E. W. REID. 
ALFRED JERVIS. 
Spring, 1895. 
I N INTRODUCING ourselves again to our many friends 
and patrons for another season, we present to you here 
fresh evidence of material prosperity in the shape of an 
improved Catalogue (which is our only traveling 
salesman), and we wish heartily to thank our many 
friends and patrons for helping us so liberally with their 
repeated orders and kind encouragement. We can assure all 
that we appreciate such kindness, and that it urges us on more and more to still further exertion and effort to be 
of service to all who place their orders with us. With these intentions in view, we have erected this year, at a 
very heavy cost, new packing houses, and have furnished them with all the new appliances and improvements 
to handle and pack stock in better shape than ever, and with more dispatch. This has been necessary as well to 
meet the very large increase in the business, which has for several years past about doubled itself annually. 
With such an increase, we have a friendly request to make of our patrons in the busy seasons— not to write 
letters on the orders but on a separate sheet, and also to fill the order blanks up carefully, stating whether by 
Mail Express or Freight. This will save many delays in filling orders, and help us very materially in both the 
order and correspondence departments. If you are wanting information, write us; we are always willing and 
ready to give you our best advice. 
The stock we have to offer this season is the finest we have ever grown or handled, and we have confidence 
it will give you better satisfaction than ever. We have an immense stock of Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches, Cher- 
ries and all the leading varieties of small fruits, etc. We particularly call your attention to the Timbrell 
Strawberry and Eldorado Blackberry, as having no peers. Timbrell has fully borne out all the claims made 
for it and as the price is now within the reach of all, fruit-growers cannot afford to miss planting this grand 
berry’. Eldorado is the coming Blackberry. Nothing we have ever seen in any way approaches it for produc- 
tion and quality, and we can thoroughly recommend it to all who want a better berry than has ever been put 
on the market before. We can also recommend the Ijoren I/, Peach as one of the best we have ever seen ; the 
supply of this is only limited, and can be furnished only in small lots. Keepsake Gooseberry still keeps to 
the fore of all English varieties. Its early ripening, about two weeks ahead of Industry, and being of a large 
size makes it valuable as a market variety. Starr Apple is another addition to our new fruits which has come 
to stay, and is well worthy of a trial by all who desire the best of fruits. There are also many of the recent in- 
troductions which we can highly recommend from our experience, such as the Kansas, Conratli and Miller 
Raspberries, Greenville Strawberry, Abundance and Burbank Plums, and also the new red Raspberry 
now being introduced for the first time, the Loudon. This we have not yet fruited, but it comes with high 
recommendations from some of ourleading horticulturists and fruit-growers. Last, but not least, we think our 
patrons will do well to test the new Mercer Cherry. 
We aim in this Catalogue to give you a full and accurate description of all varieties of stock, discarding any 
attempts at exaggeration, which is only misleading and disappointing, both to buyer and seller. Our colored 
illustrations are all true to nature and were painted by one of the first artists in the country, at a very consid- 
erable cost and trouble. We hope all who appreciate the beautiful in nature will commend us for diligence in 
getting up a Catalogue which is both useful and ornamental. 
We wish that, when comparing our prices with others, you will bear in mind our grading of stock. Ours 
is usually a class higher than that from most nurseries, hence we give you both caliper and height. You will 
find that many omit this purposely, so that they can furnish you with an inferior grade, with the usual height 
but deficient in caliper. 
We also beg to draw the attention of our customers to our many advantages. Our soil is peculiarly adapted 
forthe Nursery business, stock making a rapid and clean growth, and our small fruits are unsurpassed, which 
is evident from the fact that we are entirely sold out every season. Our packing department is underthe per- 
sonal supervision of our Mr. E. W. Reid and assistants, who are all old and experienced hands, who have 
grown up with the business, and who spare no pains in seeing that the stock is fully up toour high standard of 
grading. More than that, you get stock true to name. Our facilities for shipping are unsurpassed, as we have 
all the leading trunk lines represented, and six express companies. This competition insures us the very lowest 
rates as well as prompt attention. Our location, just opposite Wheeling, W. Va., gives us many advantages 
over our own town, as it is just as handy to ship from this point as from Bridgeport. Further, we have the Ohio 
river, by which we can reach many points at very low freight rates from l’ittsburg to New Orleans, St. Louis, 
and other points along the great rivers. 
In conclusion, we wish to thank you all individually for your many favors, and, feeling assured that our past 
endeavors have been fully appreciated, we shall aim to be as diligent and attentive in the future. 
CHEAP BUT FRESH STOCK.— We do not want you to think that we sell (heap slock because our 
rates are much lower than those of many Nurseries ; we deal direct with you, and not through agents, who, in 
many cases, add fifty percent, to the cost. We are not a "Cheap John.” We sell our stock at a small profit to 
increase our trade. We look at the matter in this way : If we can sell to five men at the same profit we would 
make from one, we increase our trade, and our stock is our best advertisement. 
