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MOST ITEMS ARE 
POSTPAID TO YOU 
To save you additional money, we pay 
postage on most items. You will find 
these items so listed in our 1954 catalog. 
However, some items listed are too large 
to send by parcel post, such as large 
fruit trees, shade trees and blooming 
size shrubs. 
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Also there are a few ornamentals and 
hedging, and some berry plants that we 
list at such low prices for the high qual- 
ity stock, it is impossible for us to pay 
the transportation charges. We _ send 
these transportation charges collect. 
Some orders include large size trees, 
that have been sent express collect, and 
also some items that would ordinarily go 
postpaid. In order to avoid making 2 
shipments, so that your stock will reach 
you at one time, we ship the whole order 
express; for this privilege we will in- 
clude extra stock, our selection, to fit in 
with the items on your order, that have 
a greater value than the trans- 
portation charge. 
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Healthy Whole Root Stock 
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Sims Guarantee To You 
We GUARANTEE everything to reach 
Photo of one of our blocks of l-yr. Cherry trees; with 
a start like this, these trees should grow almost anywhere. 
ORTHO BRAND ROSE DUS) 
Protect Your Roses With Ortho Rose Dus: 
You will be simply amazed and delighted with 
the way Ortho Rose Dust kills Rose pests, such 
as aphis, thrips, earwigs, red spider mites, Japan- 
ese beetles and many others. Its active ingredient, 
lindane, is quickly toxic to aq wide range of 
troublesome insects—and lindane packs a wallop 
that lasts for several days. 
Ortho Rose Dust is avail- 
| able in handy 8-ounce ‘Puffer Duster," or in bulk 
4 packages for use in the “easy action” all metal 
P-] Duster. 8-oz. duster, postpaid, $1.25. 1-lb. re- 
fills, postpaid $1.50. 
Easy fo apply... 
Let Us Add You to Our Family of Satisfied Customers 
you in perfect growing condition. If for We Have Them in Every State in the Union 
any reason this stock is damaged or does 
not come up to your expectations or if 
there has been a mistake in your order, 
if you will notify us within 5 days, we will 
tevlace damaged items FREE. 
Each year we spend many thousands of 
dollars giving our nursery stock the very 
best of care, with the most modern meth- 
ods. Therefore we are reasonably sure 
our stock will grow and live. However: 
occasionally the very best of stock fails 
to grow, because of local soil, weather and 
care conditions, which are beyond our 
control. 
We want each of our customers to be 
more than satisfied. Therefore, if you 
have a loss of stock and will notify us be- 
fore July lst, we will replace the following 
year at one-half price. 
Sims further GUARANTEES everything 
to be true to name, as described in this 
catalog. If found to be otherwise, we will 
replace free on due proof of untrueness. 
We will not hold ourselves liable for any 
amount greater than the original amount 
of purchase price. 
10 REASONS we know why you will be 
pleased with our stock. 
1. FRESH STOCK FROM SIMS 
We are not dealers, we grow and propagate 
all the trees and plants we sell, thereby 
giving you fresher stock in better condition. 
2. THREE GENERATIONS 
For three generations we have been grow- 
ing and fruiting thousands of plants. We pass 
this knowledge gained on to you in our 
healthy, well rooted stock. 
3. ORCHARD TESTED VARIETIES 
We maintain test orchards, to test each new 
variety as it is introduced. We offer for sale, 
those that have proved outstanding. 
4. PERSONAL SERVICE 
Our business has been built on high stand- 
ards, and we aim to give personal attention 
to every customer. If you have any problems, 
write us, and we will be glad to help you. 
5. MODERN EQUIPMENT 
Here in our nursery we use the most 
modern spraying, cultivating and digging 
equipment, which enables us to give you 
better stock at lower prices. 
6. BETTER, LONGER LIVED TREES 
Nothing is stronger than its foundation, and 
the foundation of all fruit trees is the root 
system. Therefore we use only the strongest 
and best seedlings for our root stock, 
7. TRUE TO NAME 
All our stock is guaranteed True to Name 
as we hand-select our scion wood from our 
bearing orchards, enabling us to give you 
selected strains of all varieties. 
8. HONEST GRADES 
All our trees and shrubs are graded ac- 
cording to the Standards of the American As- 
sociation of Nurserymen. Therefore you are 
assured of honest grades. 
9. PACKED RIGHT AND SHIPPED RIGHT AT 
PROPER TIME. All orders are packed by 
experienced help, to reach you in the very 
best growing condition, and shipped to you 
at the proper planting time for your locality. 
10. REPEAT CUSTOMERS 
We get repeat orders year after year from 
our old customers, and also their neighbors. 
LET US INCLUDE YOU ON OUR LIST OF SAT- 
ISFIED CUSTOMERS. 
GETS ALL THE ROOTS 
Our Caterpillar Powered Hy- 
draulic Lift Nursery Digger 
Built and Perfected by Sims 
Gets all the Roots. 
TO HELP YOU 
FREE PLANTING GUIDE 
We send you FREE, a 
planting guide with every 
nursery order. It tells you 
in a simple, easy-to-under- 
stand way how to plant, 
even if you have had no 
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experience, so by follow- 
ing these simple directions, 
you will be insured suc- 
cess with all your plant 
ing. It gives the following 
instructions: 
General care: Pruning; 
Watering; Fertilizing, etc. 
