Dear Friend and Customer: 
[ am very pleased to send you this cataiog. 
In the text and pictures, it will give you the factuai 
details about these most interesting and practical Dwarf 
and Espalier Trained Fruit trees. A careful reading will, 
[am sure make you want to have some in your garden. 
The growing of fruit trees in the Home Garden has 
become of great importance today. Fruit prices have in- 
creased considerably, Every home owner asks himself, 
“Why can’t I grow my own fruit?” 
You can—but buying and planting fruit trees is just 
the preliminary step. You can grow Dwarf fruit trees the 
easy and successful way, if you remember to pick a good 
location, make the right choice of trees, plant them prop- 
erly, and care for them. Then, you are bound to enjoy the 
pleasures, profits and wonderful advantages these highly 
tested Dwarf trees offer. 
I have devoted a lifetime specializing exclusively in 
Dwarf Fruit Trees. At my start, 1 had the inherited 
experience of a long line of Swiss ancestors who have 
excelled in the propagation of fruit trees. After consult- 
ing diverse Experimental Stations here and in the East, 
West and Mid-West, and, combining my 25 years experi- 
ence in this country, I have succeedea in raising only those 
varieties which can be successfully grown by the home 
gardener in this country’s climate, and,I can say that every 
statement in the catalog is made 1n good faith and with 
conviction of its truth, in which National and State Agri- 
cultural Experimental Stations support. 
Naturally we are in business to make a living. In all 
sincerity, we will not sell you any trees if we have the 
slightest suspicion you have no chance of success. All my 
customers, who have come into personal contact with me, 
will vouch for this. Our business 1s not of an easy nature— 
it involves hard work, alarge amount of knowledge, and an 
investment which is not justified by its income—but, my 
whole heart is in growing these Dwarf trees to perfection. 
In conclusion, let me say that I take a personal interest 
in seeing that each of my customers has complete satisfac- 
tion, and gains a Fruitful new interest in his garden. 
If you have a problem, please feel free to consult me 
for advice. My candid opinion will help you to gain the 
full advantage of my 40 years of knowledge in this field, 
extensive resources, sound policies, plus my ancestors’ ex- 
perience. These facts are your best assurance of lasting 
satisfaction. 
We thank you for your valued inquiry. We also thank 
all our good customers who have cooperated whole- 
heartedly to make our business progressive. 
Very truly yours, 
BENKY CEU LTHARDT 
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