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Vineland Nursery
1858 Catalog
C.C. Langdon
1858
Alabama
C. C. Langdon established the first, and certainly the largest, nursery operating in the
Mobile, Alabama, in 1853. It was located twenty-seven miles north of Mobile at Langdon
Station, and a sales office was maintained in Mobile. First known as Vineland Nursery, a
few years later the name was changed to Langdon Nurseries and operated under Mr.
Langdon’s direction until his death on June 8, 1889.
CATALOGUE
OF
FRUIT TREES, ROSES, &C
CULTIVATED AND FOR SALE BY
C.C. LANGDON
at
Vineland Nursery,
near Mobile, Alabama
FOR 1858-59.
MOBILE:
FARROW & DENNETT, PRINTERS, 3 NORTH WATER STREET
1858
Vineland Nursery is situated immediately on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 29 miles
north of Mobile, and the facilities for shipping, with speed and safety, to all parts of southern and
middle Alabama by the rivers, and to eastern Mississippi by railroad, are unsurpassed. All trees
will be securely packed and distinctly labeled (for which there will be a charge sufficient only to
pay the actual cost) and the packages delivered on the steamboat or railroad in Mobile at the
prices respectively named in the list, the purchaser paying freight from Mobile. When thus
delivered, and a receipt taken, the packages will be entirely at the risk of the purchaser.
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