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A NEW HOME is always thrilling and exciting: be ita new home 
to live in, or anew home for a successful business. The new home of 
CROMBIE ROSES means more room, greater efficiency, conveni- 
ences innumerable based on greater need. The space that was large 
enough 24 years ago has long since become inadequate. We now 
have more than twice the area in which to grow and properly dis- 
play the quality of rose which you have learred to recognize as 
CROMBIE QUALITY. 
Twenty-four years ago the old Foothill Boulevard was a comfort- 
able tree-lined road leading out into the country. Traffic wasn’t fast; 
it was a residential street. We even had dirt sidewalks, and the 
neighbors’ horses and cows grazed peacefully in the vacant lots 
around 88th Avenue. Hoosier Beauty and Etoile de Hollande were 
new roses and Talisman and President Hoover had not even been 
heard of. It was an ideal location for a nursery. Parking was not a 
problem. People were investing in better homes and better gar- 
dens. In that year (1927) CROMBIE NURSERY had its humble begin- 
ning; a venture that was to grow steadily and prosper, until today 
we can proudly say that CROMBIE ROSES are shipped into every 
state in the U.S.A. Long years of rose study, and association with 
rose-people have given us a certain fund of information which we 
value highly. We have maintained a test-garden for many years, in 
which our customers have shared with us the pleasure of observ- 
ing the performance of new varieties as they come to us. This policy 
will be continued on a more elaborate scale in our new home. 
Examples of proper pruning, training, and culture of Bush, Tree, and 
Climbing Roses will be a permanent exhibit for the benefit of our 
visitors. 
Our first concern has always been and will continue to be, the 
successful growing of roses in YOUR GARDEN. The first require- 
ment is strong, healthy plants, and that we assure you at all times. 
Next, follow our planting instructions carefully; even supplement 
them, if need be, with a chat with one of our staff. Remember, it is 
your success with CROMBIE ROSES that has made CROMBIE 
ROSES a synonym for THE BEST. You will make us very happy 
when you come to see us, in our new home. 
998 MacArthur Boulevard 
San Leandro, California — 
Phone SWeetwood 8-3122 
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