FOREWORD 
I have not made any general change in the make-up of my little nut 
catalogue or given as much space to it as I would like to do, because print¬ 
ing and engraving is much higher than formerly and are a considerable item 
of expense with me. Also, my stock of nut trees, being considerably reduced, 
can be easily sold without any extensive selling campaign. 
I have, however, added four more pages and a number of new illustra¬ 
tions made direct from photographs taken here and I hope these prove of 
interest and helpful to those wanting to plant nut trees but who have been 
undecided as to what to plant. With thousands of my budded and grafted 
trees coming into bearing all over the country the past few years interest 
in nut culture has increased by leaps and bounds. I had many visitors here 
the past two seasons and they went away seemingly much impressed with 
the bearing English and black walnut, pecan, shagbark, heart nut, filberts 
and hazels. 
I wish to thank my customers and friends for past favors and solicit 
your future orders with the assurance that they will receive the same careful 
attention that they have in the past. 
TERMS AND SUGGESTIONS 
VISITORS. I am always glad to welcome visitors who are interested 
in nut trees. The best time to see the trees in bearing is in the late summer. 
English walnuts and filberts ripen early in September. Black walnuts, shag- 
barks and pecans ripen in October. The Quarryville and Strasburg Trolley 
cars leaving Lancaster every half hour pass the nurseries. 
MY NURSERIES ARE LOCATED three miles south of Lancaster in 
a section noted for its fine farms and productive soil. We have the main 
lines of the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads which insures the prompt 
delivery of shipments at nominal rates. 
WHEN TO PLANT. My hardy Pennsylvania Grown Trees may be 
planted either spring or fall. Trees may be planted any time they are dor¬ 
mant, (which is from October 1st to June 1st here) and the ground is not 
frozen hard. The usual shipping season is October 1st to December 20th in 
the fall and March 1st to June 1st in the spring. I can usually supply trees 
perfectly dormant out of my cellars, however, till June 15th to 20th. 
REMITTANCES may be made in any way that is convenient. Personal 
checks from responsible parties accepted at par. 
NON-GUARANTY. I guarantee all trees sent out to be of the size 
and quality specified, but like most other firms I do not guarantee trees to 
grow. I lake this stand for the following reasons: In the first place, many 
people who plant trees guaranteed to grow, habitually neglect the trees for 
this very reason and never gel any where. In the second place, the prices 
of the trees would have to be advanced to lake care of the losses thus caused 
by careless planting and neglect, and this would not be fair to the man who 
plants and cares for his trees properly, since he would be helping to pay 
these unnecessary losses in which he had no part. I take extra pains to see 
that all trees sent out arc well grown, true to label and in condition to live 
and grow, but since I have no influence over conditions surrounding the trees 
or over their planting and care, after they pass out of my hands, I can not 
assume responsibility for any customers losses resulting from failure to make 
the trees grow for any reason. Where customers receive trees from me that 
they feel arc not up to my usual high standard, I will take it as a favor if 
they write me fully in the case and I am always glad to make good mistakes 
of any kind, but complaints or claims, to receive attention, must be made as 
soon as shipment has been received and inspected. Otherwise the transaction 
will be considered as closed and my books closed against it, and no claims 
thereafter will be entertained. 
CORRESPONDENCE. T am always glad to give any one interested in 
nut trees any additional information that I can by correspondence, but I 
often get long letters from people asking many questions that are fully 
covered in mv printed matter. Too often those writing these long letters 
do so simply from force of habit and arc not really interested. The grafted 
and budded nut trees going out now have cost so much to grow that I have 
had to cut over-head expense to the minimum, and being a very busy man, 
1 will thank those writing me to first read my printed matter carefully. 
