

THE DANIELS NURSERY 

MEET THE “FAMILY” 
Most folks like to know what the people they do business with 
are like and look like. 
So—here’s the Daniels ‘““Top-Brass’”—the bunch of Horticultural 
enthusiasts that make us “tick.” 
We will all be glad to meet you any time when you drive out 
to the Nursery, and to give you all the helpful service that we can. 
The Daniels Nursery is owned and operated by Franc P. Daniels. 
facts about him will explain in part the widespread customer confidence in our 
nursery: 41 years of Horticultural work; 37 years operating The Daniels Nursery 
at Long Lake; 23 years part time lecturer on Horticultural subjects at the 
Minnesota School of Agriculture; 2 years President Minnesota State Horticultural 
Society; 3 years President Hennepin County Agricultural Society; 14 years Presi- 
dent Minnetonka Fruit Growers Association; 37 years an extensive fruit and 
vegetable grower; author of the Northwest’s leading book on Horticulture and 
Gardening for the Northwest. 
Mr. Daniels’ long and practical experience makes it possible for us to offer 
These 
you the very best in nursery stock, and landscape materials and services. 
FRANC P. DANIELS, Sr., B.S.A. 
Proprietor 
His counsel and advice on any of your horticultural problems are free for the asking—and bring to you _the 
knowledge and understanding gained through forty years of technical and practical horticultural experience. You 
are as near to him as the telephone, the mailman or the travels of your car. Telephone Long Lake 174. 

JOSEPH W. BAKER 
Office Manager and 
General “Right Hand” 
“Joe” is the quiet, helpful fellow you 
meet at the office. You'll find no one more 
capable or willing in helping you select 
your varieties of nursery stock whether in 
the office, in the perennial field or in our 
Garden Shop. 
Besides taking care of you folks when 
you visit us and keeping the complicated 
book work of our organization running 
smoothly, Joe finds time to answer many 
of your inquiries that come in by letter 
and phone. 
Has a farm background and is author of 
several published short stories. 
MANSFIELD A. WATTS, B.S.A. 
Landscape Department 
and Sales 
For the past two years “Manny” has 
played an important part in our landscape 
operations. Many of you will recognize 
him as the quiet spoken fellow who has 
been so helpful to you in solving your 
landscape problems. 
“Manny” came to us with a wide and 
excellent nursery and landscape back- 
ground. After graduating in Horticulture 
at the University of Minnesota he spent 
several years in Landscape work in the 
east. With the advent of World War II he 
joined the services and after three years 
of service in Europe returned to Minne- 
sota, joining our organization in 1947. 
Franc Jr. has a well rounded 
background in practical horticul- 
ture, for he has literally ‘‘grown 
“Jerry” is the latest addition to 
our staff of landscape experts, hav- 
EDWIN H. CRONK 
Production and 
Packing Manager 
“Kddie” is the genial, smiling “young 
fellow” those of you who call at our stor- 
age cellar know so well. Besides having 
charge of our storage cellar and the pack- 
ing department, Eddie is in overall charge 
of our production. With us, production is 
quite a job, entailing all the steps in 
propagating and growing the vast quanti- 
ties of nursery stock, fruits and vegetables 
we raise on our 125 acres devoted to 
Horticultural crops. Before joining our 
organization Eddie worked as a Profes- 
sional Gardener. 

FRANC P. DANIELS, Jr. 
Our 2nd Generation 
“At Your Service” 
up” in the nursery business. During 
the many years that he has worked 
in the nursery he has had practical 
experience in every branch of our 
production and service work. 
Although he is spending part of 
each year rounding out his technical 
horticultural training at the Univer- 
sity of Minnesota, he manages to 
arrange his college work so that he 
is with us throughout our busiest 
seasons. You will find him most 
capable in helping you to select 
your plants. 
ing joined our organization in 1949. 
You will find that he and his abil- 
ities are in keeping with our high 
standards. He has much to offer 
our customers. 
After serving 27 months in the 
Naval Air Corps he enrolled at the 
University of Illinois. Upon gradua- 
tion with a degree in Landscape 
Architecture, “Jerry” worked as a 
free-lance Landscape Architect be- 
fore joining us. You'll like his en- 
thusiastic cooperation when you 
undertake to “dress up your yard.” 

R. G. LUESSE, B.A. 
Landscape Department 
and Sales 
