IMPORTANT 
Please Read Carefully Before Placing Your Order for Trees or Plants 
The following explanations will familiarize you with the size, quality and dependability of the nursery 
stock you buy, and receive, from the Carlton Nursery Company. 
Our 58 years of experience in growing and delivering better nursery stock and our many thousands 
of satisfied customers are your assurance for success with Carlton Plantings. 
Our nurseries are located in the fertile Willamette Valley and the best soils obtainable for the propa- 
gation of nursery stock have been selected for producing Carlton trees. Our selection of varieties is 
dependable, because, in addition to our long experience, we have consulted and cooperated with horti- 
cultural specialists throughout the west in making a choice. All of our root stocks (foundation plantings), 
our cion and bud wood, and mature trees are rigidly inspected by and in cooperation with the State 
Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Experiment Station, furnishing added assurance to the planter 
that our trees are free from disease and true to name. All crooked and inferior irees are discarded and 
only first quality trees are sold. 
Every workman is especially trained for his work in growing, handling, grading, and packing for 
shipment, and every operation is personally supervised by the owners. All varieties are carefully marked 
in the field with variety name and registration number, and each tree is labeled with its ‘true name” 
when shipped or delivered. We never substitute varieties except with the permission of the customer, 
and then with a similar variety, labeled “true to name”. 
All trees are pruned and shaped in the nursery row and fruit trees (with the possible exception of 
sweet cherry) are topped at the proper height for branching, thereby developing a uniform branched top 
in the nursery row. This is a decided advantage to small home planters or persons without the knowl- 
edge of proper pruning. (Please note: as many commercial orchardists prefer branching at various 
heights, trees shipped for commercial orchard planting are neither topped nor branched. However, these 
trees carry a normal amount of side limbs.) We are the only nursery on the West Coast offering this 
high quality type of tree, which gives the planter the thrift of a yearling tree and the quality and size of 
a two year tree. For best success we recommend that you follow the pruning, planting, and after care 
instructions contained in this catalog. 
We Guarantee every tree, shrub, or plant we ship to be free from disease, true to name, and to arrive 
in perfect growing condition. If, for any reason whatever, you are not satisfied that you have received 
100 cents in value for every dollar sent us, we will refund your money. It is obvious that we can not 
assure you that every plant or tree you receive from us will grow, because we have no control over 
the handling and planting of stock after it is delivered. HOWEVER, if the planter follows carefully the in- 
structions given in our Planting Guides, we will replace, free of charge, trees and/or plants that fail to grow, 
upon receipt of proof of loss within a reasonable time (under some conditions trees may not show growth 
until June. Request for replacements should be made in July following planting, and replacement trees will 
be shipped in the fall), providing, that request for replacement is not made where loss is due to reasons 
beyond our control, such as rodent damage, breakage after shipment is received and/or planted, im- 
proper drainage, etc. Trees that grow one year and die later will not be replaced free. 
Post Office regulations limit the size of shipments which may be sent by mail. Usually up to 10 fruit 
trees, all flowering shrubs, roses, and small fruits may be sent by parcel post. Shade and weeping trees 
and evergreens are shipped by express, rail or auto freight. We pay All Shipping Charges. 
If the customer specifically requests, fruit trees will be trimmed for planting. Otherwise, trees require 
pruning at the time they are planted. Orders are accepted any season of the year, for delivery at the 
proper planting time for your locality. 
We wish to thank you for taking time to read this lengthy foreword, and feel that you will order with 
confidence from our company which is not only one of the oldest and most reliable nurseries in the 
Northwest, but one that enjoys the reputation of giving 100 cents in value for every dollar paid. Our 
interest in your success only begins, not ends, with the shipment of your order; we want you to have 
satisfactory and profitable results with Carlton trees. 
Carlton Nursery Company 
