Introduction 
URINCj the twenty-two years we have been in business our pro¬ 
ducts have found their way into many foreign countries. They 
have traveled in an easterly direction across the Atlantic, 
through the Straits of Gibraltar, Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, 
Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean to New Zealand in the 
Pacific, where they are now growing thriftily after having 
traveled three-quarters of the way around the globe. Shipped in a westerly 
direction, they have crossed the continent and, embarking on the Pacific from 
its eastern edge, found congenial lodgment in far-off Honolulu. It is perhaps 
needless to say that these constantly increasing foreign shipments are but the 
natural outgrowth of a constantly enlarging business, started, primarily, to supply 
the needs of tree-planters nearer home. 
Amongst the prominent nearer-home customers stands the United States 
Government, for whom, through the Department of Agriculture, we have been 
and are growing quite large numbers of trees, both in nurseries and orchard. 
Our friends will notice that the size of our catalogue has been increased, 
so that it now requires three cents postage instead of two, and that its make¬ 
up has been quite radically changed. Certain classes of fruits have been grouped 
together and are listed under department headings. This allows a more com¬ 
prehensive treatment, and better enables our customers to find just what they 
are looking for within these pages. 
This increase in size has also enabled us to include a cultural department 
upon which we have spent considerable time and thought in the endeavor to have 
the information and suggestions given as nearly accurate as possible. We trust 
this cultural department will prove helpful to our customers, particularly those 
who are beginners in horticultural pursuits. 
On the title page an additional name appears this year—that of Aubrey P’'rink 
as secretary. This does not, however, mean any change in the personnel or 
policy of the business, for Mr. Frink has been with the Nurseries something over 
eight years, during which time he has taken an active part in the management 
of the business. 
We trust this catalogue will be found pleasing, comprehensive and helpful. 
W e shall hope for a continuance of the generous patronage received in the past, 
and solicit orders from those who receive this catalogue who have not as yet 
favored us with an order. 
With assurances that all orders and communications sent us shall have our 
most careful, conscientious and prompt attention, we invite a perusal of the 
following pages. Very truly yours, 
Oiiober, 1Q04. G. L. TABER 
Copyrii^ht 1^4^ by G. L. Taber 
