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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
TWELVE ACRE BLOCK OF CONCORD GRAPE VINES AT BUNTINGS’ NURSERIES, 
SELBYVILLE, DEL., GROWN FROM CUTTINGS PLANTED IN APRIL 1923, 
PHOTOGRAPHED SEPTEMBER 20, 1923. 
BUNTINGS’ NURSERIES 
The Buntings’ Nurseries, Selbyville, Del., originally 
started on a very small scale by supplying strawberry 
plants to other nurserymen. Mr. E. W. Bunting, father 
of the present senior member of the firm, G. E. Bunting, 
was the first man to plant strawberries in that locality, 
which is now one of the largest strawberry centers in 
the country. 
Gradually the firm began to grow other lines of nur¬ 
sery stock until now there are 200 acres planted with 
small fruits, fruit trees, grape vines, California privet, 
flowering shrubs, evergreens, etc. 
They do a business, both wholesale and retail. The 
first catalog being published in 1910 was confined almost 
exclusively to strawberries. In 1914 additional plant¬ 
ings of other stocks were made until now a full line is 
grown. At present the father and four sons give their 
whole time to the business and employ as high as eighty 
hands, men, women and children, according to the season 
of the year. 
The firm owns 330 acres with additional acreage under 
lease. The nurseries are separated in three different sec¬ 
tions, ten miles from each other, so as to get the kind of 
soil necessary for certain crops. They have two large 
packing houses, one 50x100 feet on the home farm; with 
a concrete structure at the shipping point, Selbyville, 
100x150 feet, with a private railroad siding. 
PARTIAL VIEW OF A BLOCK OF 150,000 PEACH 1-YEAR BUDS PHOTOGRAPHED AT BUNTINGS’ NURSERIES, SELBY¬ 
VILLE, DEL., SEPTEMBER 20, 1923. C. A. BUNTING STANDS IN THE FOREGROUND AND IS A FULL SIX FOOTER, 
WHICH GIVES ONE AN IDEA OF THE GROWTH THE TREES HAVE MADE THIS SEASON 
