PEDIGREE 
The pedigree of a plant must be known in scientific propagation, because it requires several years 
to breed up and develop it, and the line of ancestry must not be broken by propagating from any 
weak plant. 
A THOROUGHBRED PLANT 
A thoroughbred plant is one possessing the best characteristics of its variety, the result of growing 
them continuously under the most favorable environments and accumulating good qualities through 
annually selecting the desirable variations and discarding weaklings and restricting to prevent pollen 
and seed exhaustion, thus preserving a perfect balance between vegetative parts and its fruit produc- 
ing organism. 
THE PEDIGREE OF THESE PLANTS 
The pedigree of each plant offered in this catalog, unless otherwise stated in the description, shows 
the ancestry in lineal ascent to have been thoroughbred, as above stated, and they are believed to 
be perfect in their physicial and fruiting organisms in all respects. 
COMMON PLANTS 
Plants as commonly grown under ordinarj' conditions, without any systematic selection of bud 
variations, and for the want of proper restriction, are more or less pollen exhausted and therefore 
have a strong tendency to make runners rather than strong fruit buds. They do not give uniformity 
of quality to fruit under any system of tillage that can be used. 
THE CAUSE AND EFFECT 
We have pointed out the cause of unfruitfulness in plants and have given the effectual remedy 
as proven by repeated definite experiments, which may be summed up as follows: 
The most congenial environments to induce better variations, and continuously selecting those 
making the greatest improvements, and keeping them under restricted fruitage to develop their fruit 
producing organism. These methods have met the warmest approval of the highest horticultural 
experts in the country, and especially that of the International Conference of Plant Breeders. We 
have been the pioneers in this work, and have the only establishment in the country having periect 
conditions for plant breeding. 
STOCK FOR PROPAGATION 
We make a specialty of furnishing fruit growers with l^horoughbred Plants for their propagating 
beds, from which they can grow perfect plants which will respond to high culture, with large ber- 
ries and plenty of them, as well as for general planting. 
THE DEMAND 
Heretofore the demand has been beyond olm' ability to supply. Wherever these plants ha\ e 
been seen in fruiting under good cultivation they have created a sensation, and in order to meet 
the demand we have discontinued the propagation of all other nursery stock and this year have a 
larger acreage of the best developed plants we have ever grown; but the demand is also rapidly 
increasing and the indications are that there will be a greater rush for them than in former years. 
Orders are filled in rotation of receipt and it is to your interest to have your order booked as early 
as possible which insures your getting the varieties selected. Our customers are always the leaders 
on the markets. 
THE PHOTOGRAPHS 
Typical specimens of each variety were photographed in the season of 1905 and engraved to 
show the size and form of the berries of difi^erent varieties, but the camera cannot do them justice, 
as the beautiful color, delicious flavor and firm texture cannot be put into the picture. 
The seeming uniformity of berries of different varieties arises out of continued selection of -^hose 
approaching most nearly to the ideal type. It is the result of skillful propagation through a series 
of years. / 
Copies of this book will be sent free to any four of your friends, with your name and compli- 
ments written on each book, so they will know that you sent it. Send in their names. They must 
be persons interested in berry growing. 
VISITORS 
Visitors are most cordially welcomed at our grounds at any time. You will be entertained free 
and conducted through the grounds by ourselves. 
COPYRIGHTS ' ' 
The various editions of this work have been duly copyrighted, covering engravings and alls^yb- 
ject matter. All rights are reserved, and nurserymen will be held responsible for infringement* 
in making up their catalogs. 
