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We wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. In pre- 
senting our Descriptive Catalogue for iS99 we toish to thank you for 
your liberal patronage and for the kindly words many of you have 
written us. 
We invite a careful examination of this Catalogue. The de- 
scriptions are conservative and a fair representation of the Fruits as 
they appear on our grounds and from the best authority obtainable. 
We have tried to eliminate from the list everything of doubtful value, 
and offer only those varieties which long experience has proven to be the 
best, and the newer sorts that promise to be ofmorethan ordinary value. 
LOCATION. 
We are located in Fillmore county, Nebraska, thirty-live miles north 
of the Kansas line, and 120 miles west of the Missouri river. 
Our nurseries are by far the largest in the state; larger, in fact, than 
all the others combined. Besides our two hundred acres in nursery, 
we have over 20,000 trees in permanent orchards, and in the busy 
season we employ a small army of workmen. We grow and sell 
annually many hundred thousands of trees, plants, and shrubs, ship- 
ping them to almost every part of the country. i 
The soil of Nebraska is peculiarly adapted to the growing of thrifty, 
well ripened, hardy trees, and our stock has gained a reputation for 
transplanting better and fruiting younger than that grown farther 
south and east. 
Please Read Carefully before making out your order. 
Send in your orders as early as possible so there may be no delay 
when the proper time for shipment arrives. All orders will receive 
prompt attention. 
