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With the presentation of this 1940 Catalog we wish to again call your attention to CHI- 
QUITA, the most outstanding baby ROSE in the world. Also, our HOLLYWOOD PLUM 
merits your consideration as the best of all ornamental plums. 
ROSES have been our chief interest for more than a decade. We have given a great 
deal of thought and energy toward the improvement in growing methods, the selection 
of better varieties and breeding work that has for its goal better plant quality as well 
as variation and improvement of the flowers. Trials indicate that our rootstock breeding 
has produced at least one variety that is superior to any other known variety. 
We are more than ever convinced that well grown one year old 
field grown budded plants are far superior to the best two year 
old plants. Many of our customers have been kind enough to write 
us how well our Rose bushes performed for them. One out of state 
customer wrote us that he was “glad to apologize for all I said about 
year old rose bushes—if they are all as fine as yours. No roses in my 
garden made a better showing than yours.” He has nearly five 
hundred bushes, purchased from all parts of America. We sent 
a few of our one year rose bushes to a professor, who has charge 
of rose research work in one of the largest Agricultural colleges in 
America. He wrote us a letter which highly praised the quality 
of the plants and made this statement, “The Rose bush of the future 
will be a SUPER-QUALITY plant grown in one year.” Another 
customer, a very well known rosarian of the South Eastern U. S. 
had this to say in a recent letter, “Your plants did wonderfully. I 
have rarely had better growth on two-year plants from other 
nurseries. And your plants bloomed and bloomed and had healthy 
foliage.” 
We are this year offering for the first time what we call our SUPER-QUALITY Rose bush. 
Tests have convinced us that this method marks a definite step forward in Rose grow¬ 
ing. Pictures and description of plants grown by this method will be found on page 9 
of this catalog. 
VISIT US —Roses are at 
their best in September and 
October. Pansies are in flow¬ 
er from November to April. 
Petunias come in flower in 
March. Columbine are in 
bloom most of the time from 
June to October. 
It is our policy to make our 
Nursery as interesting as 
possible for flower and plant 
lovers at all times. A visit 
does not obligate you in any 
way—come any day of the 
year except Saturday, on 
which day we are always 
closed. 
E E € € r$ & SON 
Nurserymen - Plant Breeders 
Phone 2076-R Roule 4, Box 913 
MODES TO CALIFORNIA 
