Lincoln Graves 
Founder. 
lst Generation 2nd Generation 3rd Generation scape Dept. - 
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Dear Friend: 
It’s a pleasure to send you our new Egyptian Nursery catalog. In it we describe a great \ 
many of the fine fruit trees, small fruits, ornamental trees, shrubs. and evergreens we grow. | A \ 
know that when you see the well-grown, thrifty stock we produce here you will be as enthus- \ 
iastic as I am about Egyptian Nursery’s outstanding quality. \ 
Three generations of our family have been working since 1888 to build the knowledge and 
the skill, to acquire the land and equipment that make possible this superior E:gyptian stock. 
As a result of this we have supplied not only thousands of individuals throughout this country 
and Canada but a great many of the large commercial growers as well. 
We are orchardists ourselves as well as nurserymen. You can count on us to send you the 
kind of stock you will like, whether you order a whole orchard or a few trees. We are 
Leo H. Graves 
General Manager 
John M. Graves 
Assistant Manager 
looking forward to serving you soon. 
Dear Mr. Graves: 
The orchard of Diamond King 
Peaches I visited last. Sunday beat 
anything I ever saw; many small 2 
and 3 year trees with limbs broken 
from heavy loads of fruit. I have 
planted over 50,000 fruit trees the 
last few years, and wish they had 
all been Diamond King. 
Yours respectfully, 
WALTER WHITE 
Centralia, II]. 
Sincerely yours, 
EGYPTIAN NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE. CO. 
Leo H. Graves 
Gentlemen: 
The 400 Diamond Kings I pur- 
chased 3 years ago bore a good 
many Peaches last year (2nd year 
after planted.) This season I sold 
over $2000.00 worth of fruit from 
the four acres. They are much larg- 
er than the Elberta and Hale, 
better flavored, sell for more money, 
and bear younger than any other 
Peach I know of. We have Dia- 
mond King Peaches when other 
varieties fail. $1,000.00 per acre 
would not buy my Diamond King 
orchard. 
WILLARD SULLENS 
Alma, III. 
Leo H. Graves, Jr. 
Manager of Land- 
Gloria June Graves 
4th Generation 
(Left) Egyptian 
super jumbo, 
bearing-age irees 
bear quickly— 
save you years 
. of waiting. 
Dear Mr. Graves: 
Want you to know of my 300 
Peach tree orchard which bore a 
good crop the third year. I have 
700 more of your trees which will 
bear next summer. These trees lived 
extra well and grew very fast. 
Your trees are excellent. Our cus- 
tomers think these Peaches are of 
the finest flavor. 
Yours truly, 
LEONARD XANDERS 
Fairfield, III. 
It’s Easy to Order from Egyptian Nursery 
PROVEN STOCK—PROMPT SERVICE 
Egyptian owns and operates over 800 acres of orchards, farms, and nurseries in South Central Illinois. 
This particular location is important to you. It means that Egyptian is far enough South to give our 
nursery the advantage of a long growing season—gives the stock you buy a good start to healthy vigorous 
growth. Yet, we get plenty of cold weather here, too, so that you can be sure our Egyptian stock is hardy 
and suited to growth in areas where winters are not mild. Because of this central location, we have ex- 
cellent rail and truck service with short travel time to your home. 
Remember, too, that we operate our own farms and orchards. We've learned from long experience, in good 
growing years and bad, the kind of stock that’s needed to grow successfully, 
That's the kind we will send you. 
EGYPTIAN NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE COMPANY 
FARINA, ILLINOIS 
LEO GRAVES & SONS, PROPRIETORS 
References: Dun and Bradstreet; State Bank of Farina, Farina, Ill.; First State Bank, St. Peter, III. 
Member American Association of Nurserymen, Illinois State Nurserymen’s Association 
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