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BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY. BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
Mr. F. C. Stohelin. 
Mr. Carl A. SUhelin. 
A Personal Visit With Our Friends 
It is with great pleasure that we present to you 
our catalog for 1920. With your help and kind 
words we were enabled this year to add over twelve 
thousand new names to our list of friends who will 
get our catalog for the first time. While we do 
not expect an order from each one of you we do 
want you to read our catalog over carefully, and 
you can do us a favor by handing same to a neigh- 
bor or some friend who might be interested in our 
line of nursery stock. In this way you will do us 
a favor, which will be g^reatly appreciated, both by 
us and the party receiving the catalog from you. 
It may be the means of starting them on a profit- 
able line of work. If you do not wish us to send 
catalog just drop a postal card to that effect. Or 
better, give us the names of some of your friends 
who you think would be interested. 
We propose to keep our catalog up to date, list- 
ing only those plants that we know are reliable 
and profitable, and we say to you that we can serve 
you as well and better than if you had placed your 
order with firms that deal in several hundred 
•different kinds of plants, some of which they grow 
themselves, but most of which were bought of 
■nurseries who have a surplus and wish to sell 
■cheap. The nurseryman that buys that stock does 
■not know for sure what he is selling. Such stock 
is often resold several times before it reaches 
you. You are running no chance when you buy 
stock from us, as every fruit plant we offer for 
sale has been grown right here at Bridgman, where 
without doubt more and better plants are grown 
than anywhere else on the face of the earth. Our 
soil is of a light sandy loam, easily worked, and 
always has plenty of moisture to grow a superior 
quality of plants with wonderful fibrous roots. 
Our many years of experience enable us to ship 
plants safely to any place, be it ever so far away. 
We have made several shipments to Sitka, Alaska. 
Our business has increased in volume to such 
an extent that it has necessitated the addition of 
"V*"y acres of new land the past season, which, 
added to our large acreage, will mean several 
million more of sturdy, hardy and healthy plants, 
which we are sure you will appreciate. 
By the addition of our new truck the plants can 
be taken to the express office in ten minutes after 
being packed. Everything is being done to make 
our service to you satisfactory. 
We Have the Right Soil and the 
Right Climate 
The plants grow vigorously without artificial 
help. No methods are employed that are not at 
your own command. You can succeed with them 
just as well as we can. They are grown nature'.s 
way. No mulch or covering of any kind is used. 
Our plants are the hardy, strong, natural outdoor 
growth, with an extra long and fibrous root sys- 
tem, which readily adapts itself to any soil. The 
life and vim is in them to bring you good results. 
A clergyman of our acquaintance has made a 
wonderful success in the growing of strawberries. 
These plants were purchased from us. This 
clergyman having retired from the ministry and 
having himself and wife to support purchased a 
tract of seven acres of land, setting it to straw- 
berries exclusively. In a few short years from 
the proceeds of this little farm he paid for this 
land and built one of the most beautiful rural 
homes in Northern Illinois. Anyone that will 
apply himself to this business and go at it with 
a determination to win can do as well. 
