A WORD TO THOSE WHO 
RECEIVE THIS PRICE-LIST 
Although the war is over, stocks of nearly 
every commodity have been so reduced that it 
will take considerable time to restore business 
to a normal basis. Meanwhile, it is the duty of 
each one to conserve wherever possible — hence 
we are issuing this abridged price list. 
You may select and order from this list with 
absolute confidence that your order will be 
filled with our usual high-quality stock, and 
that every care possible will be exercised in 
the packing and shipping. 
We will send our descriptive catalogue to 
anyone who may desire more information con- 
cerning varieties, etc. 
ORDER EARLY. The war has been directly 
responsible for the present scarcity of nursery 
stock. It has been next to impossible to import 
French stocks for propagation purposes, and 
this, together with the labor shortage through- 
out the country, has resulted in less than one- 
half the output of mature nursery stock which 
was on the market before the war. When we 
stop to consider that it takes one year to pro- 
duce the raw material, and from two to three 
years more to jiroduce the finished article, it is 
easy to see that nursery stock is bound to be 
scarce for a period of several years. 
We offer this suggestion, that many -who 
have, perhaps, been in the habit of placing 
their orders in spring, may avoid disappoint- 
ment and loss through the extreme shortage of 
stock which is bound to be more acute and pro- 
nounced this next season than ever before. 
ORDER EARLY— DO IT NOW! 
APPLICATION OF RATES. Customers 
may select 6 trees or plants of a kind — as 6 
apples or 6 peaches — at dozen rates, 50 at 100 
rate, 500 at 1,000 rate. 
SIZE OF ORDERS. No orders filled for less 
than $1. 
THE BARNES BROTHERS NURSERY CO. 
Yalesville, Connecticut 
