INTRODUCTORY 
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It gives us pleasure in this, our eighteenth annual greeting, to say to our patrons and 
Meeds and to prospective purchasers of nursery stock, that we are looking after our iiaue in¬ 
terests with the same amount of care as at the beginning and with greater success than at first, 
because of our increased experience in the business. Although we are cultivating twelve different 
farms in nursery stock, each acre of this extensive tract is under the direct personal oversight of 
ane member of our firm each day. 
We do not seek to produce the wonders in nursery stock, but are satisfied to grow those 
varieties which have proven themselves to be a success in a -'ommercial way, thus the goods we 
put on the market is past the experimental age. 
Our custom has been to visit the best orchards in various parts of the country and 
study their methods and varieties, and to acquaint ourselves with the demands of the 
different localities. Sn this way we have put ourselves in a position to please our 
customers off the different sections of the country. 
Our trees are grown on the best known methods for producing a tree with well ripeaed 
wood and strong vitality, which is necessary to produce fruit at an early age. 
Having different farms with a variety of soils suited for growing Peach, Apple, Pear and 
Cherry trees, Strawberry plants and Asparagus roots, we sei. ,t land suitable for the various 
kinds of trees and plants which we grow, and we produce Peach, Apple, Pear and Cherry 
trees, Strawberry plants and Asparagus roots in large quantities. 
Our facilities for handling nursery stock are the best in the State. We have more acres in 
cultivation, more trenching ground and larger packing houses than any other nursery in Maryland. 
We have over two hundred acres in Peach, both budded and seedlings, and a like amount of 
Apple. We use hundreds of tons of commercial fertilizer annually beside a large quantity of 
barnyard manure, togethei with crimson clover and peas as a cover crop to keep the land free 
from filth and in good working condition. 
We make it a point to grow our Peach on land that has never been in Peach and from 
natural seedlings, and we also seek for a soil which will produce a strong fibrous root. It is 
our belief that no better Apple can be produced in America than ours, and we base our opinion 
mi the fact that we have a soil especially suited to the production of Apple, a loam soil with 
red clay subsoil. 
Strawberry plants are grown in light sandy soil which produces long clean roots with a 
good healthy crown; Asparagus roots are also given a light soil that may be taken out with 
all their rootlets, ,and thus put them into the hands of our customers in the best possible 
condition. 
It would be a pleasure to us to take our customers and all prospective buyers through 
our nursery and show them our stock and explain to them our methods of growing and hand¬ 
ling the same, and we extend to all a most cordial invitation to visit us. 
We are 124 miles from Baltimore and can be easily reached via B., C. & A. R. R., and 
152 miies from Philadelphia, and can be reached via P., W. & B. R. R., which is a branch of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad. 
Our prices will be found as interesting to purchasers as those of any other nursery in 
the country, and we invite you to compare catalogues or visit us in person before you purchase 
your supplies for this fall. 
Trusting that we may be favored with a continuation of your patronage, which will receive 
our prompt attention, we remain, 
Yours very truly, 
Berlin, Maryland. 
