A Word about Our Nursery 
While it is desirable to have tall stately speci- 
en Holly trees the cost is prohibitive to the aver- 
age person. The alternate is to secure good stock 
properly grown of a size that can be afforded on 
the average family budget. At our nursery we are 
producing this kind of stock. We are specializing 
in Ilex Opaca, or American Holly, which is a 
beautiful evergreen tree with very definite spine 
tips on the leaves and produces bright red fruit 
when the weather turns cold. This variety is very 
winter hardy and is native to the eastern seaboard 
as well as the southern part of our country west 
to Texas. It is also known to grow in much colder 
climates very successfully without winter damage. 
We do not sell any stock that is less than 3 
years of age and a minimum height of 18 to 20 
inches. We believe that in order to produce a tree 
that can be successfully grown by the average 
home owner that this is the minimum require- 
ment. All of our trees are grown from the best 
cutting stock available. All trees are banded and 
numbered for identification purposes and are 
grown outdoors in order to produce trees that will 
withstand transplanting and cold weather. In 
order to produce good complete root systems all 
of our trees are grown in red clay pots imbedded 
in sand which means that when they are deliv- 
ered to you they can be planted in your yard or 
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