We do not present this as a complete catalogue of fruit and ornamental 
stock, but rather as an abridged catalogue describing in brief what we consider 
the most desirable varieties for general cultivation. Although we sell our 
stock over a large extent of territory, we exercise the utmost care in offering 
for the different sections the varieties of fruit best adapted to each locality. 
Winter apples that we recommend for Northern New England, we would not 
permit to be sold for Southern Maryland, as the climatic conditions in the two 
sections are entirely different. 
Experience has demonstrated that the most satisfactory way for both our 
customers and ourselves, is to have our salesmen call upon the people and 
obtain their orders by personal solicitation. We have our salesmen call early, 
usually some months before the planting is to be done, so as to give every cus- 
tomer ample time in which to prepare for receiving and planting the stock. 
The orders are sent to us weekly, so that we can keep an account of the 
varieties that are being .sold ; and the moment we are sold out of a particular 
variety, our men are ordered to stop the sale of that item. Substitution is 
something we do not practice, and we will not knowingly permit a single tree 
of a variety to be sold after the stock is exhausted. 
Our seasons of shipment are April, in the spring, and October and Novem- 
ber, in the fall. 
Each customer's order is filled bj' itself in our shipping yard, and we 
insure its delivery in good condition. By our system of packing, stock can be 
shipped for hundreds of miles, be upon the road for weeks, and arrive at desti- 
nation in as good order as when it left the nursery. 
We aim to deliver all retail orders at the purchaser's house, thus virtually 
placing our nursery at every customer's door. As a rule, we employ local 
representatives to deliver the stock and collect the bills, as it is not possible 
for our salesmen to attend to this work. If any error or mistake occurs in fill- 
ing an order, we are ready to adjust same upon notice. 
We have under cultivation, actually covered with young nursery stock, 
about 250 acres of land. When one stops to consider that every foot of this 
ground must be plowed and cultivated several times every season, as well as 
grubbed, and hoed, some faint idea of the labor involved can be realized. 
Thorough tillage without manure gives the best results in growing nursery 
stoc^. 
All of our fruit trees are propagated by budding on whole-root seedlings. 
We do not believe and do not practice the old S3\stem of piece-root root-grafting. 
Western New York is pre-eminently suited for the growing of healthy, 
hardy, long-lived trees. This is especially so as regards the section about 
Geneva, the climatic conditions there being strongly influenced by the beautiful 
and romantic Seneca lake. 
With few exceptions, our salesmen are part of our force of salaried 
employes. Self-interest, as well as regard for the public, prompts and compels 
us to employ only men wliom vve have gpod reason to, believe tp be honest and 
trustworthy. ' ' ' ' ' "'' ' ' ' ' •' '' 
