A Bit of History About the Moon Nurseries 



ONE Hundred and Forty-eight years 

 ago the Moon Nursery Industry 

 was established in America. Such 

 a long 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) w^as 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 

 M ah Ion Moon, in 184:9, 

 to establish at Morris- 

 ville nurseries in a more 

 extensive way than had 

 been possible earlier. 

 The nursery established 

 by M ah Ion Moon was 

 continued by Samuel C. Moon until his 

 death in 1911, after which it was purchased 

 by this Company and for a time operated sep- 

 arately, but amalgamated with it in 1913. 



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A pear tree from James Moon's nursery in 

 1776 and still bearing fruit 140 years later. 

 This is one of the trees covered by the ac- 

 companying copy of invoice, showing its cost 

 to have been one shilling. 



The Glenwood Nursery, or the original 

 nurserv of this Company', was established 

 in 1872 bv William H. Moon, who in 1890 

 company that at present 

 bears his name. 



This little bit of his- 

 tory- we beliex e will l)e 

 interesting to many. W'e 

 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 \\m. H. 

 Moon Company is in a 

 position to meet custom- 

 ers' wants, because of 

 this experience and the 

 energy 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. 

















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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 Revolutionary 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. 



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