
This New Variety Was Offered For The First 
Time 2 Years Ago. Ripens 2 weeks earlier than 
the “Old Favorite Cumberland.” Everybody has 
been looking for a blackcap that is better than 
the Cumberland. We have now found one that 
has all the good points of the Cumberland plus 
Big Giff Planting! 
New Early Improved 
CUMBERLAND 
being a more thrifty grower, and also ripens 10 
days to 2 weeks earlier than Cumberland. 
Berries are large, jet black in color, very firm 
and have a delicious sweet flavor. Strong thrifty 
grower, and very resistant to disease. The berries 
retain their large size throughout the picking 
season—the last picking as good as the first. 
The fine characteristic of this new berry plus 
all the good qualities of the Cumberland, com- 
bined with its early ripening season, make this 
the best early berry. Plant both the old and 
New Improved Cumberland and lengthen the 
picking season 2 weeks. 
We are using this new blackcap as a premium 
so our customers can see what a_ wonderful 
berry this iss NOTE OFFER BELOW. 
PRICE: 5 for $1.25; 10 for $2.00; 25 for $4.50; 
50 for $8.00; 100 for $14.00. 

BIG GIFT PLANTING — Free With Early Cash Orders 
To every customer who sends us an order before April Ist, 1947 accompanied by cash in full at regular catalog rate 
(this doesn’t apply on bargains or special quotations), and who in addition sends us the names and addresses of three 
fruit growers, or purchasers of nursery stock, we will send absolutely free the following number of New Improved 
Cumberland raspberry plants. 
5 Improved Cumberland (priced at $1.25) free with cash orders between $3.00 and $5.00 
10 Improved Cumberland (priced at $2.00) free with cash orders for $5.00 or more. 
We can handle and ship a $5.00 or $10.00 order with very little extra expense over a smaller order and we pass the 
saving on to you in this premium value. Let your neighbor help. Two persons may combine orders and divide the pre- 
mium if shipped to one person, 
Be sure to send the three names and addresses with your order. (Use space provided on back of order sheet.) The 
gift positively will not be sent unless customer complies with this condition, This offer open until April Ist, 1947 only. 
Our supply of the New Improved Cumberland is too limited to make this offer effective after April 1st. On all cash 
orders received after April 1st, when accompanied by three names referred to, we will include the New Improved Cum- 
berland if still available; but if not, we will include additional nursery stock of our own selection as to variety and value. 
No special bargain collections are included in this free plant offer. Nor cash orders where a special reduced price 
has been quoted. 
We Aim fo Tell You the Truth—We Are Farmers, Too. and Don’t Try fo Sell 
You Any Varieties We Ourselves Would Not Plant 
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Ackerman Nursery Stock Satisfies 


Apricot..... so Hasenl?. 
Asparagus.........16 
Barberry...........28 
Begonia...........23 
Blackberries........12 
Blueberries...... asele 
Boysenberry....... 11 
Calla Lily..... BegS ae: 
Cherries........18, 48 
Corrants2.. .aseeere 16 
Dahlias3... ie. coe 23 
Discounts 23:2-c% eemeneee 
Elm, Chinese. .. .28, 43 
Evergreens...... 30, 31 
Fig Trees.......... 22 
Fruit Trees...17-21, 48 
Garden Roots. ..... 16 
Gardenia.......... 28 
Gladiolia Bulbs... .23 
Grape Vines™..10, 11 
Guarantee.......... 3 
Hedge Plonts....... 28 
Horseradish........ 16 
House Plants........ 28 
Lemons, Ponderosa. .28 
Lilies, Hardy........ 23 
Magnolias, Hardy...42 
Nectarberry........ 12 
Nectarines......... 21 
Nut Trees.......... 22 
Orange Plants..... .28 
Ornamental Trees 
AO, 42, 43 
Ornamental Shrubs 
32-39, 41 
Peaches: 20, 21, 40, 48 
Pears -4s...eeee 
Perennials... 24-27, 40 
Persimmon Tree..... 22 
Phlox. san seman 40 
Plum Trees......... 19 
Premiums........ SNe? 
Privet...... rn. ers 
Ranunculus......... 23 
Raspberries, Black 
14, 15 
Raspberries, Red 
14,15 
Rhubarbis... 2...) 16 
Rosesx.).. cesics -44-47 
Shrubs... ...32-39, 41 
Strawberries. ...1, 4-9 
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Trees, Fruit. . 17-21, 48 
Vines, Climbing. .29, 38 
SESE RE ETS 
REFERENCES: 
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State Savings 
Bank, 
Bridgman, Mich. 
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Farmers & 
Merchants 
National Bank, 
Benton Harbor, 
Mich. 
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Dun and 
Bradstreet’s 
= Mameores vd 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 
A OF NURSERYMEN na 
The ACKERMAN NURSERIES 
