A Bit of History About the Moon Nurseries 



ONE Hundred and Forty-nine 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- 

 ^rcat-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 

 3ut seven miles distant 

 irom the land we now 

 jccupy. 



Each succeeding gen- 

 eration have been tree 

 ^rowers. The advent of 

 mproved methods of 

 listribution enabled 

 Mahlon Moon, in 1849, 

 :o establish at Morris- 

 v ille nurseries in a more 

 X tensive way than had 

 lecn possible earlier. 

 The nursery established 

 ^y Mahlon Moon was 

 :ontinued by Samuel C. Moon until his 

 ieath in 1911, after which it was purchased 

 )y this Company and for a time operated Sep- 

 tra tely, but amalgamated with it in 1913. 



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 

 nursery of this Company, 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 

 rnergy still going into 

 I he 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 

 ecause it covers the tree pictured above. The currency used was that of Eng,land, which circulated in "The 

 •olonies" during the Revolutionary years in which these early sales of trees were made. The nursery of James 

 loon was probably the first in America. Each succeeding generation have been nurserymen. 



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