CHEERFUL SURROUNDINGS CREATE HAPPINESS 
A Nate About Our Cover... 
When you receive this 1945 Orchard & Garden Book, the California Nursery Company 
will be entering its 80th year. 
These active times permit no “living in the past’’, however rich in experience that past 
may have been. Rather, they call for steadfast devotion to present duties and thoughtful 
attention to the future of our community, nation and world. : 
The cover of this book has been designed to symbolize one small but important par 
of this forward looking process ... the need to create better surroundings to which our 
men and women of the armed forces may return. The colorful cover is not intended merely 
to portray individual plant varieties, but to show how their use may contribute to build and 
sustain a healthful atmosphere of cheerfulness and peace. 
To a homesick boy inching his way through some far off jungle or a weary girl on 
duty at an overseas hospital, home and its surroundings has become the thing most often 
remembered, the thing most desired, the ultimate goal for which no risk or no sacrifice 
can be too great. 
Together we share the responsibility of seeing that the homes they return to shall 
measure up to their high expectations, you as the owner and guardian of the home, and 
we as your nurserymen. Surely together we can create those priceless small things that 
mean so much, a garden which becomes a joy for outdoor living, a colorful background 
that lifts up the spirit and speaks of security and good cheer. Yes, and though it may not 
be immediately apparent, we shall have made some coniribution to national and world 
stability in the process! 
Beyond the home, together we can do something to improve the countryside, too. Con- 
sider the priceless assets of beauty we Californians already possess . . . the beauties of 
our wild flowers in Spring along the shore and carpeting the vast fields near Bakersfield, 
the glory of John McLaren's rhododendrons in Golden Gate Park, the splendor of the 
northern coastal redwoods and the Sequoias of the Sierra, to mention a few. 
Let us guard these carefully, and supplement them by highway beautification and 
park and playground development. By doing so we will have strengthened the fabric of 
cur morale in war and peace. 
Our cover pictures are presented in the hope that they will stimulate the creation of a 
cheerful homeland. This, too, is the purpose of our Show Gardens at Niles, and the principal 
aim of our Annual Spring Bulb Display. . 
Preparations for on Outdoor Bulb Show (mid-March to mid-April, 1945) are now under 
way with the fervent hope that the war will be over enabling more of our friends to enjoy 
this colorful event. Here in the peaceful atmosphere of our gardens and of the “Old Adobe” 
shown on the cover you will find a re-creation of the early California hospitality and 
good cheer that held sway 100 years ago, when this historic landmark was young. 
Our fellow workers here at the nursery like to feel that they are your fellow workers 
in the mutual task of creating a more cheerful, substantial home country. They stand ready 
to help you at all times, and conversely, to welcome your aid and suggestions. 
Tomorrow's conditions may offer new problems. We shall meet them with conquering 
courage if we prepare now to strengthen our purpose, to build a more cheerful outlook, to 
give ourselves the high quality of morale that can carry us forward to victory over the 
problems of peace as surely as we are winning the day on the fields of war. 

Achievement. . 
47 YEARS OF PATIENT WORK 
REWARDED BY NEW VARIETIES 
.... Apples by Albert Etian 
No stranger to agricultural researchers at the University of Cali- 
fornia and to others in the vanguard of fruit improvement is venerable 
Albert F. Etter of Ettersburg, still little known to home gardeners and 
commercial growers. We deem it a privilege in line with our long his- 
tory of successful fruit introductions to present the new apples by Albert 
Etter, selected from his great contribution of superior and novelty 
varieties. 
Forty-seven years ago Mr. Etter commenced his patient research 
for new apple varieties in his orchards located in a remote section of 
Humboldt County. In the course of his work through the years no less 
than 15,000 crosses were painstakingly made under carefully pre- 
evaluated conditions, and more than 2,000 varieties placed under ob- 
servation and test. 
The varieties prosaically listed below are the first available fruits of Mr. EFtter’s achievement 
they are recommended wholeheartedly to those who value the finer things of life as 
new apples of outstanding merit and interest. We suggest that you enjoy the distinction of 
“pioneering’’ one or more of the new Etter apples in your home orchard this season. 

PRESIDENT 


This year we are happy to announce the introduction of a new variety of Etter Apple, called 
Crimson Gold. Our tests of this variety indicate that it well deserves a place beside the six 
splendid apples introduced for the first time last year. 
6-8 grade $2.00 each, 4-6 grade $1.75 each, 3-4 grade $1.50 each. 
Ten trees assorted: Deduct 15c per tree. 50 trees or more assorted: Deduct 49c per tree. 
" ALASKA (Plant Patent Applied For). The privileged few who have seen and tasted this exciting 
novelty praise its crispy coolness, its splendid production and handsome size and shape. October 
fruits are "banks of snow” against dark green foliage. 
CRIMSON GOLD (Plant Patent Applied For). Our first introduction of this apple was by way of 
a jar of delicious golden sliced fruit offered by Mr. Etter. The slices were preserved in their 
original form, not frayed or broken. When eaten, the slices are crisp, melting and deliciously 
rich. The medium-sized, rounded fruits are borne abundantly. The base color of the skin is 
golden-yellow overlaid with crimson streaks, hence the name ‘/Crimson Gold’’. 

ALASKA 
ETTER‘S GOLD (Plant Patent Applied For). First of Mr. Etter’s triumphs in apple-breeding, this 
fine apple could have been named ‘‘All-Purpose"’. Large, plentiful, golden fruits begin to mature 
in October; crisp and delightful to eat even when over-ripe; spritely, mild sub-acid flavor and 
firm flesh persist through cooking. A good keeper, Etter’s Gold may be stored for early winter 
desserts. Productive and high in quality in a variety of climatic conditions. 
PINK PEARL 
“HUMBOLDT CRAB (Plant Patent Applied For). Most new apples intrigue the hybridizer through 
the qualities of their fruits, but Mr. Etter discovered the striking feature of this variety in the 
spring. He found masses of huge fragrant flowers, flushed pink. Good eating qualities of the 
Humboldt Crab are far above expectancy in a variety producing such a splendid crop of flowers. 
Fruits maturing in late fall have creamy flesh, tinted pink, showing through transparent skin. 
JONWIN (Plant Patent Applied For). Hybrid of Jonathan and Baldwin, this delicious red avple 
combines the best features of both. Jonwin develops large-sized fruits of Baldwin and ripens in 
August-September with Jonathan. Fruits are more crisp and tender of flesh than either of its 
parents. A vigorous grower that will be thoroughly enjoyed through the years in the home orchard. 
PINK PEARL (Plant Patent Applied For). Mr. Etter says this is the finest of 15 pink-fleshed apples 
developed on his place to date. Remarkably transparent skin glows with the color of pink flesh 
beneath. A startling ‘‘bouquet’’ is discovered with the first bite into this medium to large-sized 
apple ripening in September. Pink Pearl makes delicious pink apple sauce. 
WICKSON (Plant Patent Applied For). Inspired by an eminent horticulturist and worthy of the 
name it bears, this diminutive apple surpasses most crabapples in color, form and flavor. Masses 
of brilliant-red fruits almost conceal the foliage in fall. The flavor is enticing and sugary sweet. 
Not only a fine small apple for fresh eating, Wickson is delicious spiced, unsurpassed for jam 
and jelly and makes the finest sweet, golden cider you ver tasted. 
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