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THE STORY OF 
THE GROWTH OF A NURSERY 
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Yes, it’s an interesting story, the story of the: 
growth of the Marshall Nurseries, but we think you 
will like it for it is in keeping with the American 
tradition of hard work, honesty and resourcefulness, 
which make for success. 
Back in 1881, when much of Nebraska. was still 
undeveloped and barren, three boys from Ohio set- 

Se ~ oe ee # tied with their father and mother on a farm near 
roan sated C—O ——< SC SC Ariington. These boys, George A. Marshall, still 
HOME PLANTATION, ARLINGTON, NEBRASKA president of the Company; Chester C. Marshall, and 
Harvey W. Marshall, impressed by the lack of trees 
on the Great Plains, and prompted by their love of 
nature, decided to start a Nursery. In 1887, the 
nursery was established and on foot and on horse- 
back they began to sell small trees to their neighbors 
during the winter season, devoting the spring and 
summer to the propagation and culture of nursery 
stock. 
These young men, not interested in just the sale 
of nursery stock, but realizing the scarcity of fruit, 
and the need for shade, shelter, and beauty in this 
part of the country, soon started their own orchards 
and trial grounds so that they themselves might ex- 
periment with new varieties before recommending 
them to their customers. From that time on to this 
day, it has been a tradition in the Marshall Nurser- 
ies that new varieties must be tested at Arlington 
before the Nursery will recommend their purchase 
pe, to customers. Due to this policy, to supply custom- 
y ers with only the best, and to their unconditional 
ie a guarantee, Marshall Nurseries have expanded and 
grown. 

Today the home plantations at Arlington include 
. — P Sg over 500 acres of the finest “loess” soil, well known 
CE bes ¥ ey, ~~ for its ability to produce trees and shrubs with the 
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finest of root systems. 
The Storage and Packing Rooms in the building at 
Arlington were carefully constructed to provide the 
finest of care during the packing and storage pe- 
riods. No expense in the propagation, cultivation, 
storage and shipping of Marshall stock has ever been 
spared, for there has been only one aim, and that is 
to provide the best—not for a price—but the best. 

DENVER BR 

In 1930, because of the tremendous growth in the 
demand for Marshall Nursery stock in Omaha, a 
branch was opened at 84th and Center Streets. Fully equipped, and with sufficient land to grow large ornamental 
trees and evergreens, the Omaha branch has now become Omaha’s leading nursery. 
In 1941, a second branch of the Company was set up at Denver, Colorado. Like the Omaha branch, gardens ad- 
jacent to the offices and storage facilities have been established to grow merchandise and to ex with na- 
rie trees from the eastern slope of the Rockies. 
This Marshall expansion has not come about through accident or luck, but because Marshalls have always main- 
tained one motto above all others—the customer must be satisfied, and the best way to do that, is to produce and 
sell only the finest. That is the Marshall tradition and the Marshall story. 
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