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‘‘Tours for Qroiaing Satisfaction”

That is our motto. It means that we
send you

Varieties truly labeled;

Good sizes for their age;

Dug only after fully mature and dor-
mant ;

Handled without exposure to sun or
wind ;

Free from insect pests and diseases;

Vitality unimpaired;

Packed properly to arrive in prime
condition ;

Reliable information on how to han-
dle, plant, prune and properly
care for the trees or plants.

It means your satisfaction when your
order arrives. Your satisfaction when
fruit is produced or your ornamentals
reach maturity and satisfaction that will
continue from year to year. Satisfac-
tion, in fact, which amply repays you for
the surprisingly small expenditure of
your thought, time, labor and money.

^^Yours for Growing Satisfaction^

NEOSHO NURSERIES CO.

Neosho, Missouri

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Facts You Should Kno^

To Snjoy Qro^ing Satisfaction

POSSIBLY we do not ask for orders
as often or as urgently as we should
in view of the fact that our stock,
methods of handling, grading and packing
merit the patronage of particular buyers.
But we felt that people would read our
catalog and come to the same conclusion
as a prominent horticulturist who wrote
us December 12, 1922 — “One can hardly

escape the conviction that a firm that
puts out such a conservative and helpful
catalog will back up its statements with
reliable goods and genuine service.” We
knew, too, that some people require a little
time to plan their plantings and to de-
cide what kinds, varieties and number to
order. Some people do leave the selec-
tion to us, for instance, a customer in
Mexico mailed us a draft for $225.00 and told
us to send him an assortment of our se-
lection.

However, if you intend to plant this
spring, we must remind you planting time
is close at hand, and more important
still is the fact that the longer you delay,
the less are the chances of securing
the varieties and sizes you prefer. The
nurseryman cannot grow stock to order
on short notice. He has to plan two,
three or more years ahead. It is then
impossible to know what people will want
or to tell how many good trees or plants

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will result from a
given number prop-
agated.

Furthermore, if we
should give you a
list now of the num-
ber available in each
size of each variety,
it would be obsolete
before it reached you. Therefore, we suggest
that you order XX sizes, tell us whether we
shall reserve or send larger or smaller sizes
and also other varieties if necessary, adjusting
prices accordingly.

Most buyers judge value by size in height,
not realizing that some varieties are naturally
smaller growers and that age must also be
considered. It is apparent that a tree that
grows a certain size in one season is better
than one^ of the same variety that takes two
years to attain that same size. Many also do
not know or stop to think that most trees
must have a good portion of the top cut off
when transplanted and that what is left is the
foundation of successful growth. We could
grow our trees for height, grade and sell them
by that standard and have a greater percent-
age of the higher priced sizes. But we prefer
to concentrate on developing good root sys-
tems and trunks and grade them by a better
standard of value — the diameter measuring a
few inches above the ground. There will still
be plenty of top to cut off and burn.

Our customers report satisfactory results
with all sizes we offer from two-year ^ inch
up (diameter) apple to one-year under 3-16
inch (diameter). As a rule commercial apple
growers prefer one-year old trees but the
buyer should not confuse one-year grafts
whose root system is only one-year old, with

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uur one-year trees whose roots have grown
two seasons in our nursery. In January this
year an Arkansas orchardist bought 100 of our
one-year XXX apple trees and declared we
had made a mistake and sent him trees two
or three years old. There have been a num-
ber of cases like that and some we know have
come back to us for more trees. One customer
wrote us: “Your peach trees are as large as
others sell around here for two-year olds.’'
Another customer ordered 3 to 5-16-inch (di-
ameter) two to three foot trees and protested
they were too small, but a year later he said
they made good growth and he was glad he
bought them. On the other hand, an Arkan-
sas customer reports excellent results with
about 1000 of our two-year XXXX apple trees
that measured of an inch (diameter). Peo-
ple who come into our office sometimes ask
what is the best size peach tree to plant. We
tell them our preference is for the middle
sizes but when they see the trees they usually
select the biggest. Then when they plant, they
cut off and throw away most of the top, at
least they should.

We shipped 2,000 strawberry plants to a
Missouri customer April 6, 1922. He imme-
diately wrote : “All the neighbors who saw
them said they were the poorest plants they
ever saw. Believe me, I will see that you lose
many times that much in future business. I
think your motto
must be a big joke.”

