAVE NINE DIFFERENT 

 FARMS WITH A VARIETY OF SOIL SUITED FOR GROWING PEACH, APPLE AND PEAR TREES, STRAW- 

 BERRY PLANTS AND ASPARAGUS ROOTS. THESE WE GROW IN QUANTITIES. 



OUR FACILITIES ARE THE BEST IN THE STATE— LARGER PACKING HOUSE, MORE TRENCHING GROUND 

 AND MORE ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION. OVER TWO HUNDRED ACRES IN PEACH, BOTH BUDDED AND 

 SEEDLINGS, AND OVER ONE HUNDRED ACRES IN APPLE. WE HAVE USED THIS SEASON IN PREPARING 

 THIS LAND OVER TWO HUNDRED TON OF FERTILIZER, A LARGE AMOUNT OF HORSE MANURE, AND FIFTY 

 BUSHELS OF CRIMSON CLOVER SEED AND PEAS AS COVER CROP, TO KEEP THE LAND IN GOOD CONDITION, 

 FREE FROM FILTH. 



OUR PEACH ARE GROWN ON LAND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN PEACH, FROM NATURAL PEACH SEED- 

 LINGS, AND IN OUR SOIL MAKES A GOOD FIBROUS ROOT. 



OUR APPLE ARE GROWN ON A HEAVIER SOIL, RED CLAY SUBSOIL, WHICH GIVES A GOOD ROOT AN3 A 

 VIGOROUS GROWTH. 



PEAR, ON THE HEAVIEST SOIL. WITH A DEEPER SUBSOIL. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS ON LIGHT, SANDY LAND, THAT GIVES LONG ROOTS AND A GOOD CROWN. 



ASPARAGUS, ON A LIGHT, SANDY SOIL, THAT THEY MAY BE TAKEN OUT WITH ALL CRANCHED ROOTS. 



EACH CUSTOMER, AND ALL PROSPECTIVE BUYERS, ARE INVITED TO COME AND SEE OUR STOCK AS 

 GROWN AND HANDLED. WE ARE EASILY REACHED, 146 MILES FROM BALTIMORE VIA B., C. & A. R. R.. 

 AND 152 MILES FROM PHILADELPHIA VIA P., W. & B. R. R. BRANCH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 



NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERY MARKED INCREASE IN THE COST OF LUMBER FOR BOXES, AND INCREASE 

 IN WAGES FOR THE PAST YEAR, YOU WILL SEE WE ARE STANDING BY OUR OLD PRICES. 



TRUSTING THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO BE FAVORED WITH YOUR PATRONAGE, WHICH WILL RECEIVE 

 OUR PROMPT ATTENTION, AND THAT YOU MAY CALL TO SEE US IN PERSON, WE REMAIN, 



YOURS VERY RESPECTFULLY, 



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Berlin, Maryland. 



