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Generations : of Ackermans 
HAVE BEEN PLEASING THEIR 
CUSTOMERS FOR 52 YEARS 
ITH THIS, our 52nd Anniversary, we want first of all to thank our old 
friends and new customers that have ordered from us last spring. We 
again pledge to you, our old and new customers, the same old-fashioned 
farmer-to-farmer square deal policies, which have froven the one and only way 
to do business. 52 years of steady progress are ample proof of these policies. 
We have gone through times like these before, and history is again repeating 
itself{—wages, material and everything is going up and up—the cost of growing, 
shipping and handling nursery stock is greatly advanced. ‘The shortage af avail- 
able labor, due to war conditions, have made it almost impossible to grow the 
large supply of nursery stock we have in the past, which is bound to cause a 
shortage, especially in some items. We have not raised our prices except to take 
care of the additional cost of labor and material that 
will be involved in filling your order. It will pay 
you to buy your nursery stock this year, for no one 
can tell just what another year will bring forth: the 
growing of nursery stock is practically all hand labor 
and with farm hands going into defense plants and 
the army, after this year, there is not a chance of 
producing enough nursery stock to go around. Would 
advise buying your requirements this year—place 
your order early. 
Even under these trying times, ACKERMANS again 
assure you of the same high quality stock—the same 
square deal policies—the same low bargain prices, 
and most important of all—the same personal ser- 
vice in filling your orders. 
To our new friends who are receiving our catalog 
for the first time we want to assure you that your 
order will be filled with high quality stock that will 
make you glad you 
tried ACKERMANS, 
General Manager 
The Ackerman Nurseries 
F. L, ACKERMAN, Founder 

R. W. ACKERMAN 
conerol emcee R. W. ACKERMAN, Jr. 
Assistant Manager. 







éE Ufiow because WE GILE YO 
100,000 Satisfied Customers—In Every State in the 
So many customers cannot be wrong—they buy from us year after year, for they know our 
stock can be depended upon. Here are some of the reasons: 
We sell only the best hardy Northern grown stock at lowest possible prices. 
We promise a fair and square deal to everyone—and make good our promise. 
We ship stock subject to examination before payment. 
WHY Can We Sell Such Fine Stock at Such Low Prices? 
BECAUSE— | 
We sell direct from our catalog only—you have no 
agents’ commission to pay. 
_ We do not spend thousands of dollars on colored pictures 
in our catalog. We pass that saving on to you. 
We purchase no large advertising space—we depend 
deseely upon our friends and customers to advertise our 
stock. 
We have been growers for 
over fifty years, and have farms 
with the best of soil, tractors, : 
trucks, packing houses, and everything necessary to grow and pack 
these savings are passed on to our customers—we work on a very 
small margin of profit. ag 
You will find that this is a bargain book which is made espe- 
cially for farmers, home owners, fruit growers and gardeners; giv- 
ing them a chance to buy direct from a nursery at wholesale prices. 
We wish to make clear that all stock in these bargains is the same 
high quality stock offered at regular catalog prices. By placing your 
order with us, you will be sure of receiving plants, trees, etc., that 
are first class and up to grade in every respect. 
nursery stock, making the handling charge much eheaper; all of. 

We also wish to sincerely thank all of our old customers for — 
their continued ‘patronage. As the bulk of our new business comes 
from unsolicited patrons recommended by our satisfied customers, 
this shows confidence in The Ackerman Nurseries, on which we 
base our hope of future business. . ‘ 
NOTE: New discounts on early orders. Also additional pre- — 
mium. See page 5 for Free Premium. 

MICHIGAN STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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This certificate to be void after September 15, 1943, 
Mich., September 3, 1942. 
Bitte : oe Nursery In ion 
ertificate of Nursery Inspection No. 1032 
This is to certify that the Nursery Stock of the Ackerman N ies, Brid: i b 
from dangerous insects and dangerously contagious tree and plant prise, omits, beet been eae ee 
LEO V. CARD, Commissioner. — 
C. A. Boyer, Director Bureau of Orchard and Nursery Inspection. Lansing 
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