THE LATE S. E. HOLDRIDGE PAUL HOLDRIDGE 
Founder Manager 
To Our Many Friends and Customers— 
Here is our catalogue for Spring, 1953. We have listed here a great 
number of the items of nursery stock which we sell. Our description of most 
items are necessarily brief, for what we are trying to do is to bring you 
our list without too much expense which would have to be added to the price 
which you would have to pay. 
During the 1952 season, our new Garden Store was open for the first 
time and hundreds of our customers came to us for their garden supplies. 
This store will be stocked even better for 1953. We hope that you shop 
here for most of your garden needs. 
During the summer of 1952, we built a new lath house connected with 
our store. This was built to keep the evergreens, shrubs and other stock 
in tip top condition for you. 
But even though we have expanded greatly into garden supplies during 
the past two years, we have not neglected our primary business. We have 
300,000 healthy strawberry plants for this spring’s sales. Our assortment 
of fruit trees will be larger than ever and we invite you to compare the 
quality of our stock with anyone. 
We will endeavor to keep our supplies of nursery stock in readiness for 
immediate sale on all items except strawberry plants which must be dug 
fresh. This makes it possible for you to call on us, look the stock over, and 
get your fruit trees, evergreens and other stock immediately. 
Our shipping season for nursery stock is short and we are always rushed 
at that time. To help us serve you better, we are asking your cooperation 
by doing the following— 
1. Send full payment with order if possible. 
2. Allow us to substitute varieties when necessary. 
We invite you to call at our Nursery at any time. We are open seven 
days weekly from 8:00 A.M. till 6:00 P.M. 
We hope to hear from you. 
Sincerely, 
PAUL HOLDRIDGE. 
Telephone — Ledyard Division: 
INgersoll 4-7020 
(No toll charge from Norwich, New London and Mystic divisions) 
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