Mystery Ad

[write-light.livejournal.com]

You probably can't guess what this is advertising...

And even for what it's for, it's wildly inappropriate.

But give it a shot anyway!           via KaizenVerdant on flickr



Barnes Brothers Nursery Company of Yalesville (Connecticut) was a fruit tree & plant nursery:

"There is nearby supply for starting such orchards, for in the town also is the Barnes Brothers Nursery Company, started in 1900 and incorporated four years later.    It is the most extensive producer of fruit trees and plants in New England, supplying fruit anywhere in New England, New York, New Jersey and Delaware. In Fredonia and Dansville, New York, it has branch nurseries for products which cannot be economically grown in Wallingford.  Its nurseries produce all manner of fruit, small fruit trees and shrubs and shade trees, occupying 125 acres.    Barnes Brothers also have 550 acres in farm land and peach orchards." -History of Wallingford

Comments

[miss-warina.livejournal.com]

Ohh SO PRETTY!!! *-*

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

Well, thank heavens it wasn't for ladders.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I don't know... "You'll die for one of our apples!" isn't a great nursery slogan either.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Her face does look like some sort of blow-up/sex doll. =P

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

I hadn't noticed that before, but you're right. O_o Weird.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Before I look, I'm going to say it's for the sandals.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

A nursery? Okay, so I was way off. "Start your own orchard and encourage your workers to follow unsafe harvesting practices (hint: begin by hiring undocumented workers--they won't snitch). This booklet will show you how!"

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

I cheated... Working in horticulture, I've seen a similar vintage advertisement. But had I not known it was for orchard stock, I would have said casting plasters for the broken arm or leg she's sure to have.

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

My guess would have been a Health and Safety poster of the "What is wrong with this picture?" variety. %-}

[brinylon.livejournal.com]

I guessed insurance. Whoa, what?

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

I guessed that as well!

By the way, that icon is kinda creepy. Where did you find it?

[brinylon.livejournal.com]

I just got it from a icon maker journal. It was the closest I could get to apples :)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Accident litigation.

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

"Our apples are so good, you'll want to break every bone in your body!"

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Just how long are her thighs? Her knees are in the wrong place and that's before she even hits the ground. :-P

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Or she has her skirt cinched well above her waist, in which case she has the torso of a cat, or a championship diver. In either case, she'll land just fine. :D