Suggestions to Buyers 
1. All orders should be plainly written 
on a separate sheet of paper and not mixed 
up in the body of the letter. This prevents 
confusion in booking orders. 
2. When ordering please advise us if 
substitution will be permitted, as we feel 
at liberty when no instructions accompany 
the order to substitute other sorts equally 
as desirable. In cases where we substitute 
it is our general rule to send our patrons 
a better variety than the one ordered. 
3. All our stock is well packed and 
carefully labeled. We make a small charge 
to cover cost of material used in packing. 
We make no charge for drayage. 
4. Advise us plainly how you wish us 
to ship—by express, freight or parcels 
post; also state the route; otherwise we 
will use our own judgment in forwarding. 
5. After we deliver nursery stock to 
the carriers in good condition we cannot 
hold ourselves responsible for any loss or 
injury. All customers are requested to 
hold on to their shipping receipt, for in 
many instances it is necessary to file a 
claim with the railroad company and other 
carriers for damage or delay in transit, and 
the original shipping receipt is necessary 
when filing such claims. 
6. All claims for mistakes in filling 
orders, and also for all stock which may 
be unsatisfactory upon arrival, must be 
reported to us within 10 days after receipt 
of shipment; otherwise we cannot allow 
same. 
7. Parties unknown to us must accom¬ 
pany their orders with a remittance or 
furnish satisfactory reference. 
8. Please remember to write your 
name, postoffice, county, state, street ad¬ 
dress or rural route when ordering. This 
prevents your mail from going astray. 
9. Remittances can be made us either 
by postoffice money order, registered let¬ 
ter, express money order or bank draft. 
Where parties have a bank account with 
their local bank we will accept their per¬ 
sonal check in payment of any stock they 
may order, providing, of course, they have 
ample funds in their local bank to meet 
payment upon presentation. Many times 
it is more convenient for our customers to 
send us a check on their local bank when 
ordering, for they may live a considerable 
distance from town, and in remitting in 
this manner would make it unnecessary for 
them to go to town for this purpose. 
10. Our descriptions of the various 
fruits and plants we list in this catalog 
are very much condensed, as space will 
not permit us to go into detail telling the 
qualifications of the various varieties. We 
would therefore recommend to all those 
who intend to embark in fruit growing, to 
procure a copy of the following well-known 
works: 
California Fruits and How to Grow Them. 
By Prof. E. J. Wickson. 
This book covers every phase of fruit 
growing in detail. Describes varieties in 
full and is a complete compendium of 
methods and suggestions on soil prepara¬ 
tion, planting, cultivating, irrigating and 
pruning. We can supply this book, post¬ 
paid, $3 per copy. 
One Thousand Questions in California 
Agriculture Answered. By Prof. E. J. 
Wickson. 
This book should be in hands of all fruit 
growers. It is very valuable as a reference 
book. We can supply this book, postpaid, 
$1.50 per copy. 
NUMBER OF TREES 
OR 
PLANTS ON 
AN ACRE 
AT GIVEN 
DISTANCE 
APART 
Equilateral 
Square 
Triangle 
Method 
Method 
1 
ft. 
apart each way. 
No. 
plants 
13.560 
50,300 
2 
10,890 
12,375 
3 
4,840 
5,889 
4 
2,722 
3,130 
5 
1,742 
2,011 
G 
1,210 
1,397 
7 
" 
807 
928 
8 
'■ 
6S0 
785 
9 
537 
G20 
10 
435 
502 
12 
302 
348 
14 
222 
256 
15 
193 
222 
1G 
170 
195 
IS 
134 
154 
20 
" 
109 
125 
22 
" 
90 
104 
24 
75 
86 
25 
G9 
79 
30 
" 
48 
55 
35 
35 
40 
40 
" 
27 
31 
50 
18 
20 
