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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
September, 1917 
A LARGE STOCK OF 
Apple, Cherry and Plum Trees, Grape Vines 
Blackberry and Raspberry Plants, 
and Strawberry Plants 
Both Everbearing and common varieties. 
And a general line of ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS and ROSES. 
All stock clean and thrifty, the best that can be grown in Wisconsin. 
GREAT NORTHERN NURSERY CO. 
Write for catalog and prices 
that. Ihere is no other field of 
agriculture that offers such a 
wealth of materials, or such a 
large number of workable projects 
that will at the same time solicit 
the interest of our boys and girls. 
I maintain that they can be easily 
induced to plant and care for a 
strawberry bed, or prune and spray 
an apple tree, or construct and 
care for a hotbed, or plan a garden, 
because, fust.: these are problems 
against whi h they fe?l capable of 
measuring their skill successfully ; 
second, becau e it. is not difficult to 
visualize lucious strawberries or 
ripe juicy apples, or cr'sp vege- 
tables. From the very nature of 
circumstances they are attracted by 
the prospects of trying out such a 
problem. 
Would not this pr maple applv 
equally well to the beautifying of 
the home ground as a landscape 
project., or the planning rnd >'a"e 
of a flower garden, or ti e produc- 
tion of clean, smooth potatoes by 
the appli'-ation of the formalin 
treatment for scab? All of which 
projects appeal to the speeiai senses 
with which youth is accustomed to 
investigate and pass judgment up- 
on the quality of objects. I have 
enumerated only the most import- 
ant. possible projects but these to- 
gether with numerous similar ones 
Baraboo, Wis. 
furnish the type of experiment in 
which is found a concrete basis for 
the judgment of results and this is 
essential. 
A second advantage which may 
be fairly attributed to horticultural 
projects is the low cost ol equip- 
ment: in fact the necessary ma- 
terials are usually found in abund- 
ance on the average farm. A first 
class hotbed may be constructed 
with an outlay of but a few dol- 
lars: a pruning outfit and spray 
apparatus can be secured at a 
nominal cost. Indeed, the equip- 
ment required by the whole list of 
horticultural projects need not ex- 
ceed fifty dollars. So too, the 
waste land of the farm may well be 
turned to good account by the boy 
or girl. Landscaping and beauti- 
fying the home grounds can be ac- 
complished largely with native ma- 
terials. Planning the home garden 
requires no outlav of cash. Cer- 
tainly the average parent would 
not hesitate to turn over to the boy 
a few apple trees. In many cases 
the whole orchard might well be 
turned over to the junior member 
of the firm and his teacher. In 
short the expense of any single 
horticultural home project need 
never he a serious objection. 
In the third place I contend that, 
’though horticultural products 
JEWELL 
MINNESOTA 
GROWN 
Nursery Stock 
I ; Complete assortment 
of Fruit and Orna- 
' mental stock in all 
!v! varieties suited to 
;;; northern culture. A 
I - ' specialty of Hardy 
Shade Trees, Wind- 
break Stock, Ever- 
\ greens (Conifer- 
ous) , Deciduous 
j Shrubs, Apples and 
; Native Plums. 
AGENTS WANTED 
The Jewell Nursery 
Company 
Lake City, Minnesota 
e 
j* “We have a Fine Lot 
it of Plants 
it Garden” 
for the 
SEND FOR LIST 
J. E. MATHEWSON 
SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 
$ Quality Stock 
Strawberries 
J* Native Plum Small Emits 
% Apple 
WISCONSIN GROWN 
£ or 'Wisconsin Planters. Read 
£ our Price List before you 
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Box 77, Janesville, Wis. 
