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South • Orchard s • Company 
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RANDOLPH 
AMERICAN 
TRUST 
BUILDING 
MANAGER'S OFTICE 
IMPROVED PECANS 
SATSUMA ORANGES 
CHICAGO 
May 17th, 1912. 
Glen St. Mary Nurseries Co., 
Glen St. Mary, Fla. 
Gentlemen: 
Having just returned from a ten day visit to our 
plantation near Mobile, Alabama, during which time the 
writer together with our property manager, Mr. Swartwout, 
made a final inspection of the forty thousand (40,000) 
Satsuma Orange trees and the twenty-five hundred (2500) other 
fruit trees purchased from you during the past winter, we 
think you ought to know that we are much more than satisfied 
with these trees. You certainly gave us all that we purchas¬ 
ed and with heaping measure. We are not only of the opinion 
ourselves, but many fruit growers in our section, who are 
naturally interested in our large property and who have seen 
these trees, agree that they constitute the finest stock that 
has ever been planted in that district. Not only are the 
trees magnificent specimens, but the root systems are the 
finest we have ever seen. 
You may know that we are somewhat particular in re¬ 
gard to the class of trees we are planting when we state that 
last year we took out of our orchards ten thousand (10,000) 
Satsuma Orange trees that were purchased from another company 
the year previous. We were not satisfied with these trees 
when they were delivered to us and after a year's experience, 
we felt that the best thing to do was to eliminate them from 
our orchards entirely. In comparison with your trees they 
were so hopelessly below the mark that it is now a matter of 
wonder to us that you can produce the trees you do, because 
these other people have been growing nursery stock many years 
and claim to know their business. 
We wish also to thank you for the splendid condi¬ 
tion in which the trees arrived. They were delivered to us 
in perfect order. The entire transaction has been a matter 
of the greatest satisfaction to us and we feel that we now 
know where we can buy the right kind of trees at the right 
price. 
Yours very truly, 
Smmi ORCHARDS COMPANY. 
7 /CPp - 7 
PPS-S. Treasurer and Manager. 
