Excerpt from Complete Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees: Grapes, Small Fruits, Roses, Shrubs, Climbing Vines, Etc During the winter of 1901 - 2, we bought the Rancho Chico Nurseries, so well and favorably known, which were established in 1851 by the late General John Bidwell. No other nursery stock in the State of California has a reputation equal to the Chico grown trees. Building upon these foundations, the managers of 'the Chico Nursery Company will propagate only strictly first-class, high grade nursery stock true to name, and we ask the great commercial orchard interests of California and adjoining states to give us a fair trial, knowing we can please you and make it to your interests to patronize us, first, because we have the right location second, on account of our fertile soil and suitable climate and third, for the reason that the men who are managing this great Nursery have devoted their entire lives to the work of propagating nursery stock, giving their business the closest attention in every detail. Having no interests except the nursery business, we, therefore, claim to be in better position to serve our customers than the average nurseryman, who is engaged in other enterprises and only works the nursery business as a side issue. Each department of our business is managed by one who has devoted his life to the study of his particular line. Our motto is high-grade nursery stock, true to name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Complete Descriptive Catalogue, 1923: Fruit, Nut, Shade and Ornamental Trees; Small Fruits, Roses, Ornamental Shrubs, Climbing Vines, Etc These are the late-keeping varieties, many of them keeping until spring in common cellar storage and some until midsummer. Most of them keep quite late if put in cold storage As a general rule, Apples grown in the higher elevations are the best keepers. Arkansas Black. Large; deeply colored reddish black; very beautiful and attractive. F me keeper and shipper. Fair eating but good cooking and good market variety. April and May. Baldwin. Large, red. Juicy; crisp; subacid. Vigorous grower; very productive. Excellent for west of Cascades. December and January. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.