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January 22 , 1921 
Vines, Berries, Shrubs, Roses 
Grown in our Upland Nursery, the largest 
in New York State, under ideal climatic 
conditions. Guaranteed to give absolute sat¬ 
isfaction and sold to you at cost plus one profit only. 
For 37 years we have been receiving hundreds of letters 
like this one from the people who buy from our catalog. 
I wish to acknowledge receipt of the trees ordered from you. 
They arrived in good condition and are the stockiest and 
largest trees I have ever received from a Nurseryman. I take 
the first opportunity of expressing my appreciation and thank¬ 
ing you for so good a selection. 
GEO. B. HUTCHINS, Riverton, N. J. 
Maloney Quality 1ms become a recognized standard by which all nursery 
stock is judged because we have given our personal attention to every step 
in the production of our stock from budding to shipping, and know just 
what we are sending you and that our varieties bear and bloom true to^ 
name. • ' . 
Fruit trees are scarce this spring owing to the fact that France J J . 
lias not been able to supply many seedlings for the past five j 
years. However, we have a fine assortment and can give you 
what you want. Send today for our FREE DESCRIPTIVE 
CATALOG, and place your order early. j 
We Prepay Transportation Charges 
On All Orders for Over $7.50 
Maloney Bros. & Wells Co. 
43 West Street, Dansville, N. Y. 
Dansville’ s Pioneer Nurseries 
GARDEN TREES A SPECIALTY 
^Trustworthy . 
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.Amlrjcax Association 
or NURSEKYMLN 
‘The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Tomato Pomace as Fertilizer 
A man who managed a tomato cannery 
told me that he put the pomace of the 
tomatoes on a piece of ground from which 
the soil had been taken away for building 
a road, and that the crop of wffieat grown 
was very fine. lie explained the bacteria 
in the pomace liberated plant food and 
caused the wheat to grow. Might not 
there be something in this? Please dis¬ 
cuss. D. D. D. 
Boone, N. C. 
A sample of tomato pomace analyzed 
at the New Jersey Experiment Station 
was found to contain 42 per cent of nitro¬ 
gen, 17 per cent of phosphoric acid and 
18 per cent of potash. A ton of tomato 
pomace may be said to contain, in round 
figures, 8 lbs. of nitrogen, 2 lbs. of phos¬ 
phoric acid and 4 lbs. of potash. Where 
used in large amounts tomato pomace 
has, therefore, a distinct fertilizer value, 
and the improvement of the land through 
the use of it may be accounted for in 
part by the addition of considerable 
quantities of plant food. At the. same 
time there is no doubt that tomato pomace 
contains very large numbers of bacteria, 
some of them very active in the decom¬ 
position of vegetable matter. Hence an 
application of tomato pomace is equiva¬ 
lent to the addition of enormous numbers 
of bacteria to the land. That tomato 
pomace has a distinct inoculating value, 
as has fresh or rotted manure, is a safe 
conclusion to make. jacob g. lipman. 
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400 
, Acre 
Nurseries 
Less Land and More Profit 
That’s the result that goes with farming small 
fruits. Less land is needed, and profits are big 
—some of our customers make more than 
§700 per acre on Gibson and Senator 
Dunlap Strawberries and proportion¬ 
ately large returns from Raspberries. 
Learn from our catalog which varieties are 
best adapted to your land; how to grow small 
fruits; bow to secure a good income from five 
acres. “ Knight's Guide to Small Fruits" is sent 
free; just send your name. 
DAVID KNIGHT & SON 
Box 80, Sawyer, Michigan 
F*nJ 
THE STANDARD 
OF QUALITY 
___i grown in Michigan in' 
new rich ground. Produces 
deep, heavily rooted plants, 
large andliealthy,free from disease. Pro- , 
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Yo"r d Baldwin's Big Berry Book 
a splendidly illustrated practical fruit growers' prulde, 
Riving" down-to-date information on best methods of 
I growing Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, x 
[ Currants, Gooseberries and Grapes. Earliest in 
Spring and latest in Fall varieties. All true to 
name, FYeshly dug to fill your order. Save 
a day — write tonight. 
O. A. D. BALDWIN 
R. R. 15 
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25 Vine St. Salisbury, Md. 
HARDY FRUIT TREES 
UY your fruit trees from pioneer 
nurserymen of long-established 
reputation for quality 
stock and efficient 
service. Barnes’ 
Trees are sturdy, 
grown to thrive 
under Northern 
conditions. Standard 
varieties of apples, 
peaches, plums and 
cherries. Especially 
line offerings this 
Springof oneandtwo- 
year-old apple trees. 
Write today for 
1921 price list 
Visitors welcome. 
_ Come and sec us. 
The BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., Box 8, Yalesville, Conn. 
Stpawhemry Plants 
WHITTEN’S large rooted healthy 
v ▼▼ strawberry plants Eire the result of 
■ more than 80 years* successful experience and ■ 
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j| C. E. WHITTEN 8 SON. 
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BRIDGMAN, MICH. 
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ll PLANTS 
New and Standard Varieties 
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EDW. TOWNSEND 
•< SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. 
Wanted FILLER FRUIT TREES 
of bearing or near bearing age under four inches 
trunk diameter. Advise quantity and varieties. 
M. G. KAINS, Room 505, 47 West 34th Street, New York City 
Thrifty, Sturdy Trees 
You can be sure when you buy 
Woodlawn grown fruit trees, 
vines anil berry bushes that they 
are thrifty, vigorous growers and 
heavy bearers. Our 4.5 years of 
successful growing experience 
lias been directed towards pro¬ 
ducing a wide variety of that 
kind of stock. We have the 
exclusive sale of the new Ohio 
Beauty Apple. 
Our extensive line of ornamental shrubs, bushes, 
and perennials arc of the same dependable quality 
as our trees. 
We sell seeds for the vegetable and flower garden, 
niustrated 1921 Nursery List contains valuable plant¬ 
ing and growing information. Mailed on request. 
WOODLAWN NURSERIES 
879 Garson Ave. Rochester, N. Y. 
Sew Ohio 
Beauty Apple 
Fertilizing Trees ir Sod 
Recent inquiry in Tiie R. N.-Y. as to 
use of nitrate of soda on apples was well 
answered except that part of the query 
“Will the nitrate work all right on sod?” 
My trees are in permanent sod. Will the 
nitrate of soda all go into the grass, and 
even if so, will that indirectly benefit the 
trees enough to pay for its use? Answer 
said 5 lbs. nitrate of soda and 5 lbs. acid 
phosphate per tree. Any potash? If so, 
what form and amount? Assuming trees 
of average size and health. If. J. M. 
Massachusetts. 
Nitrate of soda scattered on the sod 
will find its way down into the soil, and 
the trees will receive their share. The 
grass will, of course, be helped, but when 
this grass is cut and left on the ground, 
as it should be, the trees will receive a 
double benefit. They will receive use of 
the nitrate direct, while the increased 
growth of grass will give a heavier mulch. 
Our plan is to scatter the fertilizer right 
on the sod, and this practice gives good 
results. Some growers punch holes with a 
crowbar in the soil around the tree and 
put the fertilizer into these holes. That 
gives quick results, and the tree probably 
gets a more direct benefit. Our experience 
seems to show that most of our orchard 
land is quite well supplied with potash. 
On the light sands or in the swampy soils 
potash is lacking, but on the heavy loams 
or clay soils nitrogen and phosphorus are 
most needed. Muriate of potash can be 
used if needed ; 2 lbs. added to the nitrate 
and phosphate ought to do the work. 
Sprouting Potatoes 
DWARF APPLE TREES 
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THE VAN DUSEN NURSERIES 
C. C. McKAY, Mgr. Box R., Geneva, N. Y. 
GRAPE VINES 
Gooseberries ~ Currants 
Raspberries Strawberries 
Best varieties. Well-rooted and vigorous plants. 
Catalogue sent to you free. Write for it today. 
T. S. HUBBARD CO.. Box 20. Fredonia, N. Y. 
PERFECT TREES 
GUARANTEED 
You can rely on our 38 years’ reputation for square dealing. Kelly’strees (all varieties) are sturdy 
and veil-rooted, perfect specimens and guaranteed to satisfy. You take no risk! The prices are 
reasonable. Send for 1921 Free Catalog. 
KELLY BROS. NURSERIES. 1160 MAIN STREET. DANSVILLE, N.Y. 
How comes it at this late date that 
there should be any questioning the value 
of sprouted potato sets for planting? 
Have our planters such a conviction that 
they know all about potato culture, that 
they have ignored the practices of the 
early potato growers of Great Britain 
and the Channel Islands? The official 
figures that have from time to time been 
issued regarding the potato crops of those 
centers, surely demonstrate that some¬ 
thing more than mere climatic conditions 
are responsible. Taken as a whole, the 
average tonnage per acre is more than 
double our own. while growers in the reg¬ 
ular potato centers of England, Ireland 
and Scotland usually secure crops varying 
from 30 to 20 long tons per acre. We 
think it wonderful if a farmer harvests 
800 bushels per acre. The ordinary home 
gardener here is highly stisfied if he digs 
a bushel from a square rod, the English 
or Scottish gardener feels sick if he does 
not dig tw r o bushels, and is not really sat¬ 
isfied unless he has three. Selected seed 
and careful sprouting is the main secret 
of successful potato culture. The raisers 
of early crops in the Channel Islands and 
England and Scotland would never be 
able to dig in May and June did they 
ignore sprouting. The sets or seed tubers 
are laid in trays and exposed to the light 
so that th.® sprouts arc hard and green. 
Sprouted tubers give a crop about three 
weeks ahead of unsprouted; to remove 
such sprouts is sheer madness. 
For the last century or more growers 
on the other side have been aware that 
tubers which have lost their first sprouts 
give a decreased yield; therefore, people 
who pride themselves as potato growers 
always buy early, or at least obtain their 
seed from reputable firms. T. A. w. 
New Jersey. 
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Assure yourself of the 
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Use the Isbell Catalog as 
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Write today—get the 1921 Isbell seed book. 
It’s a valuable guide for growing great 
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402 Mechanic St. Jackson, Michigan 
vitality. Have been 
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Box 224 Columbus, Ohio 
KiAnH/fimnilu^ai 
SEED PRICES 
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none surer to grow, none that give 
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The Forrest Seed Co., Inc. 
Box 32, Cortland, N.Y. 
ALFALFA 
Consider Purity first in buying seed! 
Weeds kill out young Alfalfa plants. 
You plant Weeds if you sow IMPURE 
SEED. We supply Alfalfa of several 
varieties almost entirely free from all 
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O. M. SCOTT & SONS CO. 
74 Sixth St.. Marysville, Ohio 
SEED 
Timothy, Alfalfa, Clovers, Seed Oats, 
Seed Cora, Seed Grains and Grasses. 
Write today for Rohrer’s 1921 Catalog. It is 
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please you. We specialize In the Best Seeds 
obtainable. Write for this book at once. Seed 
Samples free If you mention this paper. 
P. L. ROHRER & BRO. 
SMOKETOWN, LANCASTER CO., PENNA. 
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PETER BOHLENDER & SONS 
Spring Hill Nurseries. Box 33 
Tippecanoe Glj, (Miami County) Ohio. 
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