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RALPH EMLONG 
Manager 
CLIFFORD EMLONG 
Asst. Manager 
HENRY EMLONG 
Founder 
3 GENERATIONS of EMLONGS 
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Wherever fruit is planted, EMLONG'S PLANTS AND TREES ARE PRAISED FOR 
THEIR DEPENDABILITY. You can get the BEST NURSERY STOCK IN THE 
WORLD at Emiong's, without paying any more than you would elsewhere for just 
ordinary stock of uncertain origin. We place at your service a HALF CENTURY 
OF EXPERIENCE, and over 600 ACRES OF THE FINEST LAND IN BERRIEN 
COUNTY, devoted to the growing of MILLIONS OF FRUIT PLANTS AND TREES. 
The loyal support of our customers has built this great business for us. Every year 
thousands of successful fruit growers plant Emiong stock because it brings them 
big, quick crops of finest fruit. Deal direct with a reliable grower to insure your 
own success in fruit growing. Emiongs stand for DEPENDABILITY, HONESTY, and 
SQUARE DEALING. COMPARE OUR QUALITY AND PRICES WITH OTHERS — 
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF! 
BUY DIRECT FROM 
THE GROWER 
No salesman to bother you. Just sit 
down with this book, read the descrip¬ 
tions, and use your own good judgment 
in selecting nursery stock. Write us at 
any time for help with your planting 
problems. You SAVE 1 /3 to 1 /2 CASH 
MONEY AT EMLONGS, and we give 
you FRESH STOCK, which is very im¬ 
portant. (Small nurseries and agents 
often sell you stock that has been re¬ 
shipped several times and may reach 
you greatly lacking in vitality.) 
VISIT OUR NURSERY 
Come during the winter to reserve your 
needs for spring planting, or come in 
the spring and take the stock home with 
you. Come in the summer to see stock 
growing in the field, and enjoy our big 
rose and flower display garden, located 
on U.S. 12 (Dunes Highway), near Lake 
Michigan. PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE IN 
PANEL AT LEFT: (1) Field of 2-yr. 
Apple trees, (2) Field of 100,000 
Peach trees, (3) Part of 30,000 Sweet 
Cherry trees, (4) Some of our millions of 
Strawberry plants, (5) Visitors buying 
nursery stock at our warehouse in the 
Spring of 1939, (6) Fast Express trucks 
pick up nursery stock twice a day at our 
warehouse, (7) Visitors come hundreds 
of miles to our Rose Display in June 
and take home potted bushes for sum¬ 
mer planting. 
CASH DISCOUNT 
Casfi discount if you send 
full cosh with order in 
JANUARY. 
Cosh discount if you send 
full cosh with order in 
FEBRUARY or before 
MARCH 10th. 
No discount on C. O. D. orders. 
We accept C. O. D. orders only if 
one-fourth cosh is sent with the 
order as a deposit. 
YOUR GUARANTEE 
Every item described in this catalog is J 
guaranteed to be first class in every re- jj 
spect; to reach you in satisfactory con- ^ 
dition; to be true to name. Stock which 1 
arrives damaged will be replaced free if 
your claim is mailed within 3 days after 
arrival of stock at your station. Have 
the express agent or postmaster sign the 
damage statement. We do not replace ' 
free any stock reported dead after July 
first. The nursery assumes liability only 
for the original purchase price of stock. 
PLANTING TIME 
All stock listed in this book should be 
ORDERED AT ONCE and PLANTED 
THIS SPRING, during MARCH, APRIL 
or MAY. You cannot make up for lost 
time by Fall planting. However, stock 
can be shipped in the fall in late Octa- 
ber and November. DORMANT TREES, 
SHRUBS, and ROSES can be shipped in ( 
FEBRUARY TO SOUTHERN STATES. \ 
DELIVERY CHARGES 
We pay delivery charges on perennial flower plants; bulbs; Strawberry plants in 
lots up to 100. Other stock is shipped collect for transportation costs, unless you 
add 10% to cost of stock to cover charges. IF YOU WISH A PREPAID QUOTA¬ 
TION ON A LARGE ORDER, SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS IN 
ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN ESTIMATE THE WEIGHT. 
EMLONG’S NURSERIES, Sievensvitk, Mkb. 
["21 (This book Copyrighted 1940.) 
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