January 27, 1923, he
wrote “The percent-
age of loss was next
to nothing. I be-
lieve now I like your
method of sending
out plants pretty

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well. I now have a fine
patch but will be in the
market for more plants
this spring if you will
kindly send me price
list.”

“In buying nursery stock the pur-
chaser is utterly at the mercy of the
seller. The same is true in the seeds-
man^s business. In all commercial
activities a reputation for trustworthi-
ness is the most valuable of assets, but
for the nurseryman and seedsman it is
absolutely indispensable. Their goods
must be bought on faith, and their rec-
ords must indicate that faith is not
misplace d.” — The Cleveland Plain
Dealer, June 25, 1920.

Wherever you buy you must trust someone
to give you a square deal, to send you true-
to-name stock, in good condition, properly
packed, free from injurious insects and dis-
eases, and the number and sizes for which you
pay. Few buyers can tell one variety from
another or recognize such a common disease
as crown-gall. We sold a carload of peach
trees several years ago to a grower in North
Carolina and they rejected a few trees on ac-
count of crown-gall. However, they were not
all galls, but an enlarged growth of the main
root where it grew around a stone or a piece
of a peach shell. They wrote us last year that
our trees were the finest they ever planted.

You cannot enjoy “Growing Satisfaction”
unless you receive first-class stock for trans-
planting. It is apparent that the money, time
and labor that an apple orchard requires be-
fore it comes into profitable bearing will be
thrown away if inferior trees are planted.

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Unfoirtunately the average buyer does not
know what makes a good tree, he doesn’t
recognize crown-gall, hairy-root, nematodes,
aphis, scale, etc., he cannot tell the varieties,
nor the age, nor whether the tree was dug
before fully matured, nor whether it is full of
vitality.

True enough, every shipment must bear a
certificate of inspection. But these certificates
are issued by the State Inspection Depart-
ments after examination of the stock in the
field when it is impossible to know whether
the roots are free from or infected with
crown-gall, hairy-root, nematodes or aphis. In
some states part or all stock is officially in-
spected upon arrival. For instance, in Vir-
ginia, in the Fall of 1920, and Spring of 1921,
they inspected 163,799 apple trees and threw
out as unfit to plant on account of crown-
gall, 7,072 trees, about 4.3 per cent. In the year
previous they threw out 1,000 out of one ship-
ment of 2,500 apple trees and in the same ship-
ment there were 1,200 peach trees that proved
to be seedlings. The license permitting that
nursery to ship into Virginia was cancelled.
But suppose those trees had gone into a state
where there was no such official inspection
and to a man who couldn’t recognize crown-
gall or seedling peach trees? Furthermore,
who, even among experienced growers and
horticulturists, can identify varieties or dis-
tinguish vitality!

Imagine the temptation of a nurseryman to
send the A-1 stock
to strict inspection
states and to work
off the other kind
on buyers who don’t
know and who have
no such protection.

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And what would you
do in a case like
this ? Just the other
day a so-called nur-
seryman asked us to
ship direct to his
customer some
Winesap apple trees
and told us if we
didn’t have them to send Stayman and label
them Winesap. We would be afraid to do
business with him. There are plenty of hon-
est, capable nurserymen. But you know there
are unscrupulous people in every line of busi-
ness which makes it harder for the conscien-
tious man.

Cancellations. When we receive an order,
we reserve the items called for and maybe
use up all we have in some sizes or varieties.
Later in the season when it would be too late
to sell this stock elsewhere, a cancellation
would mean a total loss, for the trees and
plants could not be held over to the next sea-
son nor in most cases could they be trans-
planted for sale the next year. It is of vital
importance to plant when conditions are most
favorable and most orders for spring shipment
are wanted in a rush. Therefore, to give
prompt service we must dig the stock we ex-
pect to sell and hold it in our packing houses
at the right degree of moisture and temper-
ature.

Another important point. Our one-year ap-
ple trees with two-year old roots (these are
budded and the bud is dormant the first sea-
son) must be dug and sold, for if they should
be held for another season they would be too
large, so much larger than our two-year
grafted apple, that there would be no market

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for them. You will possibly see some ‘‘ready
to bear’’ or “bearing-age” trees offered for
sale. This is impractical except in the case
of a few trees for the home garden and then
only if the trees have been transplanted and
root pruned and the tops properly trained,
which are quite different from trees held over
in the field because the nurseryman could not
sell them.

Transportation Charges. Whether prices
quoted to you are f. o. b. nursery or transpor-
tation prepaid, you know the cost of trans*
portation is really paid by the consumer. If
prices are made on a prepaid basis the nur-
seryman has to add to his prices the average
cost of transportation. In that case the cus-
tomer near the nursery would really pay more
than the actual transportation cost and the
customer at the greater distance away would
be paying less.

Replacements. If a nurseryman guarantees
his stock to grow under penalty of replace-
ment without charge it works a hardship on
the conscientious, careful planter. There are
many factors governing the growth of trees
and plants over which the nurseryman, and
even the grower, has no control. Somebody
must pay the cost of such replacements. If it
is the nurseryman he must either lose the
value of the stock or must include it in his
prices. This puts an unfair burden on the
careful planter. If a
buyer knows he will
have to stand any
loss from failures to
grow, he is naturally
careful to buy good
stock and take good
care of it.

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Spirea (S. Van Houttei)|la
Paying Before Receiving. Any business that |
sells on credit is bound to have some losses, |
and prices must be raised enough to take care
of those losses. Why should you or we pay jj

more because buyers can’t or won’t pay for |

what they order? If you have sufficient faith |

in a nurseryman to send you true-to-name,
first-class stock you can surely trust him with
your money. Remember also that the nursery- |

man has to trust you, too. A customer could I

send an order with cash for immediate ship- S

ment, and stop payment of his check after |i

the goods are in transit. Again, we guarantee M

arrival in good condition of first class stock. j

Suppose the customer unpacked the trees or |

plants and exposed them to the sun and wind [

to their certain injury. How could we prove d

they dried out after arrival? p

Don’t Blame Us For Failures — |

1. If your soil is unsuitable.

2. If your trees have wet feet. '

3. If frost injures them.

4. If you expose the roots and tops to sun If

and wind from the time you get them
until they are planted. i

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i)|ikes a Beautiful Hedge

I 5. if you fail to prune roots and tops prop-

j erly.

6. If you crowd the roots into a small hole.

7. Tf you put fertilizer in contact with the

roots.

8. If you put poor soil around the roots.

9. If you fail to firm good soil about the

roots.

10. If you fail to cultivate properly.

11. If animals destroy them.

12. If protracted drought deprives them of

needed moisture.

13. If hail storms destroy them.

14. If you have chosen varieties unsuited to

your climate.

I 15. If you plant sterile varieties alone,

j 16. If you prune at the wrong time.

17 If you accept unsatisfactory stock.

18. If you buy from irresponsible parties.

19. If you place your order on the basis of

j price only.

20. If you plant too late.

21. If you buy stock that was dug green.

22. If you want sizes or varieties that are

already sold out.

23. If prices advance while you delay.

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Prices. Just a word about
prices. Some charge more,
others less, than we ask.
We must have a reasonable
profit in order to stay in
business and continue to
render genuine service. One
horticulturist expresses the
opinion of experienced
growers as follows — “The original cost of the
tree is of minor importance compared with its
ultimate value. Pay enough to get the best
and then refuse any not up to the standard.”

Rates. We have made it as easy as we know
how for you to figure the cost of your order.
We cannot understand why any nurseryman
prints a hundred rate and then a foot-note ex-
plaining that 25 trees (maybe 30 or 50) of a
kind, (whether one or more varieties) will be
sold at the 100 rate. Orders for say one apple
tree are not profitable to us but we are glad
to fill them as it gives us an opportunity to
demonstrate the value of our stock.

We cannot insure your success but have
tried to safeguard it as much as possible. A
lady in New Jersey wrote us on January 30,
1923, as follows :

‘7 received your catalog and enjoyed it
very much. If all catalogs were to give
as much advice, more would plant fruit
and flowers. It is so simple, you have
made everything so clear, it seems impos-
sible to make any mistake!’

Now, perhaps some will say, “If there are
so many chances for failure, I don’t think I’ll
plant anything.” Forewarned is forearmed. If
the difficulties are known in advance, they can
usually be avoided. The man who is afraid to
act because of possible difficulties will never
accomplish anything.

^^Yours for Groiving Satisfaction”

NEOSHO, MO.

