MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
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WHOLE ROOT GRAFTS 
Some of our customers get best results from Planting Whole Root Grafts, which 
are made with a Scion about six inches in length and a branched or straight Seedling. 
We recommend a strong branched Seedling as it will usually give the best results. 
Grafts should be planted at the earliest date in the Spring the season will permit, 
in rows about three and one-half feet apart and seven to eight inches apart in the row. 
The ground should be plowed deep (in the fall preferred) and well prepared before 
planting. 
Machine Wrapped Grafts 
We use Graft Wrapping Machines run with electric motor for wrapping Grafts. 
We have been able to do much better wrapping of the union of the Grafts and are confi- 
dent the continuous machine wrapping will materially reduce the percentage of crown 
gall, which frequently develops about the union of Root and Scion in grafted Apple Trees. 
George G. Hedgcock, Pathologist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, con- 
ducted extensive experiments in his "field studies of the crown gall and hairy root of 
the Apple Tree," (See Bulletin No. 186 Bureau of Plant Industry) and according to his 
experiments there was a difference in percentage of crown gall of nineteen per cent, in 
favor of the continuous thread wrapping; aside from an increase in the stand of 10.2 
per cent. 
PRICES OF GRAFTS IN ASSORTMENT 
Per 1000 
Apple and Crab, No. 1 Piece Root, 1000 to 5000 « 5 00 
" 5000 and up 4 00 
" Whole " 1000 to 5000 7 50 
" 5000 and up 6 50 
Pear, No. 1, Piece Root 7 00 
" Whole Root, straight 10 00 
Leading Varieties Apple Grafts 
Aiken Grimes Golden Mam. Black Twig: Seek-no-further 
Alexander Haas Mann .Smokehouse 
Allen's Choice Hibernal Milam Sops of Wine 
Anisim Horse Yellow Mo. Pippin Spitzenburi 
Arkansas Black Hubbardston Nonsuch N. W. Greening Stark 
Aut. Strawberry Huntsman Northern Spy Staymans Winesap 
Banana Ingram Paradise Win Sweet Sweet Bough 
Bailey Sweet Iowa Beauty Patten's Greening Sweet June 
Baldwin Iowa Blush Peerless Talman Sweet 
Ben Davis Isham Sweet Perry Russett Tetofsky 
Benoni Janet Peter Utter's Red 
Black Annette Jefteris Pewaukee University 
Black Ben Davis Jonathan Pound Sweet Wagner 
Chenango Kaump Prices Sweet Walbridge 
Delicious King of T Co. Rambo Wealthy 
Dominie King David Ramsdell Sweet White Pearmain 
Duchess Lawyer (Del. Red Winter) Red Astrachan Willow Twig 
Early Harvest L, R. Romanite Red Beitigheimer Winesap 
Fall Pippin Liveland-Raspberry Red June Windsor Chief 
Fameuse Longfleld R. 1. Greening Wolf River 
Gano Mcintosh Red Romanstem Yellow Belleflower 
Golden Sweet McMahon Rome Beauty Yel Newton Pippin 
Golden Russett Maiden Blush Salome Yellow Transparent 
Gravenstein Malinda Scotts Winter York Imperial 
Leading Varieties Crab Grafts 
Briar Sweet Golden Beauty Minnesota Transcendent 
Darrt Gideon No. 4 Hed Siberian Virginia 
Early Strawberry Hyslop S'''^'''', . 
Florence Martha Soulard Yellow Siberian 
General Grant . .... _ » 
Leading Varieties rear Gratis 
Bartlett Duchess Kieffer Seckel 
B. de Anjou Flemish Beauty Koonce Wilder 
Ciapp'B Garber 
