Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, Evergreens and Ornamentals 
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FRUIT TREE SEEDLINGS FOR GRAFTING 
Apple Seedlings, 3-16 inch, and up, straight. 
Plum, native seedlings, 3-16 inch and up. . . . 
Plum, native seedlings, 2-16 tp 3-16 inch. . . , 
Plum, native seedlings, under'2-16 inch 
Pear, French seedlings, No. I, 3-16 and up.. 
Price on application. 
FOREST TREE SEEDLINGS 
These are just the thing for starting hedges, screens, windbreaks and timber planta- 
tions. If wanted in large quantities, write for special prices. 
No matter how valuable the land every farmer can make a wood-lot profitable. 
It can constitute the windbreak and at the same time furnish posts and repair material 
and fuel. There is much land along streams which might be planted to trees and would 
become very valuable instead of furnishing only poor pasture as it does now. The 
time is soon coming when good timber will be in great demand in this state. 
Where planted for groves cultivated crops may be planted between the rows for 
several years. The land may be planted to corn and a seedling planted in the place of 
every alternate hill. In this way the seedlings will get the necessary cultivation. 
... . , . , 100 1,000 
Ash, American, 6 to 12 inches fi 00 $6 00 
12 to 18 inches i 25 9 00 
Box Elder, 4 to 6 inches i 00 4 50 
6 to 12 inches I 25 6 00 
12 to 18 inches ,50 10 00 
Catalpa, Hardy, 8 to 12 inches 1 00 7 50 
12 to 18 inches I 25 10 00 
18 to 24 inches I go 12 50 
2 to 3 feet I 75 15 00 
E?m, White, 6 to 12 inches i 50 6 00 
12 to 18 inches I 7 50 
18 to 24 inches 2 00 10 00 
European Larch, 6 to 12 inches 3 00 
12 to 15 inches j qq 
Honey Locust, 8 to 12 inches i 25 7 50 
12 to 15 inches I 50 10 00 
Mulberry, Russian, 6 to 12 inches 50 5 00 
12 to 18 inches. . , 7 50 
18 to 24 inches i 00 10 00 
Osage Orange, 6 to 12 inches 50 3 00 
12 to 18 inches - 75 5 00 
Soft Maple, 6 to 12 inches 60 4 00 
12 to 18 inches 7 50 
18 to 24 inches 100 10 00 
Walnut, Black, 12 to 18 inches i 50 15 00 
18 to 24 inches 2 00 20 00 
Soft Maple. A very rapid growing tree, valuable for fuel and windbreaks. Plant 8 by 8 
or 6 by 8 feet. Maple groves have yielded over $10 per acre net annual returns at 
about twenty-five years after planting. 
Catalpa speclosa, or Hardy Catalpa. We grow these from seed gathered from 
native-grown trees and know them to be of the hardy sort. Catalpa is one of the 
most valuable trees for posts and poles, a very rapid grower, reproduces very quickly 
from the stump and the wood is one of the most durable in the soil. Plant 8 by 8 
in deep rich soil, let grow for two years then cut back to the ground and train up one 
sprout for straight thrifty bodies. They require good cultivation for several years. 
European Larch. Has produced higher annual net returns than any other tree in 
Iowa. It makes durable posts and poles and good fuel. Plant 6 by 4 feet in any 
good land not excessively wet. It starts to grow very early in the spring, conse- 
quently we will send these out by express before our regular deliveries. 
Honey Locust. The most valuable two-purpose tree. It produces excellent posts 
and the best of fuel and is one of the most rapid growers. It is unexcelled for wind- 
breaks and makes an excellent hedge which will stand severe pruning. 