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The Delicious Apple. This
apple has been more widely ad-
vertised than any other variety
and brings the highest prices on
the market. It has been more
widely planted and succeeds in
a wide range of climates. Its
unique flavor and shape are identified clearly
in the minds of the consumers. Some trees
have borne the second season alter planting,
others have taken seven years, it is a ques-
tion of soil and management how early and
how perfect fruit the}^ bear.

Plant an apple tree for yourself and for
future generations. The varieties starred are
successful over the widest range of the United
States. Early Summer — *Yellow Transparent;
Midsummer — Red Astrachan, Wilson Red,
*Duchess of Oldenburg; Lake Summer — ^*Mai-
den Blush, Wealthy; Fall^ — King David,
^Grimes Golden, *Jonathan; Winter — "^Deli-
ciou5, *Winesap, Rome Beauty, Stayman.

Crabapple— Excelsior, a large beautiful red,
excellent for dessert or cooking; early fall.

Order XX sizes one-year.

“Received my order of X grade Wealthy (300 one-
year ) , and was very well pleased with the condition
of the stock, and I also wish to thank you for the
prompt service that my order received.” — A. T. Heth-
ERINGTON, Illinois, January 2k, 1923.

“Those apples I got from you last spring all grew.
Did not lose a one. Think there were 200 of them.” —
D. M. Mowrey, Cumberland Co., Pa., February 5, 1921.

“I am well pleased with the apple trees which I
bought of you. I only lost 2 out of 670 trees. They
are growing fine.” — W. H. Mathis, Benton Co., Ar-^
kansas, July 19, 1920.

“In the spring of 1920 I purchased 2,000 Yellow
Transparent apple from you, and I wish to say that
they are the finest bunch of trees that I have ever
seen.” — Frank L. Janes, Fayette Co., Ohio, December
1, 1922.

“The trees were fine, much better than we expected.
The apples, especially, were excellent trees. Time and
time again we noticed and commented upon their
sturdy root systems and the strong, thrifty tops with
their fat, healthy buds.” — Cecil Rynbrandt, Allegan
Co., Mich., May 26, 1920.

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Did you ever taste a peach
ripe from the tree. They are
easy to ^row and bear early,
third year from planting,
sometimes the second year.
The most widely successful va-
rieties are Carman; about 14
days later, Belle of Georgia; about a week
later, Elberta. The Elberta is a commercial
variety which is picked and marketed before
mature ; they taste quite different if fully
ripened on the tree.

We also recommend ordering one or two
Early Rose, a medium size, red and white
fleshed cling of very good quality, ripening
about 10 days earlier than Carman. We in-
troduced this variety and have good reports of
it from California, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mis-
souri, and other states.

Order XXX sizes.

“I am sure you will be interested in learning that
these trees lived up to everything you claim for them
in your catalogue. In fact, I was amazed at the size
and flavor of the peaches.’ — H. S. Jones, Jefferson
Co., Ala., July 25, 1921.

“All of the 536 peach trees purchased from you last
year are doing well.” — P. Jones, Pima County, Arizona,
August 21, 1920.

“Out of the 100 peach trees I got from you I lost
only two, the others have made good growth and are
looking fine. I think my trees have done better than
any of my neighbors bought nearer home.” — Robert
J. Speer, Cayahoga Co., Ohio, Sept. 2^, 1922.

“The shipment of fifty-odd peach trees I bought of
you, although of the small size, came through in good
shape and are doing fine although we had a very dry
summer, they say the driest in 70 years. No one could
find anything but praise for the stock you sent me last
year.” — E. H. Pomeroy, Jackson Co., Oregon, Sept. 22,
1922.

“I have just returned from my Pinehurst (Moore
County) orchard and find of the 12,700 trees bought
of you and planted one year ago last winter, practically
all are living, less number dead than other orchards
in the same territory, the cause of which I think is
partly due to the vigor of the tree when planted and
partly due to the fact that we grew peas and rye,
putting humus and balanced fertilizer in the ground.”
— J. R. Lowery, Pres. Pinehurst Peach Co., Wake Co.,
N. C., May 19, 1922.

“Yours for Groiving Satisfaction”

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If you ever have the
chance to eat any so-
called sour cherries
fresh from the tree,
you will want a few
Montmorency, Early
Richmond (early), and
English Morello (late) in your yard. Sweet
cherries are very fastidious about climate and
soil but the sours are hardy and succeed over
a wide territory and in many types of well-
drained soils. They are planted 18 to 20 feet
apart. They are rather dwarfish growers and
come into bearing at an early age. Cherry
trees are not as easy to transplant success-
fully as other kinds. Good one-year olds are
more successfully transplanted. One cus-
tomer lost only tw^o trees out of 500. They
don’t like w^et feet.

