Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-10
WAUWAT0SA, WIS,
A NURSERY CENTER
Great Growth of the Hawks
Nursery Co.
Since Removal frsm Milwaukee to
WauwatOsa. Wis.

Mr.. T. j. Ferguson, vice President
and General Manager of the ives
tern branch of the Hawks MUIR
sery Co., and his two business
associates, Mr.. C. II Hawks and A. A.
Mosher, are numbered among the early
pioneers in the nursery business.
Starting way back in the early COS,
they have gathered multitude of ex-
perience, having been engaged in the
cultivation and sale of nursery stock
ever since, and succeeded in building
up vast trade throughout the entire
country.
The Hawks Nursery Co. now main
tains and operates two offices and four
nurseries The main office and nursery
is located at Rochester. N. Y, and
handles the business throughout the
Eastern states. The branch Office and
three nurseries are located at Wauwa-
tosa, and handle the immense Western
business which shows big increase
annually.
The main nursery, number /, at
Wauwatosa is located in the south east
end of the town between Grand Ave,
on the north side and Blue Mound road
ON the south side. At this place a year
ago large packing cellar was erected
so that now regardless of the condition
of the weather, goods ready for pack
ing can be boxed and baled in record
time. This nursery is devoted entirely
to growing general nursery stock.
Here can be seen at any time, trees,
fruits and shrubs in various stages of
growth. The feature of the local bus
mess is the handling Of shade trees in
extra large sizes. The accepted stan
dard size of shade tree is about one
TO one and half inches in caliper.
This company distributes annually
thousands of trees that caliper from 4
to inches. Nursery number / is vir-
tually show place, being favorably
located, and in season the grounds are
thronged with visitors daily who come
from Milwaukee and surrounding
country to see the stuff as it stands in
tbe.nursery rows.
Nursery number 2 is located one
fourth mile north from State Fair
grounds on what is known as the Lud-
ington farm. This place contains large
blocks of Elm trees, Norway Naples,
fruit trees aud an abundance of other
stuff.
Nursery number 3 is located one mile
west of the village ard Is used entirely
for the growing OF seedlings, fruits
and shrubs.
During the spring, su um"r and fall
months MANY IF the laboring men OF
the village, find profitable employment
with this company, as the handling
and working of these large nurseries
require the time and labor of from 90
to 80 men and six teams LeaH1 all sea-
sou.
The offices of the Wauwatosa branch
are located in the Smith & Lefeber
Block from which the business of one
thousand local aud travelling agents
is handled. The Hawks Nursery Co. is
we'll represented in every county of the
State and is accredited with selling
each year more goods in Wisconsin
than all other nurseries within the
state put together, This company has
been instrumental in placing on the
market some of the most valuable var
ieties in fruits and flowers that are
standard in the west and this year are
introducing two new varieties, the
Perfection Currant and Peerless Apple
which are splendid sorts and are en-
joying large sale