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Dear Friends: 





| am glad to have the opportunity to thank thousands of. 
Emlong customers for their past patronage. We appreciate 
the business you have given us and will do our best to serve 
you in the future. 

























































































We take sincere pride in the type of stock we send to our 
customers. It is Emlong grown and is truly Pride-O-Mich 













































































HENRY EMLONG nursery stock. Our State Department of Agriculture gives CLIFFORD R. EMLONG 
porno 20-193 us the best inspection service in the United States, so our Hitclonatninceryman andi karmer 
customers in turn receive stock that is carefully graded and 
inspected. 
Our planting guide which is sent with each order is full of 
helpful planting hints and if you have any additional growing 
problems, please write us. We are here to serve you. 
Yours very truly, 
C i fn ong 
EMLONG NURSERIES, INC. 
P. S.: Please visit our nursery any time you are in the 
] : vicinity. Remember, we are on U. S. Highway 12, six miles 
RALPH R. EMLONG south of St. Joseph. DARRELL EMLONG 
Co-Founder - 1894-1941 ; Vice-President 
Lifelong Nurseryman and Farmer Lifelong Nurseryman and Farmer 

The climate here on Lake Michigan is perfect to : NURSERY INSPECTION CERTIFICATE No. 779 
give nursery stock a long growing seasan and bring License No. 157 
it gradually to a completely dormant state in the fall, Michigan State Department of Agriculture 
, : 7 ‘ 4 
ekigg ee ee oe woud: moet pomous This is to certify that the Nursery Stock of EM- 
fruit belt, we have access to the finest strains of LONG NURSERIES, Inc., Stevensville, Michigan, has 
quick-bearing, heavy-yielding, big-selling fruit trees, been examined and found apparently free from dan- 
and these are the kind we bud for you. Nature and gerous insects and dangerously contagious tree and 
; eo F plant diseases. Raspberry plants they have to sell 
our scientific research combine to help us grow sturdy, have been twice inspected. Strawberry plants have 
hardy plants and trees. Soil is high, well drained, very been examined and found apparently free from Red 
fertile. No other spot in the world is so ideal as our Stele as well as other Strawberry diseases and insects. 
600 acres for producing our famous “Perfect-Circle”’ PLANTS 
Sale of plants and trees from approved fields is 
| authorized for the year ending Sept. 15th, 1948. 
roots, so amazing to nurserymen and orchardists. 
Chas. Figy, Commissioner; C. A. Boyer, Director of 
Plant Industry, Lansing, Michigan, August, 1947. 

EMLONG'S “’Pride-O-Mich” fruit trees are grown on 
choicest whole-root seedling stock, and are crammed 
: ee BUDWOOD INSPECTION CERTIFICATE No. 46 
full of bearing power and vitality. 
Michigan State Department of Agriculture 
soil tillage, spraying, irrigating, digging, etc., of EMLONG NURSERIES, Inc. Stevensville Hic Becae Pac 
our trees and plants are done with machines and , f é : 
Welcome been propagated from virus disease-free budwood, and 
equipment designed and built by EMLONG’S to do the is Gpparently free from dangerous insects and dan- 
work properly to bring. the trees and plants to the gerously contagious fruit diseases. Date of Inspection, 
You're Always 
3 4 September 1, 1947. Fee Paid. This certificate void 
high standard of perfect quality that has always been after September, 1948. Chas. Figy, Commissioner; 
the pride of the Emlong organization. Emlong’s years at C. A. Boyer, Director of Orchard and Nursery Inspec- 
of HONEST, SQUARE DEALING WITH THOUSANDS tion, Lansing, Michigan. 
OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS have convinced nursery EM LONG'S (The above is a new and exclusive feature for Mich- 
customers everywhere that it PAYS TO BUY BY MAIL igan nurseries, and gives added assurance of clean 
DIRECT FROM THE GROWER. You pay only a fair stock from our fields.) 
standard price, eliminating salesman and middleman. Bi M a 
You get FRESH stock shipped to you direct. Railway ig re ] ern STATE CERTIFIED QUALITY 
express trucks call at our nursery several times daily, y. R 4 
i i j i & e our assurance that a nursery is operating in ac- 
insuring, YouPrompt delivery after your order is pack Nurseries cordance with accepted governmental rules. Each 
aged and prepared for shipment. Centrally located, bundle of stock contains a copy of our nursery in- 
90 miles from Chicago; we serve the chief fruit- 
spection certificate. The budwood inspection is a new 
growing sections of the country. feature added by and for Michigan nurseries. 

Our Modern Office and Storage Buildings, Surrounded by Our Beautiful Display Gardens 
Located on U. S. 12, near St. Joseph (on the lake), Michigan, only 90 miles from Chicago 

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