Fellow Tradesmen... 
We can’t complain about the weather this time. 
Indeed, we find it hard to kick about any aspect of 
the season just behind us, except perhaps that it was 
too short. That, of course, is not a new condition but 
it is one that now has some possibility of solution. The 
answer is simple, and we should have realized it sooner 
>. . CANS! 
Every effort is being made to hasten our production 
of container-grown nursery stock, and we are now 
installing the most modern sprinkler system available 
on a little over an acre of ground, with distinct likeli- 
hood that this will be considerably enlarged in the 
near future. 
In the interim, our supply of tried and true bare-root 
and B&B stock seems more adequate than usual. For 
instance, Persimmons! We have them by the acre, 
bushel, foot or thousand. It is our emphatic opinion 
that multitudes of people are missing a taste thrill 
because they have never been introduced to Per- 
simmons. 
The citrus situation is rapidly improving after the 
fiasco of two winters ago. Some larger sizes are again 
in evidence and the decorative varieties particularly 
are in better supply. 
They say repetition lends emphasis, and we really 
must get across, for your sake and ours, the fact that 
we get pretty busy during our rush season in the winter. 
We beg that you give us as much advance notice as 
possible before coming or sending for a load. We 
usually have to schedule our deliveries weeks in advance 
in order to make things come out right. 
Don’t forget the American Association of Nursery- 
men. Our Florida Chapter is growing fast, and the 
bigger it becomes, the better job it can do for its mem- 
bers. We have application blanks here and will be 
glad to supply information regarding the organization 
on request. You'll find membership makes a difference! 
And now once again, our best thanks to all of you 
who had a part in our highly successful year of 1951-52. 
We deeply appreciate your patronage and will look 
forward to opportunities of steadily increasing it this 
fall and winter. 
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company 
George L. Taber, Jr., President 