“I am thoroughly delighted with all the stock I
received from you this past year, 1920 — also 1919. My
cherry trees only two years old bore cherries. One had
13, the other 7. Rambler rose second year is 4 ft.
high, loaded with bloom, California Privet hedge, out
of 100 plants I only lost 3, winter kill. That I con-
sider excellent. Thei walnut shade trees are growing
vigorously. I am always ready with words of praise
for the Neosho Nursery People.” — Mrs. Geo. A. White,
Essex Co., Mass., July 23, 1920.

“The Montmorency cherries purchased of you were a
long time on the road, in fact were lost but finally
traced up. When received we heeled them in at once
and later set them out carefully. Out of the 135 that
we bought about a dozen failed to grow.” — J. Beeibe
&. Son, Lane Co., Oregon, July 27, 1921.

“I take great pleasure in stating that the trees re-
ceived from you some three years ago have given good
results and are growing and developing perfectly. I
have had some little fruit last year and expect to have
a starting crop this year.” — Leon Wolff, Mexico, Feb-
ruary 20, 1920.

“All nursery stock I have received from you has done
fine here. I am sorry I did not order all of my nursery
stock from you this last spring.” — Geo. H. Gleason,
Cumberland Co., Maine, July 19, 1920.

“We have not yet made an accurate count, but we
believe at least 99% of trees (1005) we got from you
last spring are still living.” — Farris Orchard Co.,
Alleghany Co., Md., Nov. 9, 1921.

Yours for Groiving Satisfaction’

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Plum trees bear the third or
fourth year and some varieties
will succeed wherever apples or
peaches can be grown. Euro-
pean varieties such as Italian
Prune, Green Gage, Shropshire
Damson, are best in quality and
succeed best from New England
to Pennsylvania and west to
Michigan, also on the Pacific Coast. Japan-
ese varieties like Abundance, Burbank and Red
June succeed over a wider range.

‘'Three dependable and satisfactory
plums for Missouri are, one of the
Damsons (French or Shropshire),
Lombard, and German or Italian
Prune.” Circular No. 13, Missouri
State Fruit Experiment Station.

Order XXX sizes.

With orders for $5.00 up we will add free
one Endicott plum, as long as our stock per-
mits. This is a cross between a European and
Japanese variety; large, dark red, yellow flesh,
very sweet and juicy. Ask for it, if wanted.

“Our order for fruit trees (275) from your nursery
were O. K. I am pleased to state that our trees look
as well as any that have been planted. The man we
hired to plant the trees is quite pleased with the results;
he is an experienced man and says our trees look better
than any he has seen for the time they have been
planted.” — E. B. Rossiter, B. C., Canada, Sept. 23,
1922.

“The nursery stock you sold me last spring: has done
remarkably well. This has been due, I believe, to the
fact that the trees themselves were in unusually good
condition — strong, healthy and of good size.” — B. S.
Winchester, Fairfield Co., Conn., Nov. 27, 1922.

“If you take care of all your customers as well as you
have me you are surely deserving of a great business.”
— E. E. Smith, Missouri, December 19, 1922.

“Should I find anyone wanting nursery stock will
send you the order as there seems to be universal sat-
isfaction with your customers.” — E. A. Davis, Kingfisher
Co., Oklahoma, August 9, 1921.

“The trees came in excellent shape and my man says
that they are the finest trees he has ever seen shipped
out from any nursery.” — Oscar Herbert Wolner, St.
Louis Co., Minn., May U, 1920.

Yours for Growing Satisfaction^*

NEOSHO, MO.

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The Pear is one of the
highest quality fruits but
should be picked before
ripe enough to eat. The
standard of excellence is
the Seckel. It does well
as a dwarf and usually
bears young, the third or fourth year. The
dwarfs are set 10 to 15 feet apart. Pears prefer
heavy loam or clay soil, are not as fussy as
Other fruits about having well-drained soil and
thrive in sod. Have a Seckel Dwarf in your
yard.

“The fruit trees arrived in fine shape and are fine
looking trees. We 'will plant them carefully according
to your directions, and feel confident of success. Thank
you very much for accuracy, careful packing and good
quality trees.” — Mrs. Andrew Olsen, Kittitas Co.,
Wash., March 29, 1920.

