W. R. Strong & Co , Sacramento, Cal. 
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ROBERT WILLIAMSON. 
W. R. STRONG. 
P. E. PLATT. 
W. R. STRONG & CO.’S 
Desoriptive Satalojiie oPf pees Hiipserji Stock 
T’OR 1888-89. 
THE CAPITAL NURSERIES. 
lloBERT WiT.Li.\MSON, the orifrin.nl founder .nnd manager ot these Nurseries still 
has the managemeut thereof. With his long experience, and the increased facilities 
of the present farm, we feel warranted in saying tliat we can compete with any Nur- 
sery on the Coast, and hope tor a contimxanca of the liberal patronage so long 
enjoyed by these well known and popular Nurseries ° ^ 
me^to,'S‘’'^'“‘'’^®''“ """ s‘«re.’Nos. 102 to 110 J Street, Sacra- 
\Ve have greatly increased our facilities for carrying on this branch of our business 
' the very best land on the Mokelumne .River in the 
P district, ihis, added to our 210 acres at Sacramento and our large 
orchard and experimental grounds near Penryu, in Placer County, gives us unrivaled 
good stocks, and testing varieties on different soils and in 
fnfat*^1ve thirty years experience in handling and shipping 
fn it, we certainly are in better position for supplying the planter with trees that 
elsewhere* satisfaction than any other nursery firm on the Coast or 
Our stock this season is unusually large; trees very large and healthy most of 
T protect themselves from the hot i-avs of the sun. ’ For the 
past SIX years our buds and grafts have been taken from bearing trees fruited under 
-n ‘nf climate.s and soils to that of Sacramento Valley and adjacent 
foothills, ihe great diversity of climates in this State makes it impossible to get 
fr. L r® "'‘‘h ‘h® same fruit. For instance, some of our bist 
value bele 'worthless in San Jose, and some of the best kinds there are of no 
READ WITH CARE THE EOEEOWIXG: 
climato.‘'"®°“® fry fo fled out what succeeds best in their particular 
(2 ) Different persons know fruits by different names, which sometimes causes 
they Zle?ed!'“^ swindled, when they have actually got exactly what 
culture in California as being yet in its infancy ; we think it is 
destined to become the paramount interest of the State. People generally are using 
more fruit than in former years, and as a proof of the success of the fruit interest i^ 
Oalifornia, fruits of all kinds have brought better prices of late years than fomerl^ 
being sent to all parts of the world, and find a ready market. We are 
in the center of the commercial world, and from present indications we are to be the 
world's great fruit center. The low freights recently secured, and the lower rates 
wl^ we still expect to get wilt enable us to find market for a’ll we can raire 
7"®f!®® Vli'«h we consider most valuable we have cultivated in larger 
<juantities, uiia are indicated by an asterisk, thus (*) ” 
".‘■''f'®'’ exfeusively engaged in Fruit Packing and Shipping, and flatter our- 
selves that we are competent to judge ot the best kinds ot fruit to grow tor profit 
1 1 recommend or send out any new varieties until we have 
fully lested them ourselves, and proved them worthy of cultivation. Our Nurseries, 
vigihmcrto S- Snlr '3®f®™«®d by 
Prinoitidil TresDeDot, Secoad and H Sts , near Oi Pi R, R. Passenger Depot. 
