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THIS BUSINESS OF OURS 
Plant breeding, experimentation, and develop¬ 
ment are important phases of the nursery business 
to which we have devoted considerable time. Our 
most notable achievements in these lines are the 
MODESTO ASH and HOLLYWOOD PLUM, which are describ¬ 
ed on pages 4 and 5 of this catalogue. 
The Modesto Ash is now widely known and plant¬ 
ed? in a few short years it has become one of the 
most popular shade trees in the West. Several 
Western-cities have adapted it to their street 
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planting programs, and thousands of Western homes 
have been made more beautiful by its use. 
The Hollywood Plum is rapidly gaining favor 
and we feel certain that it will become very pop¬ 
ular due to its great merit, both, as an ornamental 
and as a fruiting variety. Test shipments have 
been made to the principal fruit markets of the 
West, and in all cases the price received has been 
very much higher than that paid for competing var¬ 
ieties. In one case the Hollywood Plum brought 
five cents per pound against one and a half cents 
for competitive plums. 
No less important phases of the nursery busi¬ 
ness are the production of good quality plants and 
making certain that these high quality plants 
reach the purchaste in absolutely perfect condit¬ 
ion. We are constantly testing improvements and 
new methods in growing, storing, and packing our 
products so that you may receive the highest qual¬ 
ity materials in the best condition and at a fair 
price when you order from us. 
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