
Weslem Maine QDorest Nursery 
GROWERS OF EVERGREEN TREES  T. C. EASTMAN, Owner Fryeburg, Maine 

Living-Tree Time, 1942 
Dear Friend: 
Twenty years ago Fryeburg folks laughed at me. 
I had just planted the first seeds for my Western Maine Forest Nursery. Folks 
laughed at the_"Eastman boy" who was planting Evergreens when most of the land 
around here was already covered with them! And when they found I hoped to send my 
Trees to folks all over the country, doing business by mail — well, some of them 
wondered if I was "all there"! 
But they had their biggest laugh when I decided to GUARANTEE my Trees to Live! 
"Cliff," friends told me, “you can't do it! Suppose your customers don't 
plant ‘em right? Suppose they let the roots dry out? And what about people who'll 
say their Trees died just to get more free?" 
But I knew my Trees were strong and hardy. I knew they were so easy to grow 
that 'most anyone could do it successfully. But most of all — I had faith in 
folks who plant Trees! 
I was sure that men and women who love the beauty of Evergreens would treat 
them carefully. I believed that folks who cherish their homes and gardens are 
the most human people alive — and if I was honest and fair with them, they'd 
be the same with me. 
And I was right! In the years since then, I've sent millions of Living Trees 
to my customers. Mighty few write me for replacements. When they do, they usually 
tell me only 1 or 2 died out of a 50 or 100 lot. Some folks have planted 1,000 or 
more of my Trees and had every one live! 
‘Course, I can't take much credit for that. Mother Nature gives my Trees 
their strength and beauty! You see, here in Maine, Trees must be hardy to grow 
at all. My Evergreens have to stand hot, dry Summers — then long, freezing-cold 
Winters. I don't give them any Special care after their first year, except to 
transplant them at the right time, which gives them room to develop their root 
system and gets them used to the shock of being moved. Only perfect Evergreens 
can stand such treatment! The result is — every Tree I send out is a prime, 
healthy specimen, ready to grow in beauty most anywhere. 
As I write you today, it's still Winter. But it'll be Spring Planting time 
soon — time to give your home the Evergreen beauty you want! And I want you to 
have first call on the finest of my Trees. 
(OVER, PLEASE) 
