A. V. KELLER NURSERY CU. 
912 THIRTY-EIGHTH STREET 
DES MOINES le, IOWA 
A. V. KELLER, MGR. [> Se en ae TELEPHONE 5-3707 
Ornamental Crab Apples and Hybrid Lilacs 
February 14 1953 
United States Department Of Agriculturg 
Library 
Washington 25, De C. 
Mr. Ralph Re Shaw 
The Librarian. 
Dear Mr. Shaw: 
Received your letter, asking for our currant year Fall 
1952 & Spring 1953. 
We are enclosing in envehope, -+we of our latest, 
Descriptive Price List of Ornamental Flowering Crab 
Apples. 
If by chance an one is interested in Flowering Crab 
Apples. 
Our Firm has donated to the National Arbretum, at 
Washington, D.Ce a nice collection of untrimed,flower- 
ing Crab Apples, we grow our Crab Apples, so they 
develope in there natural form. 
We have supplied a big share of the Arboretums and 
Colleges and Universities, in the United States. 
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Also, have sent Crab Apple scions, from our stock, 
to many European countries. 
In the near future we want to see, Washington?7D.C. 
in full bloom with the different flowering Crab 
Apples, consisting of over 300 varieties, the 
blooming period of the different varieties extends 
from two to three weeks, according to the weather 
at the time of the blooming season. 
The Crab Apple has other great qualities, the diff- 
erant colours of the foliage, and the different 
shapes and color of the fruit, they bear. 
Very truly yours, 
A. Ve Keller Nursery Compan 
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