Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-10-02

lhey pdiu pS pIOStS uOtiiiIS Dut d SoI- |
tonwood sprout, and, buy again Of the
first irresponsible sleek looking rascal
that comes along with a miraculous
story OF the wondrous fruits which no
nursery has, excepting alone the far
off one he is representing. The only |,
surprising thing is that this gentleman
does not 60 little bit farther and sell
a tree warranted to bear, the second
year, strawberries, raspberries, cher
!, ries, pears, peaches and every fruit In
its season; he could find purchasers in
plenty, ready and eager to buy so good
thing, at the moderate price f$5 a
tree. While there are men thus cred
ulous and with so unreasonable and
extravagant expectations, it Is not to
be wondered there are others ready
and watching 20 take advantage of the
grasping natures that would thus wish
the sublime order of Gods universe
overturned that they might gain all of
earth's good things without paying, in
the sweat of their face, the price wise
creator has fixed.
I Fine fruits have enough, and more
than enough, merits to please and
crafty the most exactlng; these merits
we wish our statesmen to present truth
f fully and honestly, in the straitforward
manner characteristic OF all honorable
. business men. The Stark Nurseries,
by more than half century of careful
painstaking regard for the interests OF
their customers, have built up a repu-
tation for fair dealing known all over
the Union; we cannot, and shall not.
: at this late day, permit any change in
the methods so long and successfully
followed. Our nurseries contain all
the late and desirable things known to
e the horticultural world, as fas. as new
u varieties are introduced we add them
n to our trial and specimen orchards,
d now numbering more than 1900
: trees. If, after trial, they prove wor-
T thy, we offer them to our customers.
a We take pleasure in reproducing the
J. above from the Howard Co. Advertis
d er. Comparatively few of our people
d have any adequate conception of the
IS proportions attained by these nurseries,
G either as regards their trade or the
Il quantities of stock grown and numbe r
f. of men emp Dyed; the fact Is, the nur-
sery has become OF immense impor-
tance to our town and surrounding
country from an industrial point oi
view. 20 say nothing OF its value to oul
horticultural interests.
IS We notice IN the July number of the
K Midland Farmer very apprectatlve
g review of these nurseries by a member
ie of the staff who recently visited oul
CITY, and we shall gladly bring it before
our readers in our next issue.
We hope soon to take lool
through the seiies; indeed we art
ID sure such a trip would we'll repay an.
IS of our citizens, more especially thos'
E who bought any of the trees recentl!
E. shipped into our county from Ohio
under the mistaken impression the,
were getting better trees and superio
ID varieties to any grown. here at home
j. As an example OF the rather broa'
8: assertions made by these Easter
er agents, We instance, among others e
E. qually as fictitious, the claim, made t
as some of our oldest readres, that ou
ur. home nurseries did not have the earl
Us peach, Arkansaw Traveller; this
III somewhat refreshing when it is re
a membered that the Stark Nurserie
re named and first introduced this var
IS. ETY., more than half dozen year
IS ago, and have sold buds to many c
st the Ohio nurseries, among them tn
y identical one claiming to sell this sor
warranted to reproduce from th
We seed"
ck But human nature will ever be tn
IS same, and he who undertakes its r,
d. formation must be prepared to met
I'D with discouragements innumerablt
a However "a word to the WISE" ETC.
of Louisiana, (Mo.) Press.