Dear Friends: 
Every Baldwin plant has back of it more than forty years of real experience 
and breeding. Why do thousands of berry growers continue to buy Baldwin 
pure bred stock when other plants are offered for less? It is because they 
know that profits come from the big crop of fruit they produce and not from 
the small savings in the cost of the stock. Baldwin stock is bred full of 
vitality so that they will produce huge crops for you if they are properly 
taken care of. 
Baldwin is doing the same thing with plants and trees that the Hybrid 
corn growers are doing so don't try and economize on the small cost of 
Baldwin stock over that of lower priced plants. It takes more than roots 
and tops to produce fruit. Breeding and plant selection are the most 
important factors. 
The extreme drought of 1953 has caused us to eliminate some of our 
best varieties from our catalog this year. However, we hope we will have 
a full list of sorts next season. At this writing in December we are already 
short of some tree stocks. but our strawberries are fine and we have a 
normal supply. We get a great many large orders for strawberries, many 
of them in the 20 to 50 thousand class, so if you want them in this quantity, 
write us and we will let you know by return mail if we can better our 
catalog prices. 
Sincerely thanking you for your patronage of the past year and assuring 
you that our good service and fine stock will continue, we are 
THE BALDWIN NURSERY 
WITH 
Save 
BALDWIN’S 
/ 0% CASH DISCOUNT 
All orders received during January and up to February 3rd, 1955,with cash in full 
enclosed, are subject to a 10% discount. No cash discounts on bargains or special 
quotations made by mail. This discount not good after February 3rd, 1955. 
CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION 
Michigan State Department of Agriculture—Orchard and Nursery Inspection 
No. 5591. 
This is to certify that the nursery stock of Baldwin's Nursery, Bridgman, Michi- 
gan, has been examined and found to be apparently free from dangerous 
insects and dangerously contagious tree and plant diseases. Fee paid $41.00 
Chas. Figy, Commissioner, 
Lansing, Mich. 
Aug. 20, 1954 
Bureau of Agricultural Industry, 
C. A. Boyer, Director. 
Sh a eS aE 
BALDWIN’S GUARANTEE 
We guarantee all shipments to reach you in good growing condition. If ship- 
ment is delayed or damaged in transit, please secure a signed statement from 
your local agent and send it to us with your claim within three days after 
receipt of stock, and we will make free replacement. 
We guarantee all stock to live and grow if given reasonable attention. Should 
any item fail to do well, we must be notified within 60 days and we will replace 
the following planting season. Stock on which claims are made between July 
lst and September Ist, will be replaced at half price another season. We are 
not responsible for losses caused by improper planting, care or unfavorable 
weather conditions, and these factors will be taken into consideration when 
claims are made. 
We guarantee all stock to be true to name and will make free replacement 
upon receipt of proof that it is not as represented in our catalog. At no time are 
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Baldwins Vitality, Filled 
Strawberry Plants 
DON’T WAIT TO ORDER 
Our customers have been very fine in the past 
few years in placing their orders early. Please 
remember that the shipping of strawberry, aspar- 
agus and that class of plants, depends entirely 
upon weather conditions here. WE POSITIVELY 
DO NOT SHIP ANY STORAGE PLANTS. We 
will endeavor io fill your order as close to the 
time specified as possible but if excessive rain 
or cold weather occurs at that time of the year, 
there may be a slight delay. 
TRANSPORTATION 
Unless otherwise stated in catalog, transporta- 
tion charges on all stock listed in this catalog 
are to be paid by the customer, as the weight of 
nursery stock cannot be determined exactly in 
advance of shipment. 
NOTICE 
For approximate shipping charges, refer to the 
back of our order sheet enclosed with this cat- 
alog. Complete schedules and rates, as closely 
as they can be figured, will be found there. 
TERMS ON C.O.D. ORDERS 
We can ship C.O.D. if the order amounts to 
$5.00 or more at full catalog price, no discount 
allowed, but 25c on each dollar must be included 
with your order as a down payment. If order 
amounts to $5.00, sent $1.25 with the order; if 
$6.00, send $1.50, etc. You may inspect express 
shipments before you pay. (Parcel Post not sub- 
ject to examination.) If satisfactory, pay the agent 
the amount due. No. C.0.D. shipments made 
after April 25th. ’ 
FALL SHIPMENTS 
We encourage the fall planting of nursery stock. 
Plants and trees are dormant then, and when 
warm weather comes in the spring, your stock 
is ready to commence growing. Nursery stock 
cannot be shipped until it has had some cold 
weather to harden it up, and fall shipments are 
usually made after the middle of October. NO 
DISCOUNT ON FALL ORDERS. 
KEEP ALL PAPERS 
If necessary to write at any time, be sure and 
return all papers sent you except planting in- 
structions. All papers pertaining to your order 
will be returned to you when order is acknowl- ays | 
edged. Do not destroy them! 
