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Glen St. Mary Nurseries. 
Neither too far North for the orange nor too far South for the apple, most of the varieties of the fruits 
that thrive westward along the Gulf Coast to the Rio Grande grow here, as well as the fruits of the 
continental highlands above us and the lower levels of the Florida peninsula below. Extensive test 
orchards, a feature of the business from the beginning, maintained at considerable expense, have 
amply repaid the outlay in the information afforded. 
It should be the mission of the nurseryman to disseminate accurate information upon horti¬ 
culture, to gather, and to give to all, the experimental knowledge gained by some. He should be, 
not so much on the alert for “ novelties,” as eager to know and place within reach the fruits and 
plants most valuable in each section and locality. 
In a region where fruit growing is new and formative, as is the case now in the Lower South, 
it falls to the nurseryman to lead the way in experiments and to make the record of progress. He 
must seek and determine, test and prove. To render his results available to the fruit-growing and 
tree-planting public, his annual summary must be guide and hand-book as well as catalogue. 
With this end in view, we have not confined our descriptive lists to outlining the prominent 
characteristics of varieties merely, but, so far as space permitted, have*given full particulars, in 
the light of latest experience, regarding the most valuable kinds, and to the descriptive lists thus 
amplified have added a chapter of copious hints upon the “care and management of fruit trees.” 
We are grateful for the appreciation we have met in our efforts to keep all departments of our 
nursery fully up to the times. By continued persistent effort to obtain and disseminate the best, 
scrupulous care in keeping varieties true to name, liberal dealing and personal attention to business, 
we shall endeavor to merit the confidence of patrons, to gain new friends, and to extend our 
business relations. 
September, 1894. G. L. TABER. 
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WHAT PURCHASERS SAY. 
From numerous unsolicited testimonials received from Florida patrons last season, we give the following: 
Jacksonville, Jan. 19, 1894 : “The trees were beauties; straight, clean, sound, well-grown.”—Stephen Pow¬ 
ers (Editor Farmer and Fruit Grower). . . . East Palatka, Jan. 14, 1894 : “Trees came in good order; I like 
them very much.” — E. W. Johnson. . . . DeFuniack Springs, Jan. 5, 1894: “I increase order, as everybody 
wants more ; they are elegant.”— G. W. Mellish. . . . Hastings, Dec. 29, 1893 : “ Trees came in fine condition, 
am pleased with them; they were packed so well they would have stood a thousand-mile journey.” — Jay Terrell. 
. . . Live Oak, Dec. 15, 1893 : “ Enclosed find order; we wish to patronize you again, as the trees purchased 
of you seven years ago were so fine and thrifty.”— Mrs. Geo. E. Porter. . . . Kissimmee, Feb. 28, 1894 : “Trees 
arrived in good order ; am well pleased with their clean, healthy appearance, and do not expect to lose any.” — 
R. E. Rose. . . . Bartow, May 7, 1894: “I never saw anything do better than the things I got of you.”— Dr. C. 
P. Baird. . . . Pabor Lake, April 25, 1894 : “ Have fruit on peach and kaki trees bought of you last March.” — 
W. E. Pabor. . . . Lake Helen, April 18, 1894: “ We never saw as good trees for the money.”— A. R. Cooley. 
Trenton, April 7, 1894 : “Well pleased with your trees, so well rooted and well put up.”—J. H. ITalbrook. . . . 
Farmdale, April 10, 1894 : “ They more than met my expectations.”— C. S. Guderian. . . . Island Grove, March 
31, 1894 : “Am pleased with the peach trees, which came promptly, and are doing well.”—E. A. Holt . . . Lees¬ 
burg, March 10, 1894 : “All parties pleased with the trees ; I have never seen roots to equal them ; the packing 
was beautifully done ; hope to order more next season.”— C. Russell Mayo. . . . Titusville, Feb. 14,1894 : “The 
trees you sent were very fine, and are doing well.”—The Robbins & Graham Co. . . . Oakdale, Feb. 22, 1894 : 
“ I must say you understand putting up trees to ship ; both lots came in fine condition.”— O. P. Blaisdell. . . . 
Suwannee Shoals, Feb. 9, 1894 : “Trees arrived in good order, so neatly packed they look as though they had 
never been dug.”—Jno. V. Brown. . . . Pensacola, Jan. 12, 1894: “Our people who have ordered (including 
myself) are very well satisfied, and will be agents of yours in the future.”—Dennis Burns. . . . Crescent City, 
Jan. 27, 1894 : “lam satisfied ; the stock sent is particularly good.”—Collins B. Hubbard . . . Madison, Jan. 6, 
1S94 : “I must say I am well pleased with the trees you sent me.”— L. T. Boatright, M. D. . . . Sellers Lake, 
Feb. 24, 1894 : “ Last lot came this morning ; am well pleased with all you have sent.” — A. J. Tabler. 
