Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Etc. 
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FOREWORD 
HIS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE gives the results 
of our forty-eight years' experience in growing the standard 
varieties of fruit and ornamental nursery stock. We are 
pleased to present the descriptions herein contained as a guide 
to the fruits and ornamentals of recognized and proved value. 
Western New York is everywhere known as the best section of the United 
States for the production of healthy, hardy and long-lived trees. Geneva is 
located in the very heart of this territory and has exceptional climatic con- 
ditions, owing to its proximity to Seneca lake. 
It seems hardly necessary to emphasize the fact, so self-apparent in its 
nature, that a location like ours, and experience such as we have had, com- 
bined with progressive business methods, give us advantages in the production 
of nursery stock which enable us to satisfy our customers at all times with 
offerings of the highest quality. 
Our Nurseries in the growing season present a beautiful and interesting 
sight, and a warm welcome always awaits such of our patrons and friends as 
find it convenient to visit us in person. It is a pleasure to show our Nurseries, 
our up-to-date storage-cellars and packing-houses, to customers who call on us. 
A visit to a modern nursery is well worth while, and will well repay the time 
and trouble required to make it. 
Our Guarantee as to Stock 
We guarantee our stock to be free from San Jose scale and other insect 
pests or diseases of any nature whatsoever. Twice every year a representative 
of the Department of Agriculture of the State of New York makes a careful 
