UNION CITY, MICHIGAN 
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FOREWORD: We are glad to present you with our latest catalog of hardy 
nut trees for northern planting. The first part of this booklet is devoted to 
grafted stock and varieties of outstanding popularity. The last pages of 
this catalog describe our line of seedling stock which is often planted where 
the high quality of nut is not an important factor. Many of these seedlings 
are branched and we highly recommend them for shade and reforesting or 
experimental work. 
I wish to thank our many customers and friends for their interest and 
support. We do all we can to show our appreciation by filling all orders with 
stock true to name and fully up to our usual high standard. 
Sincerely yours, 
H. P. BURGART 
PLANT OUR GRAFTED NUT TREES FOR PROFIT: Do not delay plant¬ 
ing your nut orchard another year while expecting prices of grafted nut 
trees to drop. Prices are entirely dependent upon the cost of production, 
and until weather conditions and supply of graftwood come our way to bet¬ 
ter advantage we cannot sell grafted stock for less money. 
Last Spring and Summer we grafted and budded about 4,000 trees of 
various species and varieties. Graftwood of some of these being imported 
and costing us “plenty”. In early June the extreme heat set in and killed near¬ 
ly all of these buds and grafts. Later efforts at summer patch budding were 
also a failure. These unfavorable conditions leave us facing the shipping 
season with but a few thousand grafted trees that are thneie years old on 
the graft. 
Here is a fine opportunity for those who plant our stock this year, as the 
unions are well overgrown, giving our customers the advantage of getting the 
best in nut trees at the lowest price possible. 
The question is often asked, “Can grafted nut trees be produced for 
less money?” We must say, no—due to the uncertainty in propagating them. 
WHAT ABOUT THE NEW PROMISES MENTIONED LAST SPRING?: We 
are sorry to admit that we lost all grafts set in Crath and Broadview, the 
hardy Canadian English walnut varieties. Do not order any of these until 
you find them listed on our price list and order blank sheet. Along with 
these we lost other new varieties of several species—Luther Butternut; 
Mann Hickory; Dyer Hickory and others. 
We are going to try our luck again this year with the Broadview English 
walnut. This variety is very hardy and for those in the northern range it 
is about the only safe variety of Juglans Regia. Note the Engraving of the 
Broadview’s large nut and plump kernel. 
Inquiries are coming “to beat all” for this new nut which has been given 
considerable praise by various magazines and authorities. Our Mother Blocks 
of Broadview are coming along fine and we hope to have a supply of these 
ready for sale in the near future. 
SPECIES AND VARIETIES DISCONTINUED DUE TO LACK OF 
HARDINESS 
Since starting our nut tree nursery here in southern Michigan with the 
fact in mind that wa were starting something new, we have been constantly 
testing varieties of nuts recommended by others to be adapted to northern 
