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Our rosebushes are all good healthy, field grown. Each bush is labeled true to name. If 
any prove not true, we will gladly replace them. 
All of our rosebushes are budded on Odorata root stock. From tests conducted in many 
sections of the country, this root stock has proven the best, as hybrid-tea varieties budded 
on it outgrow and live longer than on other root stocks. We grow all the rosebushes 
offered for sale in this catalog in our nursery at Stockton. We also exercise the great¬ 
est care in digging, packing and shipping so that they get to you in the best of condition. 
We will replace any bushes that you receive from us that were damaged in shipping if 
notified within ten days, but do not replace good bushes that are planted and do not 
grow as there are too many soil and climatic conditions that we have no control over. 
The first spring after planting rose bushes only remove old flowers, leaving all stems and 
leaves possible. If flowers are cut with long stems the first spring it weakens the plants. 
All of our bush roses, if given the proper care, will bloom for you the first Spring and will 
continue all Summer and Fall. Climbing roses bloom very little the first year, but will 
be covered with bloom the second Spring. 
Visit our Nursery in September or October and see over 200 varities of roses in bloom. The 
roses being at their best at that time, you can then order your bushes, so you can see 
the varieties in bloom which you are ordering. 
When Ordering by Mail Read Carefully 
Please mention if you want us to substitute, in case we are out of some varieties that you 
ordered. If so give names of a few' varieties that you prefer. If you do not say, not to 
substitute, and do not give substitutes, we will substitute others of the same color, select¬ 
ing you a better variety if possible. 
Send your order in early so as to get all the varieties that you want. Please send cash, 
check or Money Order with order. No C. O. D. orders accepted. Also we ship no 
orders amounting to less than $1.00 plus sales tax and postage charges. 
We start shipping rosebushes December 1st, and stop March 1st, except to cold climates where 
there is snow all winter, we will ship as early as October 25th and as late as April 1st, 
but all orders to be shipped after March 1st must be here by February 15th, so we can 
hold the bushes dormant in cold storage until the date of shipping. 
At our Nursery, we can supply rosebushes in gallon cans as late as June, but we do not ship 
these. _ 
Rose lovers will find membership in The American Rose Society both pleasurable and 
profitable. Write the Secretary at Box 687, Harrisburg, Pa., for details. 
PORT STOCKTON NURSERY 
FRANK C. RAFFEL, Proprietor 
DIAL 2-0853 
2710 E. MAIN STREET 
STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA 
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