Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Plants, 1923 Owners. This Nursery was established by O. F. Brand in 1867. Mr. Brand was the pioneer nursery man of Minnesota and this nursery is the oldest nursery in the state. It was managed by Mr. Brand personally from 1867 until the year 1900, when he took into partnership with him his son A. M. Brand who has grown up in the business with him. This partnership was continued until 1911, when 0. F. Brand, because of advancing age, retired from the business, and moved to California, where he passed away only last year. A. M. Brand has continued to manage the business ever since under the name of the Brand Nursery Company. About five years ago Myrtle Gentry became associated with him in the business. 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.