A Bit of History About the Moon Nurseries 



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NE Hundred and Forty-seven years 

 ago the Moon Nursery Industry 

 was established in America. Such 

 along and continuous succession of nursery 

 endeavor, we believe, 

 is not equalled by any 

 other nursery. In 1767 

 James Moon, (great, 

 great grandfather of the 

 President of our Com- 

 pany) was engaged in 

 selling fruit trees at one 

 shilling each. The loca- 

 tion of his nursery was 

 but seven miles distant 

 from the land we now 

 occupy. 



Each succeeding gen- 

 eration have been tree 

 growers. The advent of 

 improved methods of 

 distribution enabled 

 Mahlon Moon, in 1849, 

 to establish at Morris - 

 ville nurseries in a more 

 extensive way than had 

 been possible earlier. 

 The nursery established 

 by Mahlon Moon was 

 continued by Samuel C. Moon until his 

 death in 1911, after which it was purchased 

 by this Company and foratimeoperated sep- 

 arately, but amalgamated with it in 1913. 



A pear tree from J a;ut - ^ ... 1776 



and still bearing fruit 139 years later. This is one 

 of the trees covered by the accompanying copy of 

 invoice, showing its cost to have been one shilling. 



The Glenwood Nursery, or the original 

 nursery of this Companv, was established 

 in 1872 by William H. Moon, who in 1890 

 organized the company that at present 

 bears his name. 



This little bit of his- 

 tory we believe will be 

 interesting to many. We 

 are, however, aware that 

 such a lineage means 

 nothing to our patrons 

 unless the business, as at 

 present managed, has 

 profited by all this ac- 

 cumulated experience 

 and is in a better posi- 

 tion, on account of it, 

 to serve its patrons. 



That The Wm. H. 

 Moon Company is in a 

 position to meet custom- 

 ers' wants, because of 

 this experience and the 

 energ>' still going into 

 the business every day 

 from a number of active 

 young men employed, 

 we believe is apparent 

 to all to whom we are 

 known. To those unacquainted it will be 

 seen we are not content with the reputation 

 of our ancestry, as new varieties and up-to- 

 date methods are constantly being added. 



Sales of trees are recorded in James Moon's account book nine years earlier than this entry, which is shown because it 

 covers the tree pictured above. The currency used was that of England, which circulated in "The Colonies" during the Revo- 

 lutionary years in which these early sales of trees were made. The nursery of James Moon was probably the first in America 

 Each succeeding generation have been nurserymen. 