“You have requested from time to time reports as to
the condition of stock received from you. It has always
been so very satisfactory that I procured the several
orders you have received from this vicinity, always show-
ing my own trees and fruit as evidence of their good
quality.” — Geo. B. Gatfield, Nassau Co., New York, May
3, 1922.

“The trees purchased from you this and last year
are all that could be asked for. We had a very dry
summer but only lost one of the trees. All who see
the trees say they are th'e finest trees they have ever
seen in North Carolina for their age.” — B. L. Johnson,
Wilkes Co., September 30, 1921.

“Trees arrived O. K. on November 16th. We are well
pleased with them. Were better value than others we
purchased from agent at double the cost.” — Fred Koch,
Erie Co., Ohio, November 23, 1921.

“The trees that I have received from your nursery
were the best trees that have ever reached this section ;
all of them were in excellent condition on arrival, and
all started out to grow like they meant business, and
considering that we had several very hard freezes,
several people have been over to my place just to see
those trees and say they have never seen new trees
with such growth, as they have grown more this year
already than trees that were set out last year.” — H. W.
Marshall, Apache Co., Ariz., July 26, 1921.

“I planted over 300 of your trees last year and have
lost but 3 trees, some having made a growth of 5 feet
and over.” — J. S. Reed, Fairfield Co., Ohio, January 20,
1923.

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Raspberries, Black-
berries and Strawber-
ries are never so good
as when picked ripe
and fresh from one's
own garden. 50 Rasp-
berries and 50 Black-
berries set about 3 feet
apart in rows 6 feet
apart, and 50 Strawber-
ries about 2 feet apart
with rows 3 to 4 feet
apart, will well repay
the little time and
trouble they will re-
quire.

Of all the fruits the Grape is
, ^ , most dependable. They produce

spite of utter neglect. They
require little room (planting
distance 8 feet by 10 feet) and
are quite ornamental trained
over arbors, fences, walls or on
buildings. Note — The State Hor-
ticulturists of Missouri and Ar-
kansas recommend planting one-year vines. As
a matter of fact the average buyer cannot tell
whether he gets a one or two-year old vine.
One nurseryman recently offered us some
grape vines that he called one-year No. 1
which he said would pass for two-year olds.

“You asked for a report on the stock I received. I
can say that I am very well satisfied, for I have stock
from other nurseries and yours were the best for me
as they had good roots where others were golf clubs
beside yours. The grapes that I got from you were a
little slow the first year but of course( they had to get
established and this year they made a new growth of
10 ft. all this year, and if they do not believe they can
come and see, for seeing is believing and the trees
have grown just as good according, so you can see
that I am satisfied. Yours for more orders when I
need any more stock.” — G. E. Eddy, King Co., Wash.,
October 21, 1921.

“The trees I bought of you last spring, out of the
262 trees I didn t lose a tree.” — J. E. May, Lebanon
Co., Pa., August, 1921.

‘^Yours for Growing Satisfaction’^

“What a 'beautiful Home^^

Does anyone say that about your
home? Do you say it yourself? If not,
this spring is the time to make a start
toward making your home more beauti-
ful, more attractive to yourself and oth-
ers and more valuable. Just a Halhs
Honeysuckle or a Climbing American
Beauty rose on the porch, a Spirea Van
Houttei in the angle between the steps
and -porch, or at the corner of the house
will help a whole lot.

There is really nothing difficult nor ex-
pensive about it nor any good reason for
making such mistakes as these.

The caretaker of a city park
pruned the tops of a full grown Spi-
rea in late winter, so of course they
did not bloom the following season.

A lady complained because her
shrubs shov/ed no sign of life. We
found them set a foot too deep, re-
set them and they grew.

A customer’s privet hedge didn’t
make a good growth, why should it,
since it was set too shallow.

We leave no stone unturned to place
good stock in good condition in the
hands of our customers with complete
instructions on handling, planting, prun-
ing, etc. What more could we do?

‘^Yours for Growing Satisfaction^

NEOSHO NURSERIES CO.

Neosho, Missouri

View oP part oP our OfFices
Packing House/ taken February-1925

NEOSHO NURSERIES GO.

NEOSHO / MO,

"^yours Jbr growing Satisfiictioth