McMinnville, Tennessee 
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INTRODUCTION 
In placing this list in your hands, we hope to help you solve 
some of your buying problems for the season 1935-1936. We have 
enlarged our plantings extensively this season, and have an assort¬ 
ment of good, thrifty, young stock that should appeal to every pro¬ 
gressive nurseryman in both quality and price. 
It is true that many desirable items are not on our list but we 
offer no apologies for that. The acute shortage and steady demand 
of last season completely wiped out some of the best items, even to 
the last lining out plant. It is probably not good policy to clean 
up on anything, but we go the limit rather than ship orders short 
on best stock. 
We wish to express our appreciation for your patronage the past 
season. Many new customers have been added to our list, and we 
have put forth our best efforts toward your satisfaction. Many of 
you have sent duplicate and repeat orders and we feel that our sin¬ 
cere efforts to give you something for your money have produced 
results that have been of mutual benefit. 
Naturally, in every season’s shipments there are some claims 
for adjustment. We believe that every customer who has had such a 
claim will bear us out in the statement that every just claim has 
been adjusted. These claims have been very few, and as long as 
this privilege is not abused you are assured of protection in this way. 
One feature of this list we wish to call your attention to is 
our method of handling collected, or woods grown, stock. Seeing 
the acute shortage in much of the stock in this class, we offered 
this as a supplement to our Spring 1935 list. Also knowing the 
average quality that has been shipped in the past and the “grief” 
that it has caused, we attempted and succeeded in raising the qual¬ 
ity by regrading and culling in our storage every bundle that was 
shipped. This policy has cut our margin of profit, but we believe 
it is the only way this can be handled with any satisfaction. Con¬ 
sider this when buying collected stock, remembering that you are 
not paying for the culls that we burn, neither are you paying the 
expense of packing, transportation, etc., on something that has no. 
roots. Yet our prices are in line. 
Another feature of our collected stock is selected plants. This 
method of listing is original with us, and we believe that no other 
concern selects this quality of stock with the care that we take.. 
This is a substitute for nursery grown stock, and, in many instances,, 
is fully as good. The selections can be made from millions of plants, 
and trees, and only the best are selected. The natural law, “The 
survival of the fittest,” takes care of the weaklings, and we have 
nothing invested in poor quality, so you do not have them to buy 
to get some good stock. We also offer varieties that are not on the 
market in quantities. If our efforts in this way have helped you, 
we are glad. If you need our efforts, we will also be glad to hear 
from you. 
Remember your planting problems are our problems, if you pass, 
them along to us. If in any way we can advise or help you in regard 
to the planting or care of any of the stock listed, that is part of 
our service. Our wish is, another good season, only more of it. 
