CALIFORNIA NURSERYCO.jNr..NILES, CALIFORNIA j 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT 
GENUINENESS. Important beyond everything else to the commercial planter is the mat¬ 
ter of getting fruit trees that are of the variety they purport to be. Only in a few scattered, 
negligible instances can the variety be determined before they come into bearing. Conse¬ 
quently the planter is absolutely dependent on the nurseryman. The common practice of 
cutting buds from young trees in the nursery row, buying them from other nurserymen who 
will do the same, or getting them from orchards is a most prolific source of trouble, even grant¬ 
ing the best intentions in the world. Things are different here. We have in our specimen 
orchards on the nursery bearing trees of every variety we propagate (and hundreds that we 
do not) and every bud or cion used is taken direct from these bearing trees, cut and dis¬ 
tributed by one man. We doubt if there is another nursery in the United States that has 
carried this point as far and can get all their budding and grafting wood from their own bear¬ 
ing trees. 
QUALITY. Our nursery stock is the best that can be grown or money can buy. Fifty 
years’ experience, up-to-date methods, suitable soil, favorable climate, abundance of water—all 
these and other things contribute toward this result. Recently we have on two occasions exhib¬ 
ited an assortment of our trees at the California State Fair in competition with all and both 
years we received the first prize. 
ROOTS. All our fruit trees arc grown on whole seedling roots. The advantage of this in 
promoting the health and thriftiness of trees over others grafted on pieces or sections of roots, 
or budded on stocks grown from cuttings, is acknowledged by the best authorities, and is easily 
apparent to the most casual observer. All Myrobolan seedlings are grown from seed borne 
in our own orchard. The progeny of each tree has been thoroughly tested and only those are 
used which produce strong, vigorous stocks. 
DIGGING. It is useless to grow good roots if they are all chopped off in digging. On a 
small scale it is quite possible to get good roots with a spade, but with any great quantity it 
is not probable. We dig with a digger using as high as twenty-six horses on each machine. 
This has a U-shaped blade which runs at from is to 24 inches under the surface, width in 
proportion. Only the outer ends of roots are cut off in this way, leaving a root system 
entirely competent to start and maintain a vigorous growth. 
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