1934 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
NURSERY DEPARTMENT 
A Section of Our Irrigated Nursery 
FROM \ 
‘^1 THE > 
JI10US£»6URNEY 
John Peter De Pagter—Nsy. M’g’r 
For two-tbirds oi oentury, The House of 
Gurney has been growing nursery stock for the 
people of the Middle West. Throughout these 
many years, there has been much of experimenta¬ 
tion and elimination. Things have been tried 
out and discarded for lack of hardiness or quality 
until today we can honestly say that the stock 
you find listed in this catalog is suitable for 
planting under your conditions. Don’t fail to 
plant all that you possibly can this year and 
prepare for the future. 
Five Per Cent Off for Early 
Nursery Orders Only 
Early orders for nursery stock are more 
valuable to us than late ones, and we will, on all 
orders received before March 10th, allow you to 
add in stock 5 per cent of the amount of your 
order. Thus, for $20.00 you can buy $21.00 
worth of goods, when full remittance is received 
with the order. 
We can ship nursery stock into any State. 
In shipping into Canada the purchaser must 
secure a permit from the Canadian Government. 
This permit should accompany the order or be 
mailed to us before shipping time. 
Parcel Post. In many cases, we can save you 
money by sending small orders by parcel post. 
However, it is difficult to send trees larger than 3 
to 4 feet by parcel post. Always include addi¬ 
tional money for postage with your order if you 
want goods shipped by parcel post. If too much 
is sent, we will return it as soon as goods are 
shipped. 
We can send ten 3 to 4 feet trees or 9 pounds 
into 1st or 2nd Zone for 15c, into 3rd Zone for 
24c, into 4th Zone for 40c, into Sth Zone for S7c; 
100 forest tree seedlings, 12 to 18 in. or 5 pounds 
into 1st or 2nd Zone for 11c, into 3rd Zone for 
16c, into 4th Zone for 24c. into Sth Zone for 33c. 
DOMESTIC PARCEL POST RATES 
On Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, 
Roofs, etc. within the U.S. and 
Possessions. Effective Oct. 1,1933 
First 
pound 
or 
fraction 
Each 
additional 
pound or 
fraction 
Local—Yankton. 
7c 
Ic (2 lbs.) 
First and Second Zone within 
150 miles of Yankton. 
8c 
1.1c 
Third Zone within 150 to 300 
miles. 
9c 
2c 
Fourth Zone within 300 to 
600 miles. 
10c 
3.5c 
Fifth Zone within 600 to 1000 
miles. 
11c 
5.3c 
Sixth Zone within 1000 to 
1400 miles. 
12c 
7c 
Seventh Zone within 1400 to 
1800 miles. 
14c 
9c 
Eighth Zone all over 1800 
miles. 
15c 
lie 
Packing is done in the best manner with the 
best packing material and every order rolled or 
made into a neat bale, burlapped, papered and 
encased in straw, or boxed. 
Water-proof paper is used in wrapping all par¬ 
cel post shipments. 
Free From Dangerous 
Insects and Diseases 
A certificate of nursery inspection, showing 
that our nursery stock is doubly inspected by a 
state inspector and free from disease, will be 
furnished with every shipment of nursery stock. 
Shipping Season—We can ship, as a rule, 
from the middle of March throughout April 
and May and from September 15th to No¬ 
vember 15th. 
Terms; 'A Cash with order. We cannot book 
orders excepting where remittance or partial 
remittance is received with order. 
Quantities Ordered: One to 5 at single rates; 
5 to 25 at 10 rate; 25 to 75 at 50 rate; 75 to 250 
at 100 rate; 250 to 750 at 500 rate: 750 and up 
at 1000 rate, unless priced otherwise. 
“Experience” is said to “teach a dear school.” 
We have had a long experience in this school and 
what we learned at the greatest cost may be 
yours for the asking. Write what your condi¬ 
tions are—soil, exposure, surroundings; write 
and tell us what you want, and you will receive a 
prompt answer with all attainable information. 
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY ANYTHING 
TO GET THE BENEFIT OF OUR 67 YEARS 
EXPERIENCE IN THE NORTHWEST. 
Shipping—Yankton is served by three great 
railroads: The Great Northern, the Northwestern 
and the Milwaukee. This service assures you of 
prompt delivery of your order and reduces to a 
minimum the danger of delayed delivery on 
perishable stock. All prices F.O.B. Yankton 
unless otherwise stated. 
A Hardy Root the First 
Consideration 
Every nurseryman knows the weak part of a 
tree is the root system and he tries to furnish 
you with the best there is. Over a period of more 
than sixty years we have been experimenting with 
apple roots for propagation purposes produced 
from seeds of the hardiest varieties of apples and 
crabs and we have demonstrated to our own sa¬ 
tisfaction and the Commercial Orchardist that 
the seed of the Pyrus Baccata, the original 
apple, produced a root that is absolutely hardy. 
Iron-Clad 
This word "iron-clad” is often used to indicate 
the hardiness of any subject whether it be a 
human being, an animal, tree or shrub. If it 
means anything at all the Pyrus Baccata root is 
iron-clad. If it means more, possibly the Pyrus 
Baccata is iron because it is the hardiest apple 
root known and the only apple root used by the 
House of Gurney for the propagation of apples 
and crab apples for the home and Commercial 
Orchard of the United States and insures LONG 
LIFE AND EARLY BEARING, which surely 
mean a pleasure and profit to you. 
(Guarantee 
We guarantee our nursery stock to reach cus¬ 
tomer in good growing condition. If through 
delay in shipment or other causes, it does not, 
we are to be notified at once and we will make a 
satisfactory adjustment by replacement or re¬ 
fund. Any other kind of a replacement is wrong 
as it makes the careful planter pay for the care¬ 
less planter's trees. 
Gurney’s Repair Watches at Less Cost 
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