. Benton County Nursery Co., Inc. Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Perennials, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Shade trees, Catalogs. Gillham, Arkansas January 9, 1945 Benton County Nursery Co., Inc. Rogers, Arkansas Dear Sir: We received our shipment of trees, vines, and bulbs and are well pleased with them. We were fixing to send an order to another Nursery and our neighbor come over and insisted we try you all with an order so we did with a small one and we are going to order more. You were recommended to us by Everett Brewer, at Gi
. Benton County Nursery Co., Inc. Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Perennials, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Shade trees, Catalogs. Gillham, Arkansas January 9, 1945 Benton County Nursery Co., Inc. Rogers, Arkansas Dear Sir: We received our shipment of trees, vines, and bulbs and are well pleased with them. We were fixing to send an order to another Nursery and our neighbor come over and insisted we try you all with an order so we did with a small one and we are going to order more. You were recommended to us by Everett Brewer, at Gillham, Ar- kansas. He received his trees about four weeks ago and brought over one to show us how nice they were. Yours, BEN PETTY OPATA—A rich dark red oblong plum that is very delicious. Bears prolifically. Tree is Burbank Plums tall, upright growing. An excellent variety for home and market use. PLUM STANDARD VARIETIES AMERICA—Very early, hybrid. A full brother of Gold, the sensational $3,000 plum. Same parentage—a cross between Burbank and Robinson (Native). From the far-reaching experimental hybridizing of 20,000,000 cross- bred seedlings by the great scientist, Luther Burbank, came two grand plums—Gold and America; it was then plum growing re- ceived its greatest impetus. America is large, glossy, coral red, one of the most beautiful and delicious plums ever grown. In our orchard it is the one variety that can always be depended upon for a crop Tree large, very vigorous, thoroughly hardy, bears extremely young, and bears enormous craps every year. Succeeds everywhere - Eating, cooking, market. "$ per bushel. Heads the list as usual. Bent to the ground with large, Ihandsome fruit. Visitors can scarcely believe their own eyes. Eight-year trees bore three bushels each that brought $ per bushel. Good quality and does not rot Sturdy grower and exceptionally ;—E. H. Riehl Il- linois Experiment Station. BURBANK — Large, nearly globular, clear
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