HOW NURSERY TREES ARE GROWN 
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be stopped at the proper time on some kinds, to permit the wood to 
mature, as the trees should be thoroughly dormant before they are 
dug from the nursery. 
We usually start digging the middle to the last of October — 
depending upon the condition of the trees rather than upon the 
demands for early fall shipment. A tree that is dug too soon loses 
part of its vitality. You could not tell the difference except by 
.observing the growth after the tree is transplanted in your orchard. 
After the trees are dug, the culls are burned, and the good trees 
placed in the packing-house, carefully graded and inspected. Please 
note that our trees are graded and listed by diameter, a better 
measure of value than height, although we also give the approxi- 
mate height. Experienced commercial growers buy by diameter 
or caliper. 
Now We Are Ready to Fill Your Order. 
The items you require are brought together in the shipping 
room. First they are inspected and checked to make sure that 
each tree or plant is up to our standard and is the kind, variety, 
and size you have specified; then they are packed with damp 
moss or shingle-tow about the roots, wrapped in straw or paper, 
and sewed in burlap. Freight orders are packed in boxes lined 
with paper. 
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Co-operative Buying 
If you and your friends will order together, 
each one of you will be entitled to the quan- 
tity rate earned by the total number of 
each kind of tree. For instance, if five of 
3'ou each want five apple trees (of one or 
more varieties) each of you would be entitled 
to the twenty-five rate. Let each one fill 
out his individual order and send them all 
in together. Each order will be packed 
separately and shipped separately or alto- 
gether to one person. 
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Where We Can Ship 
We have customers in every state — 
1816 in California. 
1866 in Massachusetts. 
944 in Texas. 
409 in Georgia. 
Arrival in good condition is guaranteed, 
subject to replacement without charge, 
provided we are notified 
within ten day of re- 
ceipt of trees or plants. 
Packing for shipment 
Express omce located in packing house 
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We received our trees, plants and shrubs, and have them all 
planted in good shape. They are a fine rooted bunch, clean and 
healthy in every way. We are well pleased with the order. The 
strawberries came through in fine shape. We are glad we ordered 
from your company." — H. H. Pierce, Doniphan Co.. Kansas. 
April 13. 191!). 
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