KELLY BROS. 74 Years of Experience is Your Guarantee of Quality and Satisfaction 
Over One Hundred Thousand Satisfied Customers in All Parts of the Country 
Five Hundred Acres of Growing Nursery Stock 
WM. F. KELLY 
WM. F. KELLY, Jr. JOHN W. 
Co-Founder, President KELLY 
1873-1949 Sec.-Treas. 
JAMES B. CARMODY 
Vice-President 
LT. EDWARD T. KELLY 
U. S. Army Air Corps, 
Vice-President 1919-1945 
Buy by Mail and Save up to 50% 
PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING YOUR SELECTIONS 
1. Order now for shipment at 
planting time. confusion and mistakes, and to 
2. Unless you specify date, we insure prompt reply. 
will ship at the proper plant- 5. Our terms are NET CASH 
ing time in your section. : ie 
y with order. Unless otherwise 
Ss RRS GONE USL Which "we spay specified, prices are  f.o.b. 
postage is enclosed for your Dansville 
convenience. 
4. For ordering, please use order 6. A 25% deposit is required on 
blanks enclosed. Letters should all C.O.D. orders. 
be written separately to avoid 
FOR EARLY 
ORDERS 
THIS OFFER GOOD ON ORDERS RECEIVED ON 
OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 25th, 1954 
On orders of $10.00 to $15.00 Select One of these 10 Premiums. 
On orders of $15.00 to $25.00 Select Two Premiums alike or 
different. 
On orders of $25.00 to $30.00 Select Three Premiums alike or 
different. 
On orders of $30.00 or more Select Four Premiums alike or 
different. 
10 Latham (Red) Raspberries 10 Begonia Bulbs. 
1 Rose Bush (Your choice of 1 Fire King Lily. 
color) Not patented. 2 Concord Grape Vines. 
1 Red Flowering Crab, 2-yr., 1 Bartlett Pear, 2-yr., large. 
Soed et. 1 Hydrangea P. G. Shrub. 
1 Wisconsin Weeping Willow 
Tree, 3-5 ft. 
The Premiums you select MUST BE WRITTEN ON THE 
ORDER, or none will be sent, even if you notify us later. 
Our Guarantee 
We positively GUARANTEE any nursery stock you buy 
from this catalog to grow. If any tree, bush, shrub or 
plant from our nursery does not grow, we will replace it 
ABSOLUTELY FREE the next growing season. 
All we ask is that you follow the planting instructions 
mailed with your order acknowledgement and give the 
plants good care. 
Report on losses to reach us ON OR BEFORE AU- 
GUST Ist, FOLLOWING PLANTING. 
We ship only STRONG, HEALTHY STOCK OF THE 
BEST QUALITY. That’s why we can make such an 
iron-clad guarantee. 
HOW TO REMIT 
Send Money Order or Check with your order. You save money 
by sending remittance with order. The Post Office and Express 
Company make extra charges for C.O.D. shipments. 
QUANTITY RATES 
Take advantage of our lower rates for quantity purchases. For 
less than 6 trees remit at each rate; 6 to 12 trees of one sort 
such as Apples, varieties alike or assorted, entitles you to the 
12 rate; 12 to 25 trees alike or assorted, entitles you to the 25 
rate; 25 or more trees, alike or assorted, entitles you to the 50 rate. 
RIPENING DATES 
With our description of varieties, we’ve indicated the approxi- 
mate ripening date at which fruit is ripe and ready to eat in 
western New York. This date will vary with the season and in 
different sections of the East. The fruit may ripen a few days 
to a week earlier or later. 
OUR REFERENCES 
As to our responsibility and reliability, we refer you to the 
Union Trust Co., Dansville, N. Y.; Groveland State Bank, Grove- 
land, N. Y.; Security ‘Trust Co., Dansville, N. Y.; to any person 
whose letter appears in this catalog, or to your State Experiment 
Station or College. 
FREE PLANTING GUIDE 
With every order we will send absolutely free a book which, 
by word and picture, shows just how to plant a tree or shrub. 
WE PAY POSTAGE 
Most plants listed in the catalog are delivered to your 
home postpaid. 
Trees too large for parcel post shipment are sent by ex- 
press—you pay the charges. 
Where there is a mixed order of postpaid and express 
items, we ship the whole order express, prepaying in ad- 
vance, our portion of the charges. 
KELLY BROS. NURSERIES, INC. 
WE ARE MEMBERS OF 
New York State National Mail 
Nurserymen’s Order Nursery- 
Association men’s Assn. 
American 
Association of 
Nurserymen 
