
WixuiAM A. SPERLING : AxLEx E. SEHLMEYER 
Vice-President a Vice-President 
J. Epwin Carter 
President 

OUR 1949 CATALOGUE 
for the Market Gardener, Florist and Nurseryman 
In the Tradition of the Founders 
FOR OVER a half century the name of Stumpp & Walter has been synonymous with seeds, bulbs, 
plants, and other gardeners’ supplies of finest quality. Through the years we have come to supply a 
great many of America’s leading gardeners and florists, and made lasting friends from coast to coast. 
During this period, we have gained a valued reputation, part of which belongs to the individuals 
who formulate our policy and part of which belongs to the name ‘‘Stumpp & Walter” itself. Thus, 
when there are changes in our directorship—as there must inevitably be in a business as old as ours— 
the aew becomes a part of the old and both are enriched. 
And this is what happened February last when Edwin Carter, of Summit, N. J., was elected 
president of the firm. 
Mr. Carter brings to his new responsibilities a happy combination of experience as a home gar- 
dener, a farm owner, with his own dairy farm in Chenango County, N. Y., and as a successful mer- 
chandiser. 
Under his guidance several new men with promising records in related fields have been attracted 
to positions of leadership with Stumpp & Walter. Among them are Irving Ryerson in the new post 
of merchandise manager; A. J. Thome, as controller and James P. Brady, advertising manager. 
But those in close contact with Stumpp & Walter throughout the years will not fail to recognize 
on our roster such old friends as William Sperling, vice-president and connoisseur of fine tulips; Alex 
Sehlmeyer of the vegetable, grass and golf departments, who was recently made vice-president; 
and Thomas F. Kearney, our secretary. Among our organization which has continued practically 
intact, are many employees who have been with the firm since its earliest days—with individual 
service records of 25, 35, 40 and even 50 years! 
All of which but leads up to telling you that Stumpp & Walter’s “new” policy is new only in that 
it hopes to add the best of the newer methods of growing and merchandising to cherished standards 
of quality and service. 
Thus it is that this catalogue reflects but a beginning in the expansion of our business with the 
assurance that high quality will continue to prevail. 
J. EDWIN _CARTER, 
President and Treasurer THOMAS F. KEARNEY, 
WILLIAM A. SPERLING Secretary 
Vice-President Luayop¢ Vyffer EMIL REIFF, _ 
Assistant Treasurer 
ALEX E. SEHLMEYER, Vice-Pres. 
132-138 Church Street (at Warren) - NEW YORK CITY 
Telephones: BArclay 7-1110 to 7-1116 
BRANCHES: White Plains, N. Y., Hempstead, N. Y., Newark, N. J., Englewood, N. J., 
Stamford, Conn., Farmingdale, N. Y. 
Copyright, 1949 by Stumpp & Walter 
