Members 
VIRGINIA NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
An Old Hand At 
A New Stand...... 
We started our Exmore Nurseries almost from 
scratch in 1946, but we are not new in the business. 
One of our partners has been devoting his whole 
time to it since 1927. The other has had considerable 
nursery experience and is a scientific agriculturist. 
PERENNIAL FLOWERS 
CANDYTUFY (Iberis sempervirens). Evergreen, white flowering. Field 
clumps 0c; large clumps $1.00. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Cushion. Grows round like a ball or cushion, 
and as lull of tlowers as an Azalea. Pink, Bronze-red and yellow 
varieties. Divisions 35c each. 3 for $1.00. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Korean. Lovely single daisy-like flowers in_bril- 
liant shades and great profusion. Daphne (pink), Ceres (yellow). 
Divisions 50c each. Clumps $1.00 each.. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Red. A double red flowering “sport’’ of the Ko- 
rean “Mars”. Divisions 35c; 3 for $1.00. Clumps $1.00 each. 
PHLOXZ, Hardy. Excellent field grown clumps of reliable phlox in 
somc of the very newest varieties that flower from July until. frost. 
Evc: Foerster (pink), Flash (red), Lilian (pink), Mary Louise (white), 
po mile (red), Prime Minister (white with pink eye). 35c each, 3 
or $1.00. 
Chesapecke (Deep rose with some purple). Very lovely and very 
new. Originaied at Gulf Stream Nursery. 50c each. 
World Peace. Extra large trusses of white on extra tall plants. A 
new one. 75c each. 
VINES 
JESSAMINE, Carolina Yellow (Gelsemium sempervirens). Glossy ever- 
green leaves and glorious yellow flowers in the spring make this 
a lovely vine for trellises and arbors. 2-3 ft. $1.50; 3-4 ft. $2.06. 
CLIMBING: ROSES. Sce Roses. 
GRAPE VINES 
CONCORD. The standard blue-black variety that is unsurpassed for 
vigor, flavor andabundant crops. Ours are large vines that bore 
co nice crop of fruit right in the nursery in 1947 ! ! ! Bearing size 
75c each. $6.00 per dozen. Ask for 100 rates. 
PECAN TREES 
Stuari Paver-Shell PECAN. The best variety for Virginia planting. 
Large, flavorful, ttin shelled nut. 3-4 ft. $3.00; 4-5 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. 
$5.00; 6-7 fit. $6.00; 7-8 ft. $7.00. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
BLAKEMORE. The standard Virginia early commercial variety. Tennes- 
see parent stock. $2.00 per 100; $6.25 per 500; $10.00 per 100C. 
Larger quantities quoted on request. 
FAIRFAX. The best variety we know for home use. Sweet and early. 
$3.00 per 100; $9.00 per 500; $15.00 per 1000. 
MIDLAND, MASSEY, TEMPLE, MAYTIME. All new and very promising 
varieties. $2.50 per 100; $8.00 per 500. 
The Tankard Nurseries 
OCEAN HIGHWAY, U. S. NO. 13 
Exmore, Virginia 
Telephones: Belle Haven 3177, 3242, 2889 
S. D. Tankara, Jr. J. E. Tankard 
Growers of Finest Quality Nursery Products 
aby Mail Orders will have our careful attention. Shipments by Mail, 
Railway Express, Freight, our trucks or yours. 
Prices me F. O. B. nursery. Terms: Cash with Mail Orders or V4 
cash, balance C. O. D. 
GUARANTEE:—We guarantee to furnish you plants that are first 
class in every respeci. Continued life or growth is not in our power 
to guarantee; but those plants which receive proper care and die in 
the first year after you receive them will be resupplied at 2 pur- 
chase price F..O. B. nursery, as per guarantee adopted 1943 by the 
Virginia Nurserymen’s Association. 
LANDSCAPE SERVICE 
Our 20 years training and experience in Landscape Designing and 
Planting is at your disposal. Consult us without cbligaiion. 


AZALEAS 
Azaleas are the specialty of Tankard Nurseries. 
The soil of the Eastern Shore of Virginia is naturally loamy and 
acid, the climate mild, and Azaleas grow luxurianily. We have many 
thousands of plants wiih wnicn to till your orders. 
When planting your Azaleas in soil that is not of this type, be sure 
to prepare soil beds for them, consisting of 1/3 good garden topsoil, 
1/3 sand, and 1/3 peat moss or woods mold, well mixed. In any sec- 
tion mulch heavily with peat, woods mold, or pine needles, keep 
grass and weeds pulled, not hoed; and the plants abundanily waier- 
ed as they require plenty of moisture, especially during hot weather. 
Partial shade is good for them. Fertilizer should be used sparingly 
according io manufacturer’s directions. 
We can supply special Azalea fertilizer, Agrico for Broad-Leaved 
Evergreens at $5.00 per 100 lbs.; and Peat Moss at $7.00 per bale. 
AZALEA VARIETIES AND SIZES 
Christmas Cheer: Very brilliant red flowers in abundance. Foliage 
dark glossy green. Sizes: 6-8, 8-10 and 19-12 in. 
Coral Bells: Beautiful deep pink and free flowering, hose-in-hose type. 
Sizes: 6-8, 8-10 and 10-12 in. 
Hino-Crimson: A new variety like Hinodegiri except the flowers are 
more crimson and do not fade as readily as Hinodegiri does. Sizes: 
6-8 @ $1.90; 8-10 in. @ $2.25. 
Hinodegiri: Brilliant red flowers that cover the entire plant. The most 
popular Azalea. Sizes: 6-8, 8-10, 10-12, 12-15 in. 
Mme. Pericat: Very large flowers, soft shade of old rose-sink. Rapid 
growing plant with handsome foliage. Sizes: 10-12 and 12-15 in. 
Peach Blow: Large flowers of a shade similar to peach blossoms. Ex- 
cellent light green foliage. Sizes: 8-10 and 19-12. in. 
Pink Pearl: Beautiful shade of light pink flowers in abundance. Foli- 
age especially attractive glossy green. Sizes: 6-3 in. 
Salmon Beauty: Large flowers of a lovely shade of Salmon-pink. Hose- 
in-hose. Sizes: 6-8 and 8-10 in. 
Salmon Queen: Large salmon-pink flowers and handsome light green 
foliage. Sizes: 8-10 and 10-12 in. 
Snow: Snow white hose-in-hose flowers in super-abundence. Light 
green foliage. Sizes: 6-8 and 8-10 in. 
AZALEA PRICES 
All varieties excent Hino-Crimson Each 50 or more each 
6-io 8 inch spread ...5.....+..+5..2.. $1.40 $1.00 
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Quality Plants 
At Reasonable Prices 
The Tankard Nurseries 
are located at Exmore, on the Famed Eastern Shore 
of Virginia, because this section is one of the finest 
spots on Earth for growing the highest quality Nur- 
sery Stock. 
Plants grow rapidly here, lowering the cost of 
production, and the saving is passed on to you. 
FLOWERING TREES 
Use Flowering Trees to give great masses of color to your 
landscape. 
CHERRY, Flowering. The famous Flowering Cherry of Washington, D. 
CG. Sacred Gate (Kwanzan), a double pink variety. 3-4 ft. $3.00. 
Mi. Fuji, a double white, 3-4 ft. $3.00. 
CHERRY, Weeping ‘Rose Bud’ (Prunus subhirtella pendulla). These 
droop gracefully from a straight trunk, resembling an open um- 
brella. 5-6 ft. extra select $12.50; 5-6 ft. regular $19.00. 
CRABAPPLE, Flowering. These trees are full of lovely flowers at ap- 
ple klooming time. Many of them grow as large as fruiting apples. 
Few trees are as strikingly full of beauty as are the Flowering 
Crabs in bloom. 
Atrosanguinea variety. Carmine red single flowers in super-abun- 
dance. 3-4 ft. $1.50; 4-5 ft. $2.00. 
HOPA. Red flowers, red leaves, red fruit on an erect, almost colum- 
nar tree. 4-5 ft. $1.50; 5-6 ft. $2.00. 
NATIVE (Coronaria). Wild sweet crab with pink flowers in great 
quantities. Nursery grown. 2-3 ft. $1.50. ' 
SPECTABIUIS. Double pink fragrant flowers. 3-4 ft. S150; 4-5 > ft: 
$2.00; 5-6 ft. $2.50. 
CREPE MYRTLE. See Flowering Shrubs. 
DOZWOOD, Flewering (Cornus florida). Native white dogwood, nice 
nursery grown trees that will live so much more readily than those 
from the woods. 2-3 ft. $1.00; 3-4 ftenl.oOs 
DOGWCOD, Pink (C. florida rubra). The strikingly beautiful pink or 
red flowering variety. 2-214 ft. $3.00; 2Y%-3 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. $6.50; 
6-8 fi. $8.50 to $12.50; 8-10 ft. $10.00 to $25.00; 10-12 ft. $35.00 to 
$50.00, depending on development of the individual iree. 
FRINGL, White (Chionanthus virginica). Lacy white flowers hang:nj 
like a fringe in the spring. 1%-2 ft. $2.00. 
MAGNOLIA. See Broad-Leaved Evergreens. 
RED BUD “Judas Tree’ (Cercis canadensis). Showy pinkish-purple flow- 
ers along the branches in April. Makes a grand combination with 
Dogwood. 2-3 ft. $1.00; 3-4 ft. $1.50; 4-5 tt. $2.00; 5-6 ft. $2.50; 
6-8 ft. $3.00. 
SHADE TREES 
ASH, White (Fraximus americana). A fast and large growing tree 
nalive and adapied to Eastern Virginia. A handsome long-lived 
tree. 6-8 ft. $2.50. 
BIRCH, Pazer White (Beiula papyrifera). This is Canoe Birch, the 
kind the Indians used for their canoes. Snow white bark, fast 
growing, graceful. “The Lady of the Forest’’. 6-8 ft, $3.50, 8-10) it 
$5.00. 
MAPLE, Norway (Acer platanoides). Long a favorite on account of 
its beautiful dense round head of deep green leaves. 6-8 ft. $3.00; 
8-10 fi. $4.00. 
OAK, Pin (Quercus palustris). The fastest growing Oak. Straight 
central trunk to which all limbs are attached gives this tree a 
staiely character and_ helps withstand storm damage. It is a 
grea: favorite. 5-6 ft. $2.50; 6-8 ft. $3.90) 
WILLOW, Weeping (Salix babylonica). The ordinary green Weeping 
Willow. 4-5 ft. $1.50. 
WILLOW, Golden Weezing (S. elegantissima). Golden bark gives this 
tree a most interesting appearance, especially in winter. The trees 
are branched or forked near the ground. 8-10 ft. $3.50; 10-12 ft. $5.00. 
