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SHAGBARKS 
I have been testing 40 varieties of grafted shagbarks for 10 years and now offer 
only three varieties —the ones that bear best. It is interesting to come out of this 
experiment with something definite. 
CHINESE CHESTNUTS — GRAFTED TREES 
Expect to offer Meiling and Kuling varieties in the fall. These are the second 
release by U.S.D.A. of their tested varieties. It is by no means proved that they have 
any general advantage over our old reliable Connecticut Yankee and Abundance, which 
have. proved themselves by wide experience. Most nurseries offer seedlings only. 
SUPERTRANS APPLE > 
I have an apple that no other nursery known to us offers. It is of Russian origin, 
much like the yellow transparent in every respect, except that the flavor is milder 
and better for eating out of hand, and the apple is not so hard. Therefore, a home 
variety. Every family needs one or two. 
Here are passages from unsolicited letters. We have many more. 
From Copperhill, Tennessee, January 11, 1949 
“TI have been buying your Chinese chestnuts for several years and they are very 
fine indeed. I have five trees now bearing and I would not take $50 for each tree. 
The children have had so much fun picking up the chestnuts when they fall off and 
‘I have been with them and enjoyed it myself so much.” 
From Glen Allen, Virginia 
“You have the best trees I have ever purchased.” 
From Independence, Missouri, January 30, 1949 
“I believe that the trees I received were in better shape than any nursery 
_stock I ever received.” 

From Hammond, Illinois 
“I am well pleased with trees I have received so far.” 
PACKETS 
PACKETS. We have had a 240% increase in wages over prewar figures, along 
with decline in quality. There have been corresponding increases in cost of many of 
the supplies we buy, but we have not made corresponding increases in our prices. 
We are trying to get around this difficulty by selling packets only. This reduces 
packing and digging expenses and permits us to make reduction over last spring’s 
retail prices. 
PLEASE ORDER ONLY BY PACKETS AS LISTED: 
THUS, 1A = Nanking and Abundance 2 tree packet 
1B = Nanking and Abundance 4 tree packet 
