ALPHA NURSERY, Alpha, Illinois 
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Plant Points 
HEDGES—When you plant ycur hedge, 
keep your ditch line straight on one side 
and plant against the straight side, you can 
do the work in half the time. After plant¬ 
ing Privet cut it back within 3 to 6 inches 
of the ground and start trimming the first 
year, the more you trim the thicker the 
hedge. 
Why sonie Fruit Trees don’t bear—lack 
of pollen. Plant assorted varieties. 
Your lawn needs lime—Just 150 to 250 
pounds to average yard. 
Plant crooked and many branched trees 
In your children’s playground, they won’t 
climb your large shade trees then. 
When you see B & B in a nurseryman’s 
list it means Evergreens are taken up with 
a ball of dirt on the roots and wrapped 
with burlap. Plant them with the burlap, 
and give them lots of water, and put the 
water so the roots get it. Don’t water the 
tops at any time. Ma,ke a depression 
around the trees so when you water it does 
some good. Don’t mound up the soil around 
evergreen trees or shrubs. 
Newly planted trees and shrubs should be 
mulched with a little manure (cattle manure 
best). DON’T PUT MANURE IN THE 
HOLES. Fertilizer of all kinds should be 
put on top the ground. 
Water your Evergreens often during dry 
weather and put on 4 to 8 buckets of water 
to each tree depending on the size. When 
you water “water”, don’t half do it, put 
on enough to get down 2 to 4 feet. 
NEVER wet the foliage of Evergreens. 
In hot dry weather RED SPIDERS' work 
on evergreens. Just take about two or 
three handsful of common SULPHUR and 
throw into the trees during the hot dry 
seasons ONCE during each hot spell is 
plenty. (Don’t put Sulphur on Japanese 
YEWS.) It’s O. K. for all the other ever¬ 
greens. When you see the cobwebs on your 
evergreens get out the sulphur. Put on 
dry, no water. 
CANINES and CONIFERS a bad combina¬ 
tion. Put a low fence around the Ever¬ 
greens or tie up the PUP for results. 
ROSES want a rich soil—cattle manure, 
bone meal, wood ashes—will make roses, 
poor soil pale roses. 
SPRAY! SPRAY! SPRAY! If you want 
good roses. Start when the leaves start— 
Use NURSERY VOLCK (we have it) and 
use it every week. 
Cut the Everblooming Roses back 4 to 6 
inches above the ground when planting. 
CLIMBING ROSES bloom on the growth 
that is one year old so watch your trim¬ 
ming. Always leave last year’s growth. 
ROSES SHOULD BE PLANTED 4 TO 
6 INCHES DEEPER THAN THEY GREW 
IN THE NURSERY. 
Making an Everblooming Rose Bed—First 
pick out a good sunny spot that will hold 
6, 12 or 24 roses. Then put on about 2 to 
3 inches of cattle manure, ^4 in. bone meal 
and % in. wood ashes. Spade in the whole 
works, then plant the roses. 
PRUNING SHRUBS—Those that bloom 
before July 1, trim after they bloom. Those 
that bloom after July 1, trim early in 
March. 
Shrubs can be pruned as much as you 
want to, even back within 6 inches of the 
ground, if you want them thick and bushy. 
DON’T CULTIVATE PEAR TREES, 
PEACH TREES OR BITTERSWEET 
VINES. If there is a walnut tree close it 
will pollenize the Bittersweet, so they will 
have lots of berries. 
WASH SHADE TREES, especially newly 
planted trees, with Fish Oil Soap Suds. 
If you can’t get whale oil soap, use any 
soft soap. Wash the trees starting in April 
and then about every three weeks during 
the summer—from the ground to the 
branches. It will keep off the broes which 
kill about 75% of the newly planted shade 
trees. 
SPRAY FRUIT TREES—The first spray is 
a dormant spray for scale. Do this early 
in March. We think OIL EMULSION is the 
best. Use 5 gallons to 100 gallons of water, 
it takes about 6 gallons of mixed spray for 
a good sized tree. Oil Emulsion will also 
help to kill Green Aphis and Leaf Rollers. 
The second spray is for the fruit and should 
be put on when the blossoms are falling. 
Use ARSENATE OF LEAD—3 lbs. dry form 
to 50 gallons water. Third spray—10 days 
after the second spray, using same amount 
of arsenate of lead. The fourth spray along 
in August. Watch the newspapers, they 
will tell you the exact time, and use arsen¬ 
ate of lead. CHERRIES', PEACHES and 
PEARS need only the first two sprays. 
STRAWBERRIES should be planted 16 
to 18 inches apart in the rows and the rows 
4 feet apart. Set the roots straight down. 
If you spread them out they dry out. 
RASPBERRIES should be set 2 feet in the 
rows and the rows 7 feet apart. Pinch back 
the new growth of the raspberry in June 
when it is about 2 to 3 feet high. After 
the old wood has had a crop cut it out 
and burn it. SPRAY Raspberries just be¬ 
fore the leaves start to show. Use LIMB 
SULPHUR, 10 to 15 lbs. to 50 gallons water. 
Don’t spray after the leaves are out as it 
may kill the plants. A light spray after 
the berries are off and the old wood cut 
out is O. K., but only use 3 to 5 lbs. LIME 
SULPHUR to 50 gallons water. 
ASPARAGUS needs a rich bed, and plant 
8 to 10 inches deep—and for a garden bed 
2 feet each way is O. K. 
RHUBARB needs a fairly dry spot. In a 
wet place the roots will rot. DON’T PUT 
ANY MANURE NEXT TO THE ROOTS of 
any tree or plant. Evergreens need very 
little fertilizer. A little limestone is best. 
Write us about your planting trouble. 
We will tell you if we can. If we don’t 
know, we will find out for you. 
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