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The Pioneer Nursery of Southern California Wp 1873 gs 
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— Since 1887 — 
We invite you to browse through our lath houses filled with a wide 
variety of shade-loving plants, our glasshouse of beautiful and unusual foliage 
specimens, and the vast areas devoted to rose gardens and flowering shrubs. 
Our 67 years in the nursery business have enabled us to anticipate your garden 
needs. Here you will find flower and vegetable seeds, bulbs, garden tools, 
insecticides, fungicides, pottery, lawn curbing, and other related items. We 
are truly a One-Stop Garden Shop. 
Our Sales Personnel is one of the most experienced in the Southland. 
You will receive expert advice and assistance on all your garden problems. 
Space does not permit us to list all of the stock. This catalog will serve 
as a gardening guide; but in order to fully appreciate and benefit from the 
wealth of services and material we are prepared to supply you, we strongly 
urge you to visit us. A stroll through our colorful grounds, covering a city 
block, is like a visit to your favorite park. Bring your friends. We want you 
to feel that this is YOUR GARDENING HOME. 
SPECIALISTS IN HARD-TO-GET ITEMS 
Always “See Winsel Gibbs First” 
OPEN SUNDAYS AND WEEK DAYS — 8:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. 
THOMPSON FIGS 
“*3-to-the-Pint”’ 
Here are six good reasons why this sensational fig tree 
is just the thing for you: 
ITS AMAZING SiZE—3 Figs Fill a Pint. 
NO SUGAR NEEDED—It is Nectar-Sweet. 
HEAVY BEARER. 
OFTEN BEARS FIRST CROP 6 MONTHS AFTER PLANTING. 
GROWS AS MUCH AS 20 FEET ACROSS IN 3 YEARS. 
Or may be cut back every year and kept low. 
6. PERFECT FOR CANNING. 
The huge, dark purple fruit peels completely like a banana to a 
snowy white undercoat. No sugar required; its luscious, straw- 
berry-like flesh makes a delightfully attractive and appetizing 
pack. 
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STURDY TREES IN 3 SIZES 
3 to 4 ft. 4 to 5 ft. 5 to 6 ft. 
$2.50 $3.50 $3.00 
THOMPSON FIGS 
Bulbs in Season 
Among the bulbs for Fall planting (Spring bloom) are: 
NARCISSUS GRAPE HYACINTH SPARAXIS 
DAFFODILS RANUNCULUS LILIES 
TULIPS ANEMONES TRITONIA 
HYACINTHS FREESIAS CALLAS, etc. 
For Spring planting (Summer bloom) are: 
DAHLIAS, GLADIOLUS, TUBEROUS BEGONIAS in variety. 
2 MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED 
