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FERNDALE NURSERY, ASKOV, MINNESOTA, 1950 
GREETINGS 
To our many customers we extend greetings and appreciation of past 
favors. It is a source of great satisfaction to us to realize that many of 
our customers who purchased plants from us 15 to 20 or more years ago 
are still among our steady customers and that they have felt justified in 
recommending our nursery to their friends. We wish to thank you very 
much for this “pat on the back.” 
In presenting this catalog to you, we fully realize that it is not an 
elaborate or expensive publication. However, painstaking care has been 
used in preparing the list of plants and to give a truthful description of 
them. The descriptions are brief and concise, leaving to the readers’ imag- 
ination the development of the full picture. 
We extend a cordial invitation to all of you to visit the nursery when- 
ever convenient. We have enjoyed the many visits in the past and hope 
that you will come again. 
We are open for business every week day the year around. We will 
also be open for business on Sundays from April 15 to June 15, and again 
in the fall from September 15 to October 15. 
NOTE: In the fall of the year we are working in the woods much of 
the time, digging hardy ferns and wild flowers. We suggest that if you 
contemplate calling at the nursery. even on week days from September 1 
through October, that you drop us a card a few days in advance and we 
will make it a point to have someone at the nursery who can take care 
of you. 
We will, however, be prepared to take care of your needs Fridays, 
saturdays and Sundays without advance notice. 
If you intend to call for a fair-sized order of balled and burlapped 
evergreens we would appreciate very much if you would place your order 
a few days ahead as we can not always drop other work without advance 
notice. 
Askov is located on Minnesota State Highway No. 23, about 100 miles 
northeast of the Twin Cities and 60 miles southeast of Duluth and Superior. 
From the south take U. S. Highway No. 61 to about four miles north of 
Sandstone where you come onto No. 23 which takes you to Askov. Our 
nursery is located two blocks east of the depot. Highway No. 23 will 
take you on to Duluth and Superior and points north. 
Yours very truly, 
FERNDALE NURSERY. 
Hans Mosbaek, 
Mayor and Nurseryman. 
REFERENCES 
Security State Bank, Askov, Minn. 
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. 
Member: Minnesota & National Association of Nurserymen. 
Another reference of which I am very proud: The fact that I have 
been re-elected mayor of our little village for the fourth consecutive 2-year 
term, and before that served four 3-year terms as councilman with little 
or no campaigning on my part. 
