SUCCESS IN FRUIT-GROWING 
3 
A ronr-year-old Delicious Apple Tree 
How to Prepare the Ground. — 
Land that has been in some cultivated 
farm crops is usually in the best con- 
dition for fruit trees. Plow deep. You 
will never again be able to work the 
ground deeply under the trees. Work the 
ground thoroughly with a disk harrow 
and then several times with a spike- 
tooth harrow, and smooth with a plank 
drag. 
For fall planting, plow in the late 
summer. For spring planting, it is better 
to plow in the fall, unless your orchard 
is on a steep hillside that would wash 
badly, or the soil is a heavy clay. 
When to Order. — If you order 
early, you run less risk of bemg unable 
to secure just the varieties or sizes you 
prefer. 
Where to Order. — You can order 
from a salesman or dealer, or direct 
from the nursery, but in any case it is 
vital to your interest to buy only from 
reliable people. We have no salesmen 
or middlemen anywhere and pay no 
commissions to anyone, but sell direct 
from nurseries only, at prices which are 
the same to all buyers of like sizes, kinds, 
and quantities. This method enables us 
to help the customer to start 
right and to care for his nursery 
stock properly after it is planted. 
The success of the planter de- 
pends chiefly upon his own care 
in planting;, cultivation, prun- 
ing, spraymg, etc. Every cus- 
tomer receives one or both of 
our guide-books, "Inside Facts 
of Profitable Fruit-Growing" or 
"How to Beautify Your Home 
Grounds," as soon as his order 
is sent in. 
"It is best to deal directly 
with responsible nurseries and 
to order early, submitting re- 
quirements to a number of firms 
for bids."— Bulletin 128, Penn- 
sylvania State College, Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station. 
"First-class condition is one 
hundred times more important 
than any outside information 
regarding the place where the 
trees were grown." 
"The section from which trees 
come is unimportant so long as 
well-grown, healthy trees which 
are typical of the desired varie- 
ties are obtained." — H. P. 
Gould, U. S. Pomologist. 
"The inherent qualities of a variety 
do not change when the trees are grown 
in different sections of the country. If 
the variety is hardy, it will continue to 
be so; if it is susceptible to some disease, 
it is not made less so by growing the 
tree during its nursery period in some 
particular region." — Farmers' Bulletin 
No. 631, United States Department of 
Agriculture. 
What Kind to Order.— If you 
were buying pigs to fatten for market, 
would you pick out the "runts" just 
because they cost less? Of course not. 
There is no economy in buying 
stock cheap in both price and quality. 
All experienced horticulturists and 
successful fruit-growers emphasize the 
importance of buying only first-class 
stock. Read what they say: 
"A saving of $2 to $3 in the price 
of nursery stock may be lost a hundred 
times over before the first crop is gath- 
ered. This is one point at which par- 
simonious economy is like dropping 
money down a well." — Prof. Frank A. 
Waugh, Amhurst, Mass. 
"It makes little or no difference 
where the tree was grown, so far as the 
climatic conditions are concerned; but 
what does make a difference is having 
good thrifty stock."— Prof. F. C. Sears, 
Professor of Pomology, Massachusetts 
Agricultural College. 
"Cheap trees are seldom, if ever, a 
bargain; the grower should insist on 
having first-class trees, and should be 
willing to pay for them. Provided the 
trees reach the grower in good condition, 
it matters little where they are grown." 
— "Fruit Growing in Arid Regions," by 
Profs. Paddock and Whipple. 
"The trees and vines I ordered from 
you on January 27th came to hand Satur- 
day and we are very much pleased with 
them. I called in several of our neighbors 
Sunday morning to look at them and they 
were very much surprised to see such a 
root system. There are three large nur- 
series and several small ones within twenty 
miles of this place but never had these men 
seen such large healthy trees sold as 
nursery stock. Anything I may be able 
to do for you in my neighborhood in the 
way of a recommendation, I will be glad 
to do; I expect to set some more land to 
fruit this fall and you will surely get the 
order." — Chas. P. Newton, Texas, Feb. 
4, 1919. 
How to Know Good Trees. — The 
beginner's trouble is in knowing what 
makes a first-class tree. He will naturally 
be guided by the opinions of expert 
horticulturists and successful fruit-grow- 
ers. 
"Good trees have a good healthy 
look, clean bark, and size enough to in- 
dicate a good free growth. Size of top is 
not so desirable as well-matured wood 
and plenty of roots." — Prof. E. J. 
Wickson, University of California. 
"A poorly rooted tree may even- 
tually rnake a satisfactory orchard tree, 
but it will be several years longer coming 
into bearing. Aside from the general 
health of the stock, perhaps no other 
factor is of so great importance as that 
it be well-rooted." — Circular No. 51, 
Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 
Department of Agriculture. 
An Ideal Site — Two-year-old Cherry orchard. Trees grown, planted and cared for by Neosho Nurseries Co. 
