Thankful 



Are we lor the orders we have been favored with for fifteen years. Our efforts have been to satisfy 

 the customer and we are now better equipped and our efforts encouraged; 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 experimen- 

 tation 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 varieties 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 considerable improvement on that line. 

 First, we select our land. "We have nine different farms with a variety of soil suited for growing PEACH, 

 APPI,E and PEAR TREE.S, vSTRAWBERRY PI^ANTS and ASPARAGUvS 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 APPI^E. 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 seedlings, 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 and 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 branched 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 increa.se 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 at- 

 tention and that you may call to see us in person, we remain. Yours very Respectfully, 



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Berlin, Maryland. 